The United Nations Security Council has said that North Korea carried out the $13.5 million cyber heist of Pune's Cosmos Bank in 14,000 simultaneous ATM transactions ac

Cosmos Bank heist: N. Korea stole $13.5mn for lack of funds, says UN report

The United Nations Security Council has said that North Korea carried out the $13.5 million cyber heist of Pune's Cosmos Bank in 14,000 simultaneous ATM transactions across 28 countries. The UN report said that North Korea compromised SWIFT network, broke into the bank's internal safety measures as the nation was starved of foreign funds due to UN sanctions. The report further added that North Korea was using cyber hacks for undercover operations to bypass sanctions.

Good news for startups and FinTechs as the Prime Minister has made a big pitch for larger credit flows to head their way. Speaking at a webinar PM Modi highli

Good news for startups and&nbsp;FinTechs&nbsp;as the Prime Minister has made a big pitch for larger credit flows to head their way. Speaking at a webinar PM Modi highlighted that&nbsp;financial products will have to be tailor-made for fintech and startups.&nbsp;He expects&nbsp;India's fintech market to grow to Rs 6 lakh cr.
Addressing a webinar&nbsp;on&nbsp;the implementation of Budget in the Financial Services sector&nbsp;the Prime Minister assured the audience that the government is committed to strengthening the banking sector and the focus remains on&nbsp;taking steps to make the financial services sector vibrant, proactive and strong. PM&nbsp;Modi said that investors, depositor&rsquo;s trust and transparency is the top priority of his government.&nbsp;

Rising yields is giving traders an unpleasant déjà vu of the 2013 ‘taper tantrum’ where markets sold off aggressively as the money market

Rising yields is giving traders an unpleasant&nbsp;d&eacute;j&agrave; vu of the 2013 &lsquo;taper tantrum&rsquo; where markets sold off aggressively as the money markets signaled the end of cheap money.&nbsp;Even though the surge is not as dramatic as 8 years ago it is enough to send equities into a tizzy.&nbsp;&nbsp; So why&nbsp;do stock markets get rattled by rising bond yields.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 Firstly,&nbsp;Rise in yields indicate the money markets betting on the possibility of higher rates by the central bank&nbsp;as inflation bets rise. In the US its mostly due to improving economic data and traders worried the fed will shift low rates stance earlier than anticipated.&nbsp;Prices in India have been subdued so far but with sharp rises in fuel prices the RBI has also sounded off the concern on inflationary pressure.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Secondly,&nbsp;Investors also reassess portfolio allocations are yields&nbsp;rise,&nbsp;betting more on cheaper safer bond markets as returns become more attractive.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Finally, the cost&nbsp;of capital&nbsp;also rises significantly with rising yields and the debt pressure on the corporate sector enlarges in turn adding pressure on to the stock.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Domestic flight tickets may get cheaper for those who opt to travel with no baggage or only with cabin baggage within the permissible weight limit. Flight operators are

Domestic flight tickets may get cheaper for those who opt to travel with no baggage or only with cabin baggage within the permissible weight limit. Flight operators are allowed to give concessions in ticket prices to passengers who carry no baggage or only cabin baggage, aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said in a circular. A passenger can carry up to 7 kilograms of cabin baggage and 15 kilograms of check-in baggage. Any additional weight is chargeable.&nbsp;

With a UK court ruling in favour of the extradition of fugitive Nirav Modi, Mumbai's Arthur Road jail has kept a special cell ready to lodge him, an official said

With a UK court ruling in favour of the extradition of fugitive Nirav Modi,&nbsp;Mumbai's Arthur Road jail has kept a special cell ready to lodge him, an official said on Friday. The jail official said that once Nirav Modi is brought to Mumbai, he will be kept in one of the high-security barracks.&nbsp;The state government had submitted a letter of assurance to the Centre about the facilities, which they can provide inside the prison. The prison department had also assured that Modi will be kept in a cell with fewer detainees. If lodged in the barrack, Modi&nbsp;is likely to get three square meters of personal space.

Twitter has said that it is planning to offer a subscription service, in which users will have to pay for special content from high-profile accounts, as part of an econ

Twitter has said that it is planning to offer a subscription service, in which users will have to pay for special content from high-profile accounts, as part of an economic model. The social media giant announced the potential new 'Super Follows' service at its annual investor meeting, as it is looking out for ways to generate revenue apart from targeted advertisements. However, no timeline has been given for when Super Follows might become a feature, but it is expected to roll-out in the coming months.

Dalal Street is feeling the global jitters of rising yields indicating cheap money bets are lowering and inflationary bets rise. Wall Street saw t

Dalal Street is feeling the global jitters of rising yields&nbsp;&nbsp;indicating cheap money bets are lowering&nbsp;and inflationary bets rise.&nbsp; Wall Street saw the biggest fall since October and the&nbsp;nervousness has spread to Dalal Street as well with the Sensex and Nifty both trading much lower in the final day of trade of the week.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Bond yields in the US have now surged back to the pre-pandemic levels and even though it indicates higher growth it signals possible inflation and cost of money rising. The Indian bond markets are also&nbsp;signaling&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;.&nbsp;The rupee continues to trade significantly lower to the greenback&nbsp;while brokerages&nbsp;are raising their&nbsp;year end&nbsp;target for the&nbsp;10 year&nbsp;yield as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; Financial and technology continuing to be sore point on Dalal Street mirroring global&nbsp;weakness&nbsp; in&nbsp;sectors.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

Rising momentum in business activity led by public spending has helped the Indian economy take the much-needed exit track from recession in the Oct-Dec quarte

Rising momentum in business activity led by public spending has helped the Indian economy take the&nbsp;much-needed&nbsp;exit track from recession in the Oct-Dec quarter last year.&nbsp;&nbsp;Economists&nbsp;surveyed expect&nbsp;the economy to show a modest 0.8% expansion in the final quarter of 2020. Government will release the data on late evening on Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;Public spending took the lead in accelerating activity as disbursements rose 29% in October to December vs a contraction of 12% in the previous quarter.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The RBI Governor also reiterates that growth had become very dependent on public expenditure even before the pandemic hit. In&nbsp;fact, spending analysis shows that every rupee spent by the govt results in a growth of Rs 3 in the economy.&nbsp;Consumption activity was aided by the festive season and it was noticeable in the sales of consumer durables and&nbsp;non-durables&nbsp;in the final quarter of the calendar year. Auto sales numbers indicated a big recovery in sentiment seeing the biggest single quarter jump in the last 2&nbsp;years,&nbsp;though the low base also helped.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is definitely light at the end of the tunnel and not an aberration as indicators in January are holding onto the turnaround during the festive period. Markit India PMI has been above the&nbsp;50 mark&nbsp;indicating an expansion since&nbsp;September.&nbsp;But will this growth hold that&rsquo;s the real question and the market remains divided on the response for now.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

Global markets under pressure as Wall Street saw the worst sell-off since October.

Global markets under pressure as Wall Street saw the worst sell-off since October. The 500 stock gauge S&amp;P saw the biggest drop in a month sliding&nbsp;2.5%.&nbsp; The tech tumble exaggerated it's losses with the Nasdaq&nbsp;Composite&nbsp;slid 3.5%, this marks it's biggest sell-off since Oct. 28. Marquee