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The Indian Financial System Code (IFS Code or IFSC) is an alphanumeric code that facilitates electronic funds transfer in India. A code uniquely identifies each bank branch participating in the three main Payment and settlement systems in India: the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) systems.
In March 2017, Kotak Mahindra Bank launched an online savings account called Kotak 811, [26] named after the date Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced demonetisation in the previous year (8 November), which according to Uday Kotak was "the day that changed India." [27] [28] Kotak 811 helped the bank double its number of customers by ...
In December 2015 the first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in India was set up in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). [5] In 2019 the Government of India enacted an Act of Parliament called the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019. [6] [7] [5]
The Kotak Mahindra Group was founded in 1985 as a provider of financial services. [8] [9] In February 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd (KMFL), the Group's flagship company, received banking license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to conduct banking operations in the country and was renamed as Kotak Mahindra Bank, the parent company of Kotak Life Insurance. [10]
Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL) is an Indian custodian and depository participant, based in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra. [2] SHCIL was established in 1986 as a public limited company and is a subsidiary of IFCI.
In 2015, eleven companies received In-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to set up Payments Bank under the guidelines for Licensing of Payments Bank. [6]On 11 April 2016, Airtel Payments Bank became the first company to receive the Payments Bank license from the Reserve Bank of India under Section 22 (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL) was an Indian payments bank, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Noida. [3] In the same year, it received the license to run a payments bank from the Reserve Bank of India and was launched in November 2017. [4] [5] [6] In 2021, the bank received a scheduled bank status from the RBI. [7] [8]
Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian billionaire banker and founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank, where he is a non-executive director. [2] He resigned from his CEO position in September 2023. [ 3 ]