| ETBFSI Newsletter | Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
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Top Stories
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The Reserve Bank of India has enabled auto-bidding for Treasury bills on its Retail Direct portal and app, allowing retail investors to automate bids ...
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Tata Capital, Jio Financial Services, and HDB Financial Services have lined up fundraising plans totalling over Rs 45,000 crore, marking one of the la...
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Barclays India says the window for another cut is quite short, and if the RBI MPC doesn't cut in October, a cut in December will become challenging.
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Indian Central Bank overhauled its co-lending framework, mandating minimum loan retention, capping default loss guarantees, enforcing uniform NPA clas...
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The Reserve Bank of India, in its August 2025 policy review, kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5% and retained a neutral stance, citing the need for c...
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The RBI has decided to keep its policy rate steady at 5.5%, adopting a 'neutral stance' while vigilantly analyzing economic data for potential future ...
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Reserve Bank of India Governor addresses concerns about housing sales. He emphasizes that home buying is a long-term investment. He advises against re...
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As the Jan Dhan scheme turns 10, the RBI is set to embark on an extensive re-KYC initiative across the nation, launching Panchayat-level camps from Ju...
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Banking
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State Bank of India (SBI) has announced a recruitment drive for 5,583 Junior Associates (Customer Service & Support) positions, with online applicatio...
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HDFC Bank cautions customers about APK fraud, where scammers use fake apps to steal personal data. These apps, often disguised as legitimate updates o...
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Fintech
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The government currently subsidises the system, with banks and other ecosystem players incurring no direct charges for processing large transaction vo...
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Paytm is now fully Indian-owned as Antfin completed its exit, selling its remaining stake. This shift follows exits by other major early backers like ...
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Financial Services
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India's foreign exchange reserves fell by more than $9 billion last week, likely reflecting the central bank's efforts to shore up the rupee amid U.S....
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Policy
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INDIA-CENBANK/RBI's inflation, growth outlook may mean end of easing cycle, some analysts say
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Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated that the Indian economy is performing strongly. India's contribution to global growth surpasses that of t...
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The RBI working group has recommended retaining the weighted average call rate (WACR) as the core operating target of monetary policy, and continuing ...
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For the full fiscal year 2025-26, the central bank has projected CPI inflation at 3.1%, with quarterly projections of 2.1% in Q2, 3.1% in Q3, and 4.4%...
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Despite the uncertain global trade environment due to ongoing tariff announcements and trade negotiations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept th...
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Industry
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The Ministry of External Affairs reacted to Donald Trump's tariff on India. The tariff is due to India's oil imports from Russia. MEA stated that Indi...
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, citing India's continued purch...
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Donald Trump hinted at more sanctions for nations trading with Russia. This follows new tariffs on Indian goods due to oil imports from Moscow. China ...
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Trump's tariff on trade action has forced a downward revision in India's real GDP growth forecasts; now pegged at 6.5% year-on-year for calendar year ...
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President Trump announced a potential 100% tariff on semiconductor chips imported from countries not manufacturing in the U.S. or committed to doing s...
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In the first leg of his trip, Modi is expected to visit Japan to hold annual summit talks with his Japanese counterpart.
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