A ₹1 lakh one-year fixed deposit could mature at up to ₹1,07,450 with some small finance banks, highlighting a sizeable gap with leading private and public sector lenders. For savers looking at a one-year fixed deposit, the gap between banks…
BlackRock investment chief Evy Hambro expects government borrowing, inflation and geopolitical risk to support gold, while condemning miners’ $12bn buyback spree as reckless. Evy Hambro, BlackRock’s global head of thematic and sector investing, is betting that gold’s climb is not…
Indian Hotels lifted its FY27 revenue growth forecast to 15%–17% after higher room rates and occupancy drove a 22% rise in quarterly operating revenue, while international hotels and TajSATS faced pressure. Indian Hotels Company Limited delivered its 18th straight record…
New Delhi’s Semicon 2.0 programme aims to build a domestic semiconductor supply chain, with Taiwanese expertise helping India move beyond chip design and assembly into wafer fabrication and advanced packaging. India’s push to build a domestic semiconductor industry has moved…
An illustrative Indian ownership budget shows how insurance, fuel, servicing, tyres, parking and repairs can push the annual cost of a luxury car to ₹12.43 lakh, before depreciation and other expenses. For many buyers, a luxury car looks affordable only…
South Korea’s two biggest carmakers are falling behind the wider equities rally as a stronger won, repeated earnings misses and mounting margin pressure prompt brokers to cut price targets. South Korea’s booming stock market has left Hyundai Motor and Kia…
Criminals exploited a legitimate spend-management platform to validate stolen bank logins, harvest financial data and send thousands of marketplace-themed phishing alerts each day, Group-IB says. Hackers have been abusing a legitimate spend-management platform to verify stolen bank logins at scale,…
Indian tax professionals say the Income Tax Department focuses on mismatches between bank credits and declared income, rather than applying a blanket threshold to UPI transfers. Receiving money through UPI does not, by itself, put a taxpayer on the tax…
As AI accelerates underwriting and expands the data available to lenders, concerns over problem loans and weaker small-business lending are reinforcing the case for human judgement. Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into commercial lending, promising faster decisions, broader data analysis…
India plans to secure stakes in 50 overseas mines, but ownership of ore will not guarantee supply security while China dominates the processing stages vital to batteries, magnets and advanced manufacturing. China’s grip on critical minerals reaches far beyond the…
