Mumbai HC refuses bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor’s wife, daughters in DHFL corruption case

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor’s wife and two daughters in a corruption and cheating case involving private sector lender Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL).

A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre rejected the bail applications filed by Kapoor’s wife Bindu and daughters Roshini and Radha.

The three had approached the HC last week, challenging a special CBI court order of September 18 which refused them bail while noting that they had, prima facie, caused a loss of Rs 4,000 crore to the Yes Bank through illegal acts.

The lower court had remanded them in 14-day judicial custody and said they did not deserve any sympathy for being women.

The three are currently lodged at the Byculla women’s prison in Mumbai.

In their bail pleas filed in the HC, they had said the special CBI court gravely erred in observing that the accusations against them prima facie show complicity in having co-fraudulently and dishonestly received loans as quid pro quo for favour shown by the Yes Bank to DHFL.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had opposed their pleas and said there was nothing wrong with the special court’s order and that it was merely securing the presence of the accused for the purpose of trial.

The CBI’s case is that Rana Kapoor, who is currently in jail in connection with a related case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, had entered into a criminal conspiracy with DHFL’s Kapil Wadhawan.

The CBI stated that between April and June 2018, Yes Bank invested ₹3,700 crore in short-term debentures of DHFL. In return, DHFL allegedly paid a kickback of ₹900 crore to Kapoor in the form of loans to one DoIT Urban Ventures, a firm controlled by Kapoor’s wife and daughters.

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Capital Float raises $50 m funding from Lightrock India, others

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Fintech major Capital Float on Tuesday said it has raised $50 million (about ₹370.3 crore) in funding, led by Lightrock India.

Current investors Sequoia Capital India, Ribbit Capital, Creation Investments and Dinesh Hinduja family office also participated in the round, in addition to new investors David Vélez (Nubank founder), Kunal Shah (Cred founder) and Pine Labs CEO Amrish Rau, a statement said.

The funds raised will be used to strengthen and scale Capital Float’s BNPL (Buy-Now-Pay-Later) platform and expand its partner ecosystem, it added.

The company said it has witnessed rapid growth over the past year, with 2.5 million customers now using its product to finance over ₹2,000 crore of online purchases annually.

Capital Float has partnered with platforms such as Amazon (powering Amazon Paylater), MakeMyTrip, Unacademy, and Boat to help consumers finance purchases across e-commerce, D2C (direct-to-consumer) brands, travel, edtech and healthcare.

It also recently launched a strategic partnership with Razorpay to expand BNPL to over one lakh merchants across the country.

“We are now financing two million purchases every month across 14,000 pin codes, while maintaining NPAs below 1.5 per cent. This positions us as the market leader in BNPL in India today,” Capital Float co-founder Sashank Rishyasringa said.

Growth opportunities

Capital Float Co-founder Gaurav Hinduja added that the company sees an exponential growth opportunity ahead from this point on.

“By solving for affordability as well as convenience, in a fully-regulated format, we believe that our BNPL approach can responsibly expand access to credit to over 100 million customers who are starting to transact online. We are privileged to have the support of our investors in pursuing this vision, and are excited to work in partnership to build out a world-class digital financial institution for India,” he stated.

Founded in 2013, Capital Float is the trade name for CapFloat Financial Services, a non-banking finance csompany registered with the Reserve Bank of India.

It has raised funding from marquee investors such as Aspada, Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF), Sequoia India, Creation Investments Capital Management LLC, Ribbit Capital, and Amazon.

In addition to offering BNPL at checkout across its merchant partners, the company also operates Walnut — a personal finance app with over 12 million lifetime downloads.

Walnut offers a range of personal finance features such as expense tracking, budgeting, and bill reminders, provides instant small-ticket loans to salaried and self-employed individuals 24/7, and recently launched insurance options on the app as well.

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Muthoot Finance launches AI Virtual Assistant ‘Mattu’, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Muthoot Finance, gold loan NBFC has partnered with Senseforth.ai, conversational AI technology company to launch ‘Mattu’, an AI-powered virtual assistant.

Available on the website and mobile app, the intelligent assistant enables users to apply for various kinds of loans, address concerns, and perform transactions like checking account balance, paying gold loan interest, availing loan top-ups, making part payments and much more.

Alexander George Muthoot, Deputy Managing Director, The Muthoot Group said, “The launch of a revamped and turbo-charged Mattu marks the beginning of a new chapter for us. This AI-powered virtual assistant offers various customer-friendly features like multi-lingual support, voice search capability, and can handle more than 250 frequently asked questions.”

