Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
“Deep Pockets” need not be the sole criteria for Bank licenses
A day after the announcements of the 2013 Banking license aspirants, debate has started on whether RBI will dilute its norms to favour any of the licencees either before or after the granting of the license. The statement of the … Continue reading
Banking Licenses and Public Sector aspirants
The list of 26 new Banking license aspirants provide an interesting contrast and a challenge to RBI to ensure that the long term Banking policies set by RBI will be adequately served by the right choice of licensees. Initially, it … Continue reading
New Banking License-Let’s Remember Gandhian Principles of Banking
Reserve Bank of India has released the list of 26 Banking license applicants who have sought licences under the new licenses to be released. The list of aspirants is as follows. 1. Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd., Mumbai. 2. Bajaj Finserv … Continue reading
Norton Estimate 4.2 crore cyber crime victims in India each year
According to Norton’s “Internet Security Threat” report, India has 4.2 crore Cyber Crime victims in 2012. (Report in Business Standard). According to the report, the total cost of Cyber Crimes globally is US$110 billion( approx: Rs 6,60,000 crores) of which … Continue reading
Hong Kong Government accuses US Government of hacking
The controversy surrounding the PRISM program of US Government under which the US intelligence agency intercepted the communication of billions of foreigners assumed a twist today with the Hong Kong Government accusing the US Government virtually of hacking. The whistleblower … Continue reading
IT Secretary Maharashtra creates history
Mr Rajesh Aggarwal, IT Secretary of Maharashtra has created a history by his landmark judgement in a case of an ex-employee hacking into his former employer’s systems to provide a wrongful gain to his new employer. Such cases are common … Continue reading