Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 17, 2019

Scams & Frauds Affecting Banks in India

If you think that frauds and scams are rare in India and happen occasionally, think again. Here’s why.

As many as 53,334 frauds hit banks in India from Financial Year (FY) 2009-2010 to FY 2018-2019, says the regulator, Reserve Bank of India. Banks in India lost whopping Rs.2.05 trillion due to these frauds and scams.

Major Public Sector Undertaking or nationalized banks, private and cooperative banks as well as the new generation Small Finance Banks were affected by scams and frauds, the RBI report adds.

During the first quarter (Q1) of FY 2019-2020, banks in India lost Rs.32 billion. This amount was lost in a short span of three months- from April 1, 2019 to June 30,2019, according to Reserve Bank of India figures.

By Q2 of fiscal year 2019-2020, the amount stood at staggering Rs.72.5 billion. About 90 percent frauds were at nationalized banks- which is something shocking.

Let me explain this further.

Firstly, you’ll get Rs. 100,000 for Savings, Current, Fixed Deposit and Recurring Deposit only if you have that much amount or more in the ...