Category Archives: Information Assurance

IDRBT sets up Information Assurance Center

According to a report in Hindu-Business Line, the Governor of RBI inaugurated a Centre for Information Assurance and Management (CIAM) in association with the State University of New York at Buffalo. The CIAM is expected to  function as a “one-stop” resource … Continue reading

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IT Companies vie for business from New Banks

Even before the decision on which of the 26 applicants will get Banking license, Infosys, TCS and Oracle are vieing with each other for supply of Core Banking software to the new Banks. It is estimated that each Bank will … Continue reading

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Mumbai High Court Upholds Adjudicator’s decision

Mumbai High Court has upheld the decisions of the Adjudicator of Maharashtra Mr Rajesh Agarwal in respect of two cases referred to it by ICICI Bank. The Bank had challenged the order of the Adjudicator and prayed for a stay … Continue reading

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Telecom Security Policy

Close on the heels of the announcement of the National Cyber Security Policy, the Government is likely to announce a “Telecom Security Policy”. The draft of the policy is said to have been submitted to the National Information Board and … Continue reading

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22 Banks Fined for KYC Failure

22 Banks have been fined by RBI for KYC failures. The fines range from Rs 0.50 lakhs in the case of Ratnakar Bank to rs 3.002 crores in the case of IOB. Most other Banks have been fined between 2.50 … Continue reading

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One More Export Fraud Reported from Delhi

As discussed in this column earlier, one more fraud on an Exporter has been reported from Delhi involving diversion of export proceeds. Report in TOI The loss reported in the Delhi fraud is US$31000 (Rs 18 lakhs). The two other … Continue reading

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