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1. India recently launched its own payment gateway RuPay, equivalent of Visa and Mastercard, which will

work on ATMs and merchant outlets and help in reducing cash transactions.

Note: i. RuPay, which works on three channels ATMs, Point of Sales (POS) and online sales, is the

seventh such payment gateway in the world.

ii. The RuPay platform developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is being used by

certain banks like ICICI, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, among others, for clearing and

settlement.

2. India became thirdlargest economy in 2011 from 10th in 2005: World Bank.

3. Note: India emerged as the worlds thirdlargest economy in 2011 from being the 10th largest in 2005,

moving ahead of Japan, while the US remained the largest economy closely followed by China, latest figures

have revealed.

4. Govt accepts Sahoo panel report on review of depository receipts scheme. The key recommendations of

the committee include allowing issuance of depository receipts against any underlying securities equity or

debt, by any issuer listed or unlisted.

Note: Depository receipts are receipts denominated in foreign currency created by a depository in the

country of listing. There are two popular types of depository receipts global depository receipts and

American depository receipts.

5. ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd has become Exide Life Insurance Company. The insurance

company will continue to honour its commitments and obligations under the insurance policies issued to

customers in the name of ING Vysya Insurance Company Ltd.

6. Switzerland and Norway are the worlds most expensive economies, followed by Bermuda, Australia and

Denmark, according to a new ranking by the World Bank

7. SBI launches 3 Digital banking facilities for its customers

i. Tab Banking for Saving A/C Opening Savings a/c at Customers door step using tablet PC provided to the

Banks Sales Staff (who visit the Customers home).

ii. TAB Banking for Home Loan Inprinciple approval for the home loan at customers door step using tablet

PC provided to the Banks Home Loan Sales Team which will capture on the tablet KYC details and details.

iii. eKYC Generates eKYC (Know Your Customer) identity document.

8. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) launched an Institutional Trading Platform (ITP) to help Small and

Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and startup companies to list on the bourses without an Initial Public Offer

(IPO).

9. Basel Committee issued Final standards to curb exposures of banks to customers. The Basel Committee

on Banking Supervision on 15 April 2014 issued Final standards for measuring and controlling large

exposures of banks to customers. These standards will take effect from 1 January 2019

10. Bank of India (BOI) has become the first Indian bank to extend a bridge loan of $200 million to Air India

to finance the purchase of two Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

11. India leads global remittances with USD 70 bn in 2013. Indias neighbour China follows second with USD

60 billion, said the World Bank report

12. World Trade Organisation (WTO) projected that the world trade will grow by 4.7 percent in 2014.

13. The World Bank give loan Pakistan 12 billion dollars over the next five years to help lift its economy,

14. Qatar based Doha Bank announced its First branch in Mumbai. The branch in Mumbai will be opened as

a fullfledged bank in May 2014.

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Note: Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Abu Dhabi Bank are the two other banks from Arab countries to have

operations in India before Doha bank.

15. Bank of India (BOI) launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai.

Note: IMT scheme allows customers to withdraw cash without using either debt card or credit card at BoIs

IMTenabled ATMs. This is the firstofitskind initiative launched by a public sector bank.

16. Kotak Mahindra launches accounts integrated with Facebook, Twitter.

17. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has bagged Morningstar Indias best fund house award in the debt, equity

and multiasset category.

18. ADB pegs India GDP growth rate for 201415 at 5.5 pc

19. Inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) reached a 3month high of 5.7% in March 2014.

20. Wholesale Inflation falls to 9month low of 4.68 per cent in Feb

21. Kotak Mahindra Bank announced the launch of Jifi, a firstofitskind fully integrated social bank account

that transcends normal digital banking by seamlessly incorporating social networking platforms like Twitter

and Facebook with mainstream banking.

22. ExportImport Bank of India extended a Line of Credit of $89.90 million to the Government of Republic of

Congo, for development of transportation system in the Republic of Congo.

23. Central Bank of India has sold its entire stake in credit information provider CIBIL to Transunion

International Inc. Central Bank had a 5 per cent stake in CIBIL while Transunion is the majority shareholder

in CIBIL at 27.5 per cent.

24. Canara Bank names cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as its brand ambassador.

25. Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Bank set World record for Blood collection in a single

day. The blood donation camp organised by HDFC Bank on 6 December 2013 was recorded in the Guinness

Book of Records.

26. The World Bank has said it would provide up to $3 billion in aid for Ukraine in 2014 to help the country

deliver muchneeded economic reforms.

27. Max Life Insurance has tied up with Toyota Financial Services India Ltd to provide insurance cover to car

loan customers.

28. Bihar emerges as fastest growing state (15.05 per cent) in 201213: CSO Report.

Note: According to the CSO data, Gujarat ranked 6th with growth rate at 7.96 per cent, behind Bihar and

Madhya Pradesh with 9.89 per cent, Goa 8.47 per cent, Kerala 8.24 per cent and Odisha 8.09 per cent. The

allIndia growth rate in 201213 was 4.47 percent.

29. Indian Bank has bagged national award for excellence in lending to micro enterprises for 20122013, for

the consecutive second year.

30. Corporation Bank has bagged the awards for lending to MSE (micro and small enterprises) and to micro

enterprises from the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for 201213.

31. The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, BBK, plans to expand its operations in India by opening its fourth

branch in the country in New Delhi.

32. Interest rate on Post Office FDs increased by up to 0.2 per cent from 8.2 percent to 8.4 percent.

33. Indias 1st post office savings bank ATM inaugurated in Thyagaraya Nagar, Chennai.

34. SEBI approved the new Corporate Governance norms. The new corporate governance norms would

become applicable for all listed companies with effect from 1 October 2014.

35. Wholesale inflation eased to a sevenmonth low of 5.05 per cent in January, on decline in the rate of

price rise in food articles, mainly vegetables.

36. Retirement fund body EPFO decided to increase the rate of interest on Provident Fund deposits to 8.75

percent from 8.5 percent.

37. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 348.63 crore to Karnataka

under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

38. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $400 million first tranche line of credit to India

Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL) to help accelerate infrastructure growth through increased

private sector investment.

39. Asian Development Bank will provide USD 275 million loan for improving rural road connectivity in five

states including Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal in the country.

40. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) and SBI Cards have joined hands for rollout of credit cards to customers

of Indias first womenfocused commercial bank

41. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first allwomen bank, tied with New India Assurance to launch health

insurance products for women account holders of the bank.

42. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and RBI concluded an agreement that expands the maximum amount of the

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bilateral swap arrangement (BSA) between the two countries to USD 50 billion.

Note: BOJ Governor is Haruhiko Kuroda and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

43. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has reduced refinance rate for banks

and other lending agencies by 0.20 per cent to promote rural credit and rural infrastructure.

Note: The revised rate of interest on refinance for a period of five years for commercial, state cooperative,

regional rural and primary urban cooperative banks will be 9.70 per cent, down from 9.90 per cent.

44. SEBI grants new status to three clearing corporations to National Securities Clearing Corporation, Indian

Clearing Corporation and MCXSX Clearing Corporation.

45. IMF projected 5.4 percent economic growth for India in 201415

46. WB (World Bank) projected economic growth rate of 5.7% for India in 201415 fiscal

47. World Bank will provide $250 million loan to construct disaster resilient houses and roads in disasterhit

Uttarakhand.

48. World Bank will provide $500 million loan for water supply and sanitation projects in the rural areas of

Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.

49. World Bank will provide 50 million dollar assistance to Afghanistan to support the governments efforts

to improve access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises.

50. LIC has relaunched its Jeevan Anand plan, a participating nonlinked plan which offers an attractive

combination of protection and savings.

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