Daily Brief · Archive
Past editions
22 editions. Newest first.
September 2026
- Govt opens the door to UPI charges above Rs 2,000
- RBI's new fraud rule can freeze your account for 60 days
- HDFC Bank sends two names to RBI for next chief
- RBI moves to freeze mule accounts fast
- Bank strikes escalate: one has no end date
- SBI will hire 12,000 this year. Who gets in?
- 4 disrupted banking days ahead: 11 to 14 Sep
- Rs 100 a day: RBI fines 3 credit bureaus for skipping it
- A new 5-year bond is born at 10:30 this morning
- Rs 30,000 crore buyback window opens at 10:30 this morning
- Bank strike on Friday 11 September. Dates inside
- Correction: the bond buyback is Thursday 3 September
August 2026
- Two deadlines today: what bankers must check
- 30 August: on 31 August at 9:30 am, RBI makes the cycle's biggest cash call, holding money 15 days, not overni
- 29 August: on 31 August, three RBI moves land — money returns, FCNR(B) shuts, Rs 6 lakh crore locks 15 days.
- 28 August: banks handed RBI Rs 1.52 lakh crore, the fifth auction this week. The price held steady.
- RBI asked banks for Rs 4 lakh crore. Banks gave back a third.
- $5.5 billion deal, one bank rule in the way
- $65 billion in, 8 days left
- 22 August: Friday's auction fell short. RBI's fix: more money, longer, from Monday.
- RBI stopped taking cash overnight. Today it locked Rs 1.5 lakh crore away until Monday
- RBI held rates but four members just put a hike on the table