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MUMBAI: RBI has granted in-principle approval for Fino Payments Bank to convert into a small finance bank, allowing it to enter lending, widen its product suite and build a stronger liability franchise while continuing current operations until final clearance. It is the RBI’s first such approval for any payments bank. Fino said it is reworking…
Banking Connect- the newly launched net-banking platform built by NPCI Bharat BillPay (NBBL) – will enable the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to monitor fund transfers in shorter-lag, a senior official said on Thursday.NBBL is aiming for a fourfold jump in monthly bill-payment volumes to 1 billion transactions in four years, up from the current…
Social Security beneficiaries are set to receive a higher monthly income in 2026 after the Social Security Administration confirmed a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The increase will raise payments for more than 75 million Americans, including retirees, spouses, survivors, disabled workers and SSI recipients. The adjustment takes effect automatically, with the first larger payments arriving…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said the process of interlinking the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) with the Eurosystem’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) platform has entered the realisation phase, marking a step towards enabling cross-border instant payments between India and Europe. RBI and NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) have been in discussions…
MUMBAI: The capital market and the payments industry have sparred on the future of stablecoins – an instrument over which government and Reserve Bank of India have articulated a cautious yet evolving policy.At the CII Financing Summit here, where senior financial sector leaders spoke in the presence of senior finance ministry and Sebi officials ahead…
The US Supreme Court had, once again, refused to order the Trump administration to provide full funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap). Instead it has chosen to allow congress additional time to resolve the matter through a possible agreement tied to ending the government shutdown.In an order issued on Tuesday (local time), the…
US President Donald Trump has escalated his attack on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), urging Republicans to divert federal healthcare payments directly to Americans instead of insurance companies, as the ongoing government shutdown marks its longest stretch in US history.In a new post on Sunday, Trump repeated his demand that Republicans stop sending what he…
Riding on the festive shopping wave, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions soared to an all-time high of Rs 27.28 lakh crore in October, clocking 20.7 billion transactions, according to data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), reported PTI.This marks a 9.5% month-on-month rise in transaction value from Rs 24.9 lakh crore in September…
USCIS ends cheque, money order payments In a major procedural shift, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has discontinued payments by cheque and money order for all immigration filings. Beginning this week, applicants must authorise payments through electronic debit using Form G-1650, which allows the agency to withdraw funds directly from a US bank…
(Image credits: X @NHAI_Official) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is stepping up efforts to make toll plaza operations more transparent and commuter-friendly by directing its field offices to prominently display details about the ‘Local Monthly Pass’ and the ‘Annual Pass’ at all toll plazas under its jurisdiction.Signage boards will be installed at prominent…
