Bank unions to go on two-day nationwide strike; salary withdrawal, ATM transactions to be affected
Bank unions have called for a strike to protest a nominal 2 percent wage hike offered by the Indian Banks' Association (IBA).
May 29, 2018, 10:05 AM IST
Bank unions to go on two-day nationwide strike on May 30, 31
Bank employees have organised a demonstrations on May 29 at State Bank of India' branch main branch in Mumbai.
May 29, 2018, 09:21 AM IST
Bank unions call for two-day nationwide strike from May 30
In the wage negotiation meeting held on May 5, 2018, IBA made a propositions to offer 2 percent hike in the wage bill cost as on March 31, 2017.
May 24, 2018, 17:21 PM IST
Bank employees demand salary revision, call for 2-day nation-wide strike from May 30
The bank employees across the country will observe a nation-wide strike for two days starting May 30 in order to protest against low hike offered by the management body. Indian Banks' Association (IBA) offered the employees 'a meagre' two per cent increment. This led them to raise their voice demanding the government's intervention in wage revision.
May 11, 2018, 23:15 PM IST
RBI exempts banks from opening on Apr 1 on annual closing
Reversing its earlier order, the Reserve Bank on Wednesday said the bank branches dealing in government businesses need not remain open on April 1 in view of the annual closing business.
Mar 29, 2017, 16:01 PM IST
To tackle bad loans, RBI proposes formation of dual funds by banks
In order to tackle the burning problem of sticky loans and debt-heavy companies, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed formation of dual funds by banks which may help in solving the tricky situation.
Jun 04, 2016, 10:29 AM IST
BoB forex scam effect: IBA mulls exempting experts from general banking work
In light of the Rs 6,100-crore Bank of Baroda (BoB) money remittance case, Indian Banks' Association (IBA) is considering a proposal to engage specialist officers only in their areas of core competencies rather than general banking business.
Oct 25, 2015, 19:16 PM IST
Remain alert on smaller forex transfers from single accounts: CVC to RBI, IBA
The Central Vigilance Commissioner has asked the Reserve Bank of India and Indian Banking Association to remain alert on smaller forex transactions from single accounts
Oct 23, 2015, 15:50 PM IST
Standard format for reporting bank fraud cases on anvil
"Information received from the banks are highly unstructured which makes mining of data contained in the statements very difficult. They also use different narrations for debit and credit entries which are sometimes very cryptic in nature, making it difficult to decipher the nature of transactions and hence the money trail," an official said.
Jun 28, 2015, 15:40 PM IST
This time, RBI may cut rate to spur investment: Bankers
"We have surplus liquidity in the system as there has not been much credit offtake. So, repo window does not give banks any advantage as we don't borrow from banks at this point. So, the CRR window helps us bring down cost of funds. We expect and will request 0.5 percent cut in CRR, which would release about Rs 40,000 crore into the system," Bhasin added.
Jun 01, 2015, 14:47 PM IST
Bank Unions meet Jayant Sinha to press for early wage revision
A section of public sector bank employees unions today met Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha to press for early wage revision.
Jan 21, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Bank unions defer proposed strike on January 7
Public sector bank employee unions have defered their one-day strike, proposed for Wednesday.
Jan 06, 2015, 19:36 PM IST
PSU bank unions defer one-day strike
Employee unions of public sector banks on Tuesday deferred their proposed one-day strike on January 7.
Jan 06, 2015, 19:00 PM IST
LIC seeks list of those to be insured under PMJDY from IBA
LIC, which has been asked by the government to provide life cover worth Rs 30,000 to beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), has asked Indian Banks' Association to provide a list of those insured and details of claims to be given by it under the scheme.
Dec 26, 2014, 21:24 PM IST
HC questions RBI on cap on withdrawals through ATM
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned Reserve Bank of India's decision to put a cap on withdrawals by banking customers using their ATM cards, saying account holders were being "unneccesarily taxed".
Dec 24, 2014, 21:11 PM IST
Banks employees will go on relay zonal strike from Dec 2
The public sector bank employees had stopped work on November 12 on the wage issue, affecting services like cheque clearance and withdrawal from branches across the country. The strike call was given by United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU).
Nov 22, 2014, 18:00 PM IST
PSU bank employees go on strike; business as usual in pvt banks
Services at ATMs of all the banks were normal, barring a few cases where the machines ran out of cash.
Nov 12, 2014, 20:02 PM IST
Bank unions meet Jaitley, press for early wage revision
The delegation informed that more than 10 rounds of discussions have taken place between bank management and UFBU so far on the issue but IBA is delaying the settlement.
Jun 27, 2014, 18:51 PM IST
