Category Archives: Information Assurance

RBI and ECGC should consider trade remittances to Hong Kong as Highly Risky

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

  OPEN LETTER TO RBI AND ECGC To Reserve Bank of India Exchange Control Department Mumbai and ECGC of India Mumbai Sub: Increasing Hong Kong Risk for Importers and Exporters from India Dear Sir I have recently come across two … Continue reading →

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RBI Faces first challenge in Bank licensing on Aditya Birla Group and Conflict of interest

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

When the Chairman of a Group which applies for Banking license happens to be a Director of RBI for the last 6 years and continues to be so while the license application is being processed, do we need a second … Continue reading →

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Naavi’s proposition on Sanctions on Banks is reflected also in the EU guidelines

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

“Mandatory Sanctions” as a part of the Information Security policy has been advocated by HIPAA way back in 1996 and is being increasingly accepted as a necessary part of a good Information Security policy. The theory of Information Security Motivation advocated … Continue reading →

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New Banking Licensees- Beware of IT Companies who want to trap you.

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

RBI has now invited applications for new banking license from private sector which has attracted 26 aspirants to make an application. Many of these are thinking of building their Banking empire on the edifice of technology. Already, Indian Banking system … Continue reading →

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The Thief who stole Rs 286 crores from Banks coming to India

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently all across Europe, the “Euro Grabber” stealthily stole around 36 million euro (Rs 286 crores) from Bank customers. These were all customers who thought that a) Their money in the Bank was safe. b) Internet Banking was a great … Continue reading →

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New Banking Licenses in India

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The recent decision of RBI to  invite fresh applications for new Banking licenses have evoked response from 26 applicants. The undersigned who joined the Banking industry in 1973 and has been in working in the industry upto 1987 and later … Continue reading →

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