About $55-65 billion is expected to flow into the country due to the RBI move to bear the full hedging cost of banks for raising fresh 3- 5-year FCNR (B) deposits and providing a concessional forex swap facility to incentivise ECBs by PSUs, according to estimates by State Bank of India’s economic research department

Banks will now encourage more foreign currency deposits. The Reserve Bank of India will cover all hedging costs for these deposits. This move aims to attract significant foreign…

Indian banks anticipate raising up to $40 billion through foreign currency deposits. The Reserve Bank of India is backing a new scheme to attract dollar inflows. This initiative…

RBI's decision to bear the hedging cost on FCNR-B deposits and exempt banks from maintaining the cash reserve ratio and statutory liquidity ratio against those deposits would save…

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has opened the dollar tap by taking on the currency risk itself to draw in overseas money, while nudging state-owned borrowers to look abroad for…

ICICI, SBI and other banks hike FCNR(B) deposit rates to attract NRI funds after RBI’s forex swap move cuts currency hedging costs.