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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said that banks need to strike a balance between protection of public money and use of savings for asset creation in future. The President said banks have two fundamental responsibilities- acting as custodians of public money and using savings of the present for future asset creation. "Balancing both these responsibilities is a challenge for every bank. Sometimes due to vitiation of the balance between these two, worrying economic conditions arise in different parts of the world," she said. The President was speaking at an event organised by UCO Bank here to celebrate the completion of 80 years of the public sector lender. Murmu said all banks are duty-bound to uphold the trust of millions of people who keep their savings in banks. She expressed confidence that the professional staff and vigilant leadership of UCO Bank will discharge these responsibilities effectively. The President said fintech has been transforming the way people access and m
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) firm Mensa Brands on Tuesday said it has raised Rs 300 crore debt from TradeCred. The funds will be used for new brand acquisitions as well as brand growth, including product development, supply chain integration, and working capital investment, the company said in a statement. "With this additional capital, we will be able to double down on our growth ambition," Mensa Brands Founder & CEO Ananth Narayanan said. At present, Mensa has 25 brands across fashion, home, beauty and FMCG, including Dennis Lingo, Villain, Pebble, and MyFitness. Debt platform TradeCred has over Rs 2,200 crore of assets under management and more than 20,000 active users as of February 2022, the company said. "As part of Mensa's Rs 300 crore financing arrangement, 50 UHNIs (Ultra high-net-worth individuals) collectively participated," it added.
Describing demonetisation as an "economic genocide", a "criminal act" and an "organised loot", opposition parties slammed the BJP-led Centre for its decision taken on this day in 2016 to scrap high-value currency notes. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of the old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 banknotes. The key objectives of the decision were to promote digital payments and curb black money, besides eliminating terror funding. At a press briefing here, the Congress alleged that demonetisation was the "greatest organised loot" in independent India and demanded a white paper on it from the Modi government. In a tweet, Kharge said: "6 years of 'Organised Loot and Legalised Plunder'. Tribute to those 150 people who lost their lives due to #Demonetisation disaster. As we observe 6 years of this epic failure, it is important to remind the PM about the ill-conceived calamity which he thrust upon the nation." Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also hit o
The rupee after opening on a positive note, pared the gains and slipped 5 paise to 82.29 against the US dollar amid high volatility in early trade on Friday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 82.26 against the dollar, then touched 82.12, registering a gain of 12 paise over its previous close. In initial trade, the rupee also touched 82.29 against the American currency. On Thursday, the rupee had settled at 82.24 against the greenback. "Dollar strengthened immediately post the CPI print but saw a massive reversal on short covering in majors," IFA Global Research Academy said in a research note, adding the US headline September CPI came in higher than expected at 8.2 per cent year-on-year (0.4 per cent MoM) against 8.1 per cent yoy (0.2 per cent month-on-month). Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.08 per cent to 112.27. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, fell 0.13 per c