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The Dangers of Neo-Banking, Fintechs, and the Inactiveness of the RBI

I remitted some money using GPay recently. There were many people with the same name, and erroneously the money went to the wrong account of one Arjunan. When the actual Arjunan to whom the...

Read more January 2, 2025 at 4:20 pm Thomas Franco

Ministry of Finance Responds to MUDRA Loan Article

In response to the article published in Finance Matters last week, titled “MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister” by Mr. Thomas Franco, Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs through their...

Read more October 9, 2024 at 5:40 pm Thomas Franco

The first 23 years of Nationalisation and 30 years of Privatisation

The nationalisation of 14 banks on 19th July 1969 was the most desirable and important economic cum social reform in independent India. After 2 days of Nationalisation, Mrs. Indira Gandhi explained to the Parliament...

Read more July 21, 2024 at 2:07 pm Thomas Franco

How the Banking Sector has been Destroyed in the Last 10 Years

The claim of the Prime Minister that the Banking Sector has become robust is not true if we analyse the facts and figures. On Jan 1 2015, Gyan Sangam 1 was organised in Pune...

Read more April 12, 2024 at 1:51 pm Thomas Franco

SBI in the news for wrong reasons once again!

The largest bank in the country has earned the trust of the people. That’s why there are 48 crores accounts in the bank. But its recent request seeking more time to furnish the data...

Read more March 6, 2024 at 11:58 am Thomas Franco

Goldman Sachs Report and the True Picture of the Indian Economy

I am not a big fan of international Rating Agencies, but the recent report of Goldman Sachs analysts shows that they too agree with our concerns on Indian Economy.

Read more February 27, 2024 at 1:04 pm Thomas Franco

Who is going to fall? Gautam or Narendra?

Mr Gautam Adani who become the second-richest man due to the support of Mr Narendra Damodardas Modi (See Random Reflections – Why boycott Adani) is in deep trouble. Almost every bank in the country...

Read more January 31, 2023 at 5:14 pm Thomas Franco

Recession – What India should do?

Contrary to the claims of the Finance Minister, India is in recession. Even the RBI agrees. Inequality is on the rise. From jobless growth, we are in 'job loss' growth. Study after study confirms...

Read more November 29, 2022 at 1:42 pm Thomas Franco

When India wears the G20 crown

G-20, (abbreviation for Group 20) is a fancy name. It has attracted the imagination of many around the globe and is often dubbed as the most important association of nations that matter in terms...

Read more November 24, 2022 at 11:55 am Thomas Franco

Importance of Public Banking System and How the Social Responsibility of Banks is being Diluted

A farmer came to a bank and asked for a loan for cultivation. The branch manager asked for security.  The farmer said that he doesn’t have any security.

Read more October 3, 2022 at 4:05 pm Thomas Franco

RBI Bulletin- What did the media miss out?

It is surprising that none of these national newspapers noticed the footnote in the publication which said that this was not the opinion of the RBI.

Read more August 22, 2022 at 1:35 pm Thomas Franco

Why Talk of Privatisation When Public Sector Banks are Doing Excellent?

The net profit of the public sector banks in 2021 was Rs.31,820 crore and their operating profit was Rs.1,97,376 crore. The net profit increased by 109% to Rs.66,541 crore in 2022 and the operating...

Read more June 27, 2022 at 12:50 pm Thomas Franco

LIC IPO is a scandal, SEBI, IRDAI and the Supreme Court must intervene!

The Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC) Initial Public Offer (IPO) has been opaque and only after the issue of the Red Herring Prospectus(RHP) some details have emerged.

Read more May 5, 2022 at 11:11 am Thomas Franco

Why are you killing excellent institutions, Nirmala ji?

Every single institution built up during the last 75 years is either being weakened, strangulated or killed at a slow pace.

Read more May 2, 2022 at 1:22 pm Thomas Franco

Amidst Authoritarian Regimes, Terrible Labour Conditions & Privatization, What’s the Future of our Youth?

Across the globe, we are seeing a rise in authoritarian regimes. Vladimir Putin in Russia, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, R.T. Erdoğan in Turkey, Xi Jinping in China and Narendra Modi in India are glaring...

Read more April 2, 2022 at 12:35 pm Thomas Franco
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