Charges

SBI hikes minimum balance for savings a/c, other charges

The SBI decision to raise charges on various services is likely to be followed by other banks, hitting customers across the country.

Government is looking at charges on card payments; may reduce Merchant Discount Rate

The government is looking to reduce Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges to encourage digital payments, Niti Aayog Chief Executive Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. "We are pushing digital transactions. Our aim is to bring down MDR charges.

Volkswagen suffers new setback as US charges senior executive with fraud

Volkswagen AG suffered a new setback on Monday when an executive was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States over the company's diesel emissions cheating and the automaker was accused of concealing the cheating from regulators.

California Judge set to dismiss charges against Backpage.com CEO and shareholders

A California judge on Wednesday said he was likely to dismiss criminal pimping charges against the chief executive and controlling shareholders of Backpage.com.

Germany considering to press charges for hate-speech against Facebook

German prosecutors are again considering whether to press charges against Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives for failing to staunch a tide of racist and threatening posts on the social network during an influx of migrants into Europe.

India’s New Zealand envoy Ravi Thapar recalled after wife accused of assaulting domestic staff

Delhi’s top diplomat in New Zealand said he would return to India but denied that his relocation was linked to accusations that his wife had assaulted a staff member.

Airtel buckles under pressure, drops plan to charge for VoIP calls on Skype,Viber

The operator had earlier decided to charge VoIP calls on pay as you go basis, at standard data rates of 4 paise per 10 KB on 3G network and 10 paise per 10 KB on 2G network.

Bharti Airtel falls 3% on CBI probe speculation

Shares in Bharti Airtel fell as much as 3.2 percent on Friday amid speculation that the CBI may file charges against India's top mobile phone carrier as part of a broader case involving alleged irregularities in airwave allocations.

By capping unlimited free ATM usage, RBI is pushing customers back to bank branches

What the RBI has now done, in that sense, is taking a step back from its own stated policy stance and even taking a step backwards. It should correct the mistake

Gadkari defamation case: Court frames charges against Kejriwal

Gadkari says Kejriwal had defamed him by including his name in the AAP's list of "India's most corrupt".