Customers of Muthoot Finance can chat or speak with the AI virtual assistant in both English and Hindi. This virtual assistant is also available on WhatsApp, which makes it very easy for users to access key services through natural human interactions.

Shridhar Marri, CEO & Co-founder of Senseforth.ai said, “The modern day customer expects their needs to be fulfilled within seconds, without having to browse the website or visiting a branch. The launch of Mattu would eliminate buyer friction and ensure that customers of Muthoot Finance have instant access to key services on a channel of their choice.”



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NFRA Chief’s term ends on Thursday; no clarity yet on successor, second term

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National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) Chairperson Rangachari Sridharan is expected to demit office on Thursday with his three-year tenure coming to an end on September 30. There is still no clarity on whether he will get reappointed although the rules provide for such a step, official sources said.

The “competent authority” is yet to take the final call, they added, noting that the matter has to go to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for approval. Over 70 persons including bureaucrats, chartered accountants and retired judges have applied for the post, it is learnt.

It may also be noted that the search-cum-selection committee is free to identify and recommend any person also, based on merit, who has not applied for the post.

Going by what had happened recently in the case of appointments of top officials of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal or the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, there can always be last minute twists and turns in such appointments, say economy watchers.

Audit quality reviews

In his role as the first Chairperson of NFRA, Sridharan, who had an eventful three-year tenure since October 1, 2018, sought to build NFRA as an independent audit regulator from scratch. Despite challenges around staffing and office infrastructure, he helped devise NFRA’s own process for Audit Quality Review and even created an internal manual.

As many as three Audit Quality Review Reports on statutory audits of three scam ridden entities — IL& FS Financial Services , Jaiprakash Associates and IL& FS Transportation Networks — were issued by NFRA in the three year period. During his tenure, Sridharan had several run-ins with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, some of whose members he had pulled up in the three AQRs named above. The ICAI is completely opposed to NFRA’s existence.

Meanwhile, MS Sahoo, Chairperson of insolvency regulator IBBI, is also due to demit office on Thursday after a five-year stint at the helm. Sahoo has already conveyed to the government that he would be unavailable for reappointment.

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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Sr. No. State/UT Notified Amount
(₹ Cr)
Amount Accepted
(₹ Cr)
Cut off Price (₹) /Yield (%) Tenure
(Yrs)
1 Andhra Pradesh 500 500 6.93 17
500 500 6.94 20
2 Assam 600 600 6.85 10
3 Goa 100 100 6.83 10
4 Jammu and Kashmir 500 500 6.98 15
5 Kerala 1500 1500 6.99 15
6 Maharashtra 2000 2000 99.73/6.8169 Re-issue of 6.78% Maharashtra SDL 2031 Issued on May 25, 2021
7 Meghalaya 100 100 4.69 2
100 100 99.35/5.1899 Re-issue of 4.95% Meghalaya SDL 2024 Issued on September 08, 2021
8 Puducherry 123.86 123.86 5.96 5
9 Punjab* 1000 1000 6.84 10
1000 919.87 6.98 12
10 Rajasthan 1000 1000 6.23 6
1000 1000 6.94 12
11 Telangana 1000 1000 6.93 16
12 Tripura 300 300 6.99 15
13 Uttar Pradesh 2500 2500 6.84 10
14 West Bengal 3500 3500 6.99 15
  TOTAL 17323.86 17243.73    
* Punjab has accepted ₹919.87 crore in its 12 year security

Ajit Prasad
Director   

Press Release: 2021-2022/942

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5 Large-Cap Stocks With High ROCE Of More Than 40% Over a Three-Year Average

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Hindustan Unilever

Hindustan Unilever Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, India, is a consumer goods corporation. It is a subsidiary of the British business Unilever. Foods, beverages, cleaning agents, personal care items, water purifiers, and other fast-moving consumer goods are among its offerings.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. has declared an equity dividend of Rs 31.00 per share in the last 12 months. This equates to a dividend yield of 1.14 percent at the current share price of Rs 2709.50.

Over the last three years, the company has maintained a healthy ROCE of 65.2 percent.

Nestle India

Nestle India

Nestle India, founded in 1959, is a large-cap company in the FMCG industry with a market capitalization of Rs 189,381.68 crore. The stock returned 105.06 percent over three years, compared to 61.71 percent for the Nifty 100 index. Over a three-year period, the stock returned 105.06 percent, while the Nifty FMCG provided investors a 38.54 percent return. Nestle India Ltd. has declared an equity dividend of Rs 225.00 per share in the last 12 months. At the current share price of Rs 19663.65, this translates to a 1.14 percent dividend yield. In the most recent quarter, the company generated a net profit after tax of Rs 538.58 crore.

