Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) welcomes the announcement of State Bank of India (SBI) to waive the penalty for not maintaining Average Minimum Balance and for SMS service.In 2017, SBI imposed penalty on...
The massive bank charges introduced in past few years have greatly affected the financial state of marginalised working class. This was better understood when the team of FanIndia has talked to some people of...
The Indian banking sector is under a prolonged and severe crisis. Bad loans continue to grow and banks remain under-capitalized with profits in the red. As a result, credit growth remains muted, reinforcing the...
All the banks, especially the public sector banks have a moral obligation and social responsibility of promoting financial inclusion and social welfare. The banks run on the deposits and when a bank sinks, depositors...
Banking is a risky business and there will always be bad loans. Private banks lack a proper governing structure and ethics, and try to avoid RBI scrutiny, say experts The failure of Yes Bank...
New method Kissan Credit Card scheme to 9 crore PM-Kisan beneficiaries in 2 weeks. The Prime Minister had promised that they would not interfere with Banks. He had accused the previous government of doing...
Union Budget is no more an anxiety as many decisions like petroleum product prices, railway fare, tax waiver to corporation, GST are now out of the budget. However some sectors require attention. Most important...
The Reserve Bank of India introduced тАЬKnow Your CustomerтАЭ norms under the provisions of тАЬPrevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005. As per these...
Why are you shielding the defaulters? Madam Nirmala Sitaraman has to answer! The Government of India has released some data on Bank credit which requires critical analysis. In October & December loan melas Public...
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana was launched on 8th April 2015. Categorised as Shishu, for loans upto Rs.50000/-, Kishore for loans upto Rs. 5 lakhs and Tarun for Loans upto Rs. 10 lakh, the scheme...
The crisis in the banking sector is a created one, where the commercial banks have been forced to lend on a large scale to the development projects and to the corporates and which has...
Our Money, Our Right Towards a Transparent and Accountable Financial and Banking System Appeal to political parties by peopleтАЩs movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and concerned citizens on finance and banking, with a...
Bank unions All India Bank EmployeeтАЩs Association and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have called for a two-day nationwide strike today and tomorrow (January 8┬аand 9, 2019), in support of the general strike...