Bank In News
π1. SBI acquires 9.95% stake in India International Clearing Corporation (IICC)
π2. Egypt added as fourth new member of BRICS New Development Bank
π3. Rajeev Ahuja appointed as interim CEO of RBL Bank
π4. Equitas Small Finance Bank Board approves re-appointment of Vasudevan PN as
MD & CEO
π5. Sale of 19th tranche of electoral bonds opens on January 01, 2022
π6. SEBI reconstitutes advisory committee on market data; Head- S Sahoo
π7. RBI releases framework for Facilitating Small Value Digital Payments in Offline
Mode
π8. SBI Card joins hand with Paytm for card tokenisation
π9. IRDAI selects LIC, GIC Re and New India Assurance as Domestic Systemically
Important Insurers
π10.Atul Kumar Goel takes charge as βofficer on special dutyβ in PNB
π11.RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks
(D-SIBs)
π12.IndusInd Bank launches βgreen fixed depositsβ for retail and corporate customers
π13.RBI Gives Scheduled Bank Status to Airtel Payments Bank
π14.State Bank of India invests USD20 million in payment solutions provider Pine Labs
π15.CryptoWire launches Indiaβs first cryptocurrencies index IC15
π16.NPCI Bharat BillPay launches Unified Presentment Management System to simplify
recurring bill payment
π17.Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel Appointed as Vice President of Beijing-based AIIB
π18.Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas appointed as next IMFβs Chief Economist to succeed Gita
Gopinath
π19.RBI approves appointment of Ittira Davis as MD & CEO of Ujjivan SFB
π20.HDFC Bank named Best Private Bank In India at the Global Private Banking Awards 2021
π21.LazyPay partners with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard
π22.Paytm Payments Bank emerges biggest UPI beneficiary bank while SBI biggest
remitter in December 2021: NPCI Data
π23.JIO Becomes First telecom company To Roll Out UPI AUTOPAY
π24.MobiKwik launches βClickPayβ in collaboration with NBBL for faster bill payments
π25.SEBI Launches Mobile App βSaaβΉthiβ For Investor Education
π26.Tata Group choose SBI, Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank as preferred bankers for Air
India
π27.Paytm Money launches βIndiaβs firstβ intelligent messenger named βPopsβ.
π28.Anantha Nageshwaran appointed as chief economic advisor of Government of
India
π29.TerraPay partners with NPCI International to boost cashless transactions for Indian
customers
π30.RBI approves appointment of Vinod Rai as independent Chairman of Unity Small
Finance Bank