The Vault · 2026-03-27 08:39:38 · Inc42
Fino Payments Bank has abruptly halted its plan to secure shareholder approval for the reappointment of its CEO and Managing Director, Rishi Gupta. The decision follows Gupta's recent arrest in a Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion case, throwing the bank's leadership succession into regulatory limbo. The board has de...
The Vault · 2026-03-28 06:39:15 · Inc42
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty on fintech giant Pine Labs, citing a critical failure in its core compliance obligations. The central bank found the company in violation of prepaid payment instrument (PPI) norms by issuing full-KYC PPIs without completing the mandatory know your customer (KYC) ...
The Vault · 2026-03-30 05:57:19 · Inc42
Fino Payments Bank’s trajectory has violently reversed. Just weeks after receiving a major regulatory endorsement, the bank is now in crisis following the arrest of its Managing Director and CEO, Rishi Gupta, by tax authorities. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) alleges Gupta was a “mastermind” in a sy...
The Vault · 2026-04-01 05:26:53 · Bloomberg Markets
The Indian rupee is bracing for its most severe market shock in years, with the pressure set to intensify dramatically. Major banks are now preparing to unwind tens of billions of dollars in complex arbitrage trades, a move that threatens to inject further volatility and disorder into the currency's trading environment...
The Vault · 2026-04-02 13:57:14 · Bloomberg Markets
The Reserve Bank of India's aggressive clampdown on rupee speculation has triggered significant market dislocation, straining the banking system and raising questions about the trade-offs of currency defense. The central bank's directive, aimed at curbing volatile bets against the rupee, has inadvertently disrupted nor...
The Vault · 2026-04-06 15:29:10 · Inc42
Fino Payments Bank has moved decisively to fill a critical regulatory role, appointing former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy legal advisor Abhilash Ankathil as its new Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The appointment, effective April 6, follows the abrupt departure of the previous CCO, Aashish Pathak, who resigned c...
The Network · 2026-04-23 16:27:32 · Inc42
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman convened an emergency meeting with senior banking officials and Reserve Bank of India representatives on Thursday, weeks after reports emerged that Anthropic's Claude Mythos model successfully identified vulnerabilities in several major operating systems. The high-level gathering, al...
The Vault · 2026-04-30 14:54:10 · Bloomberg Markets
The Reserve Bank of India has pushed its net short dollar position in the derivatives market to a record $103 billion, marking a sharp escalation in the central bank's efforts to defend the rupee against market pressure. The surge, disclosed through data released in March, represents the first time the RBI's short doll...
The Vault · 2026-05-02 12:24:06 · Bloomberg Markets
India's central bank has quietly reset the definition of shadow lenders in a way that may drag Tata Sons Pvt. back into the IPO spotlight. The Reserve Bank of India's revised guidelines on systemically important non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) could force the holding company controlling one of India's oldest an...
The Vault · 2026-05-05 11:01:44 · Bloomberg Markets
The Reserve Bank of India is weighing a plan that would allow state-owned lenders to issue foreign-currency bonds in a bid to attract capital inflows and shore up the declining rupee, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposal marks a potential escalation in the central bank's toolkit as it grapples wit...