Monday, December 3, 2012

PSU banks under lens for ‘fixing’ savings account rate


 Competition Commission of India, the fair play watchdog, has decided to look into the common, 4% interest rate being paid by all public sector banks on savings bank deposits despite the Reserve Bank of India moving to an unregulated regime in October 2011. "They seem to be acting in tandem and it needs to be investigated. Because of this policy, small depositors are losing out and banks are also losing business," said a CCI official, who did not wish to be identified.  The official also said that banks such as Kotak Mahindra and Yes Bank, which had started paying up to 7% on savings bank deposits, had seen a surge in inflows. .........


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