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21st IBA Annual Banking Technology Awards 2025 – Overview

The 21st IBA Annual Banking Technology Awards 2025 ceremony was held on January 9, 2026 in Mumbai, as part of the IBA's 21st Annual Technology Conference, Expo, and Citation for the 2024–2025...

“Ghost Tapping” – A Sneaky New Scam That Can Empty Bank Accounts Without PIN or OTP

“Ghost Tapping” is an emerging digital scam that targets contactless payments (tap-to-pay with cards, phones, or digital wallets). In this scam, fraudsters can steal money from victims’ accounts without needing a PIN, OTP,...

Sangli District Cooperative Bank Robbed: 22 Lockers Looted, 8–10 kg Gold Stolen

A major robbery occurred at the Sangli District Cooperative Bank in Zare, near Atpadi, on the Karad–Pandharpur road in Maharashtra. The bank branch operates in a rented two-story building. The owner, Tukaram...

Kerala High Court Rejects Bank Retirees’ Plea for GST Exemption on Health Insurance

Many retired bank employees had gone to the Kerala High Court asking for GST (tax) to be removed from the health insurance premium they pay under a special insurance scheme arranged by...

₹1 Crore Digital Arrest Fraud: Two Bank Staff, Three Others Arrested for Cheating Elderly Man

Delhi Police uncovered a gang that cheated an 80-year-old man of nearly ₹1 crore using an online scam called “digital arrest.” Five people were arrested, including two employees of a private bank. How...

HDFC Bank Reduces MCLR by 0.05%, Home Loan EMIs to Ease from Jan 7, 2026

HDFC Bank reduced its MCLR by 0.05% on select tenures, meaning home loan and other loan EMIs will become slightly cheaper starting Jan 7, 2026. The MCLR now ranges between 8.25% and...

SEBI Issues Notice to Bank of America Over Alleged Insider Trading Violations in 2024 Share Sale

India’s markets regulator SEBI says a Bank of America (BofA) unit broke insider-trading rules while handling a big share sale in 2024. BofA was managing the sale of shares of Aditya Birla...

RBI Action Impacts 51 NBFCs: 35 Licences Cancelled, 16 Surrendered Voluntarily

On January 7, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that it has cancelled the Certificates of Registration (CoR) of 35 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), including Satya Prakash Capital Investment Limited...

Don’t Miss This NFO: Grow Your Wealth with Bank of India’s Banking & Financial Services Fund

Bank of India is launching a new mutual fund called the "Bank of India Banking & Financial Services Fund. The fund is a sectoral fund focusing on BFSI stocks. BFSI stands for...

Top Court Allows Bail to Arvind Dham in Amtek Bank Fraud Case

Arvind Dham, who was the chairman of the Amtek Group, is accused of being involved in a big bank fraud worth about ₹2,700 crore. Banks say that loans given to one of...