In this issue

In this issue we have covered articles on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency - Navnit Kumar; Amalgamation of Public Sector Banks in India: Boon or Bane? - Amit Roy; Banking Capital - Increasing clout of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) - Prof. (Dr.) N. Krishna Kumar; New Umbrella Entity - A Game Changer - Gijo Verghese; Scope and opportunities of Payment Banks in India - Amit Kumar Bhadani; Future of Artificial Intelligence in the Banking Sector - Shashi Kant Sharma.

We have covered news on Banking, RBI, Industry, Mutual Fund and Co-Operative Bank News.

Besides it covers other interesting features.

Blockchain And Cryptocurrency

Finance has long been a very conventional field with no major breakthroughs happening for many years until the introduction of Bitcoin in 2008 by an anonymous person/ group going by the name of Santoshi Nakamoto. Some people look at cryptocurrency as a major technical breakthrough in the field of Finance that has the potential to change the way we transact, while some look at it with skepticism since it can lead to increase in underground transactions. Through this paper we first try to understand what does 'Cryptocurrency' mean and briefly explain how does blockchain works,then whether truly cryptocurrencies are fool proof with no chance of fraud, and lastly,Reserve Bank of India's opinion on cryptocurrencies. The universe of cryptocurrencies comprises of various tokens and talking about each one of them is beyond the scope of this paper. In this paper we try to focus only on Bitcoin.

8 mins

AMALGAMATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA: BOON OR BANE?

Ten Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) banks amalgamated into four banks with effect from 1st April 2020. In the biggest consolidation exercise in the banking space, the number of public sector banks in India has come down to 12 from 18. There were as many as 27 Public Sector banks in 2017. In the past, various other bank mergers have taken place.

10+ mins

BANKING CAPITAL INCREASING CLOUT OF SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS (SWF)

At a time when Banking capital is scarce and finance capitalism is driving the World, it is but natural to expect foreign money to find its way, to pump ailing weak banks.

10 mins

NEW UMBRELLA ENTITY - A GAME CHANGER

NUEs will be a non-profit entity that will set-up, manage and operate new payment systems, especially in the retail space such as ATMs, whitelabel PoS; Aadhaar-based payments and remittance services.

6 mins

SCOPE AND OPPORTUNITIES OF PAYMENT BANKS IN INDIA

Payment banks is a new Indian model of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

8 mins

Future Of Artificial Intelligence In The Banking Sector

Artificial Intelligence is the Intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural Intelligence displayed by human and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality.

10+ mins

RBI CIRCULAR

External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) and Trade Credits (TC) Policy – Changes due to LIBOR transition RBI/2021-22/135 December 08, 2021

5 mins

Conference on Leadership Development for the New Normal, Nepal

Banking, Finance and Insurance Institute of Nepal (BFIN) organized a one-day conference entitled "Conference on Leadership Development for the New Normal" on 27 November, 2021 at the Radisson Hotel, Kathmandu.

4 mins

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