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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to allow money withdrawals from the point of sale (PoS) terminals using prepaid cards issued by banks. “RBI is considering to allow open loop cards to withdraw money from a PoS terminal. RBI is working on issues, like the amount a PoS owner should charge. The decision may come soon,” said a senior executive of a public sector bank. Full Article

State Bank of India, having its Corporate Centre at Mumbai is India’s leading Public Sector Bank having all India presence, branch network of over 12000 branches is interested in engaging an Audit firm of repute and proven track record to carry out the concurrent audit of its Treasury Operations on an on going basis, initially for a period of 6 months, subject to extension. Full Article

Banks are making a strong pitch to the government for permission to issue tax-free bonds to fund infrastructure projects. Bankers, who are expected to again take up the issue with the finance ministry next week, are arguing that the bonds will help them raise long-term resources and reduce dependence on retail fixed deposits, whose maturity is getting shorter. In recent months, banks have been saddled with deposits in the one-year maturity bucket, while infrastructure lo.. Full Article

Allows inclusion of technical write-offs while calculating provision coverage ratio. In a relief to a large number of banks such as Canara Bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed the lenders to include technical write-offs while increasing the provision coverage ratio (PCR) to 70 per cent. Full Article

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and 926 computerized branches of public and private sector banks will receive advance income tax in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, apex bank said in a statement.These arrangements have been made for the convenience of the income tax assesses. Of the 926 bank branches 862 branches are public sector bank branches, 35 HDFC bank branches, 10 ICICI bank branches and 19 AXIS bank branches. Full Article

The Reserve Bank on Thursday said 926 branches of private and public sector banks have been designated for receiving advance income tax in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.  “Arrangements have been made for the convenience of the income tax assesses. Of the 926 bank branches, 862 are public sector bank bank branches, 35 HDFC bank branches, [...] Full Article

Appointment of external auditors for bank audits continue to be mired in controversy. After the auditing profession regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), it is now the turn of the bank employees to oppose the freedom given to public sector bank boards to choose the statutory auditor. The All-India Bank Employees Association [...] Full Article

State Bank of India, having its Corporate Centre at Mumbai is India’s leading Public Sector Bank having all India presence, branch network of over 10800 branches and a staff strength of around 1,80,000 employees, is interested in engaging an Auditing firm of repute and proven track record to carry out the concurrent audit of its Derivative portfolio on an on going basis. Initially for a period of 6 months, subject to extension. Full Article