Over the last three years, the company has maintained a healthy ROCE of 50.7 percent.

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting firm based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, with its main campus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The stock returned 75.3 percent over three years, compared to 61.71 percent for the Nifty 100 index. Over a three-year period, the stock returned 75.3 percent, while the Nifty IT returned 131.63 percent to investors.

In the most recent quarter, the company generated a net profit after tax of Rs 9,031.00 crore. Since October 28, 2004, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. has declared 71 dividends. This equates to a dividend yield of 1.04 percent at the current share price of Rs 3850.00.

Over the last three years, the company has maintained a healthy ROCE of 46.1 percent.

Britannia Industries

Britannia Industries

Britannia Industries Limited is Indian food and beverage firm that is part of the Nusli Wadia-led Wadia Group. It is one of India’s oldest firms, having been founded in 1892 and having its headquarters in Kolkata. It is best known for its biscuit goods. The company’s yearly revenue growth rate of 13.22% surpassed its three-year CAGR of 9.98%. The stock returned 40.69 percent over three years, compared to 61.71 percent for the Nifty 100. In the most recent quarter, the company generated a net profit of Rs 386.80 crore. Over a three-year period, the stock yielded 40.69 percent, while the Nifty FMCG yielded 38.54 percent.

Marico

Marico

Only 1.3 percent of trading sessions in the last 16 years had intraday drops of more than 5%. The stock returned 62.61 percent over three years, compared to 61.71 percent for the Nifty 100 index. Over a three-year period, the stock returned 62.61 percent, while the Nifty FMCG provided investors a 38.54 percent return.

In the most recent quarter, the company generated a net profit after tax of Rs 365.00 crore. Since September 4, 2000, Marico Ltd. has declared 57 dividends. At the current share price of Rs 548.05, this translates to a 1.37 percent dividend yield.

What to consider when investing?

What to consider when investing?

The biggest disadvantage of ROCE is that it calculates returns based on the book value of the company’s assets. Even though cash flow has been constant, ROCE will increase as items are depreciated. As a result, older companies with depreciated assets will have a greater ROCE than newer, presumably better companies.

Disclaimer

Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses. Investors must therefore exercise due caution. Greynium Information Technologies, the author, and the brokerage houses are not liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on the article. The above article is for informational purposes only.



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Central bank digital currency can boost innovation in cross-border payments: RBI Deputy Governor

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A central bank digital currency (CBDC) can boost innovation in cross-border payments, making these transactions instantaneous and help overcome key challenges relating to time zone and exchange rate differences, according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor, T Rabi Sankar.

A CBDC is the legal tender issued by a central bank in a digital form. It is the same as a fiat currency and is exchangeable one-to-one with the fiat currency. Only its form is different.

Speaking at IAMAI’s Global Fintech Fest 2021, Sankar observed that the frictions relating to time zone and exchange rate differences as also varying legal and regulatory requirements across jurisdictions can be solved through platform-based solutions.

These solutions can make real-time price discovery possible even for retail-sized transactions.

Sankar said settlement of cross-border payments in CBDC can happen without the settlement system of either of the countries or both countries being open.

Costly transactions

A July 2021 BIS report noted that cross-border payments suffer from long transaction delays and can be particularly costly due to the involvement of a high number of intermediaries across different time zones along the correspondent banking process.

The report said CBDCs can be open 24/7, eliminating any mismatch of operating hours. It could settle instantly, reducing the need for status updates

In a speech in July 2021, Sankar said going forward, after studying the impact of CBDC models, launch of general purpose CBDCs will be evaluated.

“The RBI is currently working towards a phased implementation strategy and examining use cases which could be implemented with little or no disruption,” he added.

Some key issues under RBI’s examination include the scope of CBDCs, whether they should be used in retail payments or also in wholesale payments, the underlying technology – whether it should be a distributed ledger or a centralised ledger, for instance, and whether the choice of technology should vary according to use cases, the validation mechanism – whether token based or account based, degree of anonymity etc.

However, conducting pilots in wholesale and retail segments may be a possibility in near future, Sankar said.

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Alibaba App | WeChat Pay: Alibaba apps start offering WeChat Pay option after government orders, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has begun offering payment services from Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat on a number of its apps, after the government ordered major tech firms to stop blocking each other’s services and links.

Local tech blog 36Kr reported on Tuesday that users of Alibaba’s food delivery app Ele.me, luxury goods app Kaola and e-book app Shuqi can now purchase goods via WeChat Pay, one of China’s most popular online payment options.

