January 2015 Current Affairs on RBI, Banking & Business

Here we are going to list out all the Current Affairs Questions of January 2015 related to RBI Rates, Banking News, and Business news. These questions are very important for upcoming Bank Exams like RBI Assistant and SBI PO Prelims 2015.

January 2015 Current Affairs on RBI, Banking & Business 


January 29: RBI signs an information sharing agreement with Brazil’s Central Bank

January 28: RBI Asks Banks to Ease Norms for Individual Borrowers

January 28: DBS Bank launches Tab banking

January 26: SBI’s loan agreement with European Investment Bank (UIB)

January 26: Grocery Stores, Mobiles Seen Crucial For Next Banking Revolution

January 25: New direction of RBI for External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy

January 25: HDFC Bank launches 11 toll-free numbers to cater to 32 nations

January 23: RBI Asks Banks to Display Loan Interest Rates on Websites

January 22: CII and Alibaba signed agreement to provide international platform to Indian SMEs

January 22: Reserve Bank of India has allowed travelers from India and Nepal or Bhutan to carry currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000

January 22: Apple Inc acquired British startup firm Semetric Limited

January 21: 11.5 crore bank accounts have been opened under the 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' financial inclusion scheme,

January 20: State Bank of India (SBI) was ranked 51 in most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalization of 36.40 Billion U.S. dollars....

January 19: Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday announced the launch of Jifi Saver, a social savings bank account which can be seamlessly managed via Twitter and Facebook.

January 19: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its stake in public sector lender Central Bank of India to 15 per cent.

January 19: ICICI Bank, country's largest private sector lender, now allows its customers to transfer money via social networking site Twitter

January 16: RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps after 20 months.

January 13: Zomato acquired US based food portal Urbanspoon

January 12: SEBI planned easier norms for domestic mutual fund managers

January 12:  Reserve  Bank  and  the  European  Central  Bank  (ECB)  have  signed  a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the area of central banking.

January 12: Mahila Bank will have 80 branches pan-India by March

January 8: ICICI Bank launches contactless credit and debit cards

January 6: PNB revises interest rate on FDs by up to 0.5%

January 2: ICICI launches 'digital village' project; adopts Gujarat village