non-banking finance companies

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday prohibited Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) from contributing to the capital of a partnership firm or become a partner of such entities. The central bank also asked NBFCs, which have already contributed capital or are partner in such firms, to exit from such arrangements at the earliest. Full Article

Many non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have made investment in overseas ventures without the regulatory clearance by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A Statement with the details of the NBFCs, registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which have made investments in overseas Joint Ventures/ Wholly Owned Subsidiaries without approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during the last three years and action taken is attached as Annex -I. Similar Statem.. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India has constituted up a Working Group under the Chairmanship of Shri P R Ravi Mohan, Chief General Manager, Department of Banking Operations & Development (DBOD), Reserve Bank of India, to address the implementation issues and facilitate formulation of operational guidelines in the context of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) convergence for the Indian banking system. Full Article

The government today said that Indian accounting standards will converge with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by 2011, even as issues like fair value and depreciation are being ironed out. "We are still working on fair value concepts and other issues like depreciation, but I can assure you that we will stick to the roadmap laid for the convergence of Indian standards with the IFRS," Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on the sidelines of an.. Full Article

As per the extant External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) policy, Infrastructure Finance Companies (IFCs) i.e. Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) categorized as IFCs by the Reserve Bank were permitted to avail of ECBs for on-lending to infrastructure sector under approval route subject to satisfaction of prescribed conditions. Full Article

The Credit Information Bureau India Ltd and TransUnion on Thursday launched a ‘personal loan score’ to enable lenders to make informed decisions, in the backdrop of rising defaults on unsecured equated monthly installment loans.Two other products, a home loan repository and a fraud repository, are expected to be launched by the second quarter of the [...] Full Article