IIFL Home Finance has raised a $50 million loan from US International Development Finance Corp (DFC) to grow its affordable housing finance portfolio with a […]
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India, UAE sign MoUs for promoting local currencies in cross-border trade
The Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE) on Saturday signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the use of […]
Brics-promoted bank keen to add members
Gandhinagar: The Brics-promoted New Development Bank (NDB) has started membership expansion to make the bank a global institution, said Leslie Maasdorp, the bank’s vice president […]
Credit Card default surges as retail credit grows
Credit card payment defaults have surged in June 2023 despite the growth of credit card lending, as per a TOI report. Unsecured credit portfolios and […]
SBI hikes lending rate by 5 basis points
State Bank of India (SBI), country’s largest lender, has raised its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 5 basis points (bps) across […]
France gets India’s UPI, tourists can make payments in Rupees: PM Modi
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment system will soon be available in France. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this on Thursday. PM Modi said that […]
HDFC Bank onboards 1 lakh customers and 1.7 lakh merchants on CBDC platform
Private lender HDFC Bank on Thursday said it has onboarded over 1 lakh customers and 1.7 lakh merchants under the Central Bank digital currency (CBDC) […]
Reward points and freebies push credit card spends to record levels
Credit card usage has surged to a record, but what is driving it is not consumption, but the reward points and freebies associated with card […]
Vehicle loans outstanding rise 22 pc in May despite high interest rates
Vehicle loans outstanding increased by 22 per cent year-on-year to Rs 5.09 lakh crore in May, notwithstanding the Reserve Bank’s rate hike spree in 2022-23. […]
Satya MicroCapital raises Rs 53 crore in ECB from German bank
Microfinance company Satya MicroCapital raised about Rs 53 crore in external commercial borrowing from a German co-operative bank, which focuses on sustainable development. The deal […]