After two years of waiting, Facebook-owned WhatsApp payment service received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in November to go live on Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with over 160 supported banks.
Earlier in October, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) did not approve Axis Bank's proposal to raise its stake up to 29 per cent but scaled it down to an aggregate of 19.02 per cent with the subsidiaries of private sector lenders.
As of November 13, Axis Bank is offering an interest rate of 2.50% on FDs to its customers with maturity between 7 days and 29 days, 3% for FDs maturing between 30 days and less than 3 months, 3.5% for FDs between 3 months and less than 6 months.
‘Dil Se Open Celebrations’, a festive campaign by India’s third largest private lender Axis Bank has come as a boon for its debit and credit cardholders who can avail offers on more than 1,00,000 products from well-known brands and get up to 10X EDGE reward points on purchase of gift cards from popular brands.
After touching a high of 38,556.27, the BSE Sensex pared some gains to end 224.93 points or 0.59 per cent higher at 38,407.01.
Last week, Axis Bank had set a floor price of Rs 442.19 per equity share for its proposed Rs 15,000-crore qualified institutional placement (QIP).
Shares of Axis Bank on Wednesday jumped over 7 per cent after the lender's asset quality showed improvement in the June 2020 quarter.
Traders booked profit and equity benchmark indices ended marginally lower on July 10 following a decline in global peers amid surging coronavirus cases.
The third largest private sector lender Axis Bank on Monday said its executive director Pralay Mondal has resigned due to "personal compulsions" within one year of joining the bank.
Equity benchmark indices were on a low swing during early hours on Friday ahead of the release of GDP data for January to March quarter (Q4 FY20).
Shares of Axis Bank on Wednesday zoomed over 14 per cent amid reports of fund infusion by private equity firm Carlyle.
The losses in the last quarter were reported despite a 19 per cent increase in Axis Bank's net income, which grew to Rs 6,808 crore
Sensex has surged 900 points on global cues as Nifty regained the 9,000 mark. At 9:41 am Sensex is trading in the upper 30,000 mark as Axis Bank and Tata Motors are up 4 per cent. Pharmaceutical companies like Sun Pharma are also in the green on the back on high use of products due to COVID-19 outbreak.
In the previous session, the BSE barometer surged 2,476.26 points or 8.97 per cent to settle the day at 30,067.21; while the NSE barometer Nifty zoomed 708.40 points or 8.76 per cent to close at 8,792.20 -- the best session ever for both indices.
Equity benchmark indices were buoyant during early hours on Friday ahead of a media briefing by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, raising hopes of liquidity-infusing steps to absorb the economic impact of coronavirus amid a countr
Private sector lender Axis Bank on Thursday urged its customers to avoid visiting branches in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and instead, use internet banking, mobile app and chatbot for banking services.
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai on Thursday sought BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis's response to a petition questioning the transfer of salary accounts of the police department to Axis Bank, a private lender.
Axis Bank on Thursday said its board has approved appointment of Puneet Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His appointment will be effective from March 6, the private sector lender said in a regulatory filing. Sharma replaces Jairam Sridharan, who has resigned as the group executive and CFO of the bank, with effect from the close of business hours on March 5, it said.
Axis Bank on Thursday said it has entered into a confidentiality and exclusivity arrangement to explore the possibility of entering into a long-term strategic partnership with Max Life.
Reliance Power on Tuesday said one of its lenders Axis Bank has initiated insolvency process against its subsidiary Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd for a claim of Rs 553.28 crore.
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