Alibaba’s used-goods marketplace app Xianyu and supermarket app Freshippo have also applied for WeChat Pay integration, the tech blog said.

Alibaba confirmed the contents of the report to Reuters. Previously, the main way users could make payments on those apps was via Alipay, from Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Group.

Earlier this month, the ministry of industry and information technology said it had asked internet companies to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other’s links and services on their sites. Such practices prevented app users from seamlessly jumping to services between rival companies.

Days later, Tencent’s WeChat messaging app started allowing users to access links to rival platforms. Previously, it had not allowed users to click on links sent via chat to, for instance, product listings from Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace.

The changes come as authorities continue to tighten regulation in the internet sector.

In April, antitrust regulators fined Alibaba a record $2.75 billion for anti-competitive behaviour.



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Should You Choose Post Office Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme To Secure Daughter’s Future

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Sukanya Samriddhi, a popular Post Office (PO) scheme is offered to provide a secure future to your girl child, as the name suggests. A parent should take up this scheme under his/her girl child’s name, who must be aged below 10 years. The account will be operated by the parent till the girl child attains her age of 18 years. The parent or account holder can deposit money in the Sukanya Samriddhi account maximum up to the completion of 15 years from the date of account opening. A parent can open only one account in a PO, only in case of twins or triplets girls birth, more than two accounts can be opened.

Post Office Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme To Secure Your Daughter's Future

You can sign up for the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme to spend a lump sum amount during your child’s marriage, or for her education without much financial burden at once. The plan will also provide installment options of withdrawal if you do not want to withdraw the amount at once. You can obtain the form for the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme from the Post Office, or online on the PO official website.

Interest rates under Sukanya Samriddhi

The rate of interest under the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme is 7.6% Per Annum (PA) which is calculated and paid yearly. A parent can deposit a minimum of Rs. 250 and a maximum of Rs. 1,50,000 in a Financial Year (FY). PO informs, “Subsequent deposit in multiple of Rs. 50 deposits can be made in a lump sum, no limit on the number of deposits either in a month or in a financial year.” However, if one fails to deposit a minimum of Rs. 250 in an FY, the account will be considered as a default account. The account can be closed on maturity after 21 years from the date of account opening, or at the time of the girl child’s marriage attaining the age of 18 years. You can deposit the money online, no need to visit the PO physically every time. Interest earned is tax-free under Income Tax Act.

Under the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme, you will have to deposit the money periodically, either monthly, quarterly, or yearly, etc, according to your wish. But at the time of need, when the scheme will mature, the girl will be able to utilize the money for her future after completing 18 years. This long-term plan is a good financial security for your girl child with a lucrative interest rate, along with this plan you can also check the LIC Jeevan Lakshya for the same purpose. However the basic difference between these 2 plans is, in the PO Sukanya Samriddhi scheme you can deposit the money in the account as your accordance, but in the LIC policy you are needed to deposit a fixed amount each year, either monthly or quarterly or yearly.

Amount withdrawal

A partial withdrawal may be taken by the guardian up to 50% of the balance available in the Sukanya Samriddhi account at the end of the preceding FY after the girl child attains the age of 18 or passed the 10th standard class. The parent can withdraw the money in one lump sum or installments, not exceeding one per year, for a maximum of five years.

Premature closure of the account

A normal premature closure is possible only after the child becomes 18 years old, on the occasion of her marriage with all documents provided. Otherwise, in case of a life-threatening decease of the account holder, or if the account holder dies, or if the guardian by whom the account operated dies, the account can be closed prematurely after 5 years of account opening.

Should you choose the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme?

However, due to inflation, the interest rates of all the schemes were falling. In the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme, the interest rate was 8.5% in June 2019, which has been deducted gradually and it stood at 7.6% in June 2020, which is continuing to date. The pandemic has forced the PO to keep the interest rates low, as per the present monetary policy. The interest rate changes quarterly. So, the falling interest rates are concerning some people now.

Although the interest rates are falling, it is a secured plan by the government, unlike equity or stock markets linked policies. Money in the equity market is not stuck for a very fixed long-term period, you can withdraw at any time. In many stocks or mutual funds, a guardian can have better interests, even double interests from the same amount invested. But certainly, it will stay at risk of market volatility. So, if your lookout is to secure your money on a long-term basis with fixed interest, even if it is low, you can take up this policy. You should compare the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme with other term deposit offers by the Post Office, or LIC, or other banks. You can check that the interest rate in the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme is mostly better than other plans. Hence, it is a popular choice by parents. However, you should compare the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme with the LIC Jeevan Lakshya for the same purpose.



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