The micro-ATM channel has held its own despite growth in digital payments and pricing not being raised
The government's intention is to curb black money, promote digital transactions, and ensure tax compliance
Banks continue to use discretion on filling up forms
The cash in circulation in the Indian economy has more than doubled since demonetisation
CPI MP Binoy Viswam on Friday hit out at the government over the RBI's announcement to withdraw Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, saying a white paper on the country's economy should be brought out to show the effects of demonetisation. The Rs 2,000 denomination bank note was introduced in November 2016, primarily to meet the currency requirement of the economy in an expeditious manner after the withdrawal of legal tender status of all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes in circulation at that time. "Tuglakhs control the financial sector of the country. They have withdrawn the Rs 2,000 notes. They may argue that this shows the strength of the economy under Modi. Are they dare enough to bring out a white paper on Indian economy after the demonetisation?" Viswam said in a tweet. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation, and existing notes in circulation can either be deposited in bank accounts or exchanged by Septemb
Withdrawing without debit or credit cards reduces chances of transaction failure due to wrong PINs, or lost or stolen cards; note, however, that very few banks offer UPI-based withdrawals currently
The India Post Payments Bank has increased charges for the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System service. The revised AePS Issuer transaction charges will be effective from December 1, 2022
Also, there is no GST on crematorium, funeral, burial, or mortuary services, the minister said and explained the Goods and Service Tax has been levied on the construction of new crematoriums.
NPCI advised to facilitate Unified Payments Interface (UPI) integration with all banks and ATM networks.
NPCI has been advised to facilitate Unified Payments Interface integration with all banks and ATM networks, says RBI
This is expected to enhance ease of transactions and eliminate frauds at the same time
SBI will charge Rs 15 plus GST per cash withdrawal beyond 4 free cash withdrawals.
State Bank of India has increased the cash withdrawal limits through cheques and withdrawal forms for its customers at non-home branches
The department has facilitated a new functionality for banks and post offices through which they can ascertain the TDS applicability rates
On September 23, the RBI had imposed regulatory restrictions on the PMC Bank for six months over alleged financial irregularities
This is the fifth increase in withdrawal limit since the bank was placed under its direct control with an administrator on September 23
Decline in cash withdrawals is intriguing even as limits on withdrawals were removed from March 13
Business Standard Twitter poll saw 78 per cent disagreeing with imposition of this fee by some banks
Police arrangements commenced from 9 am in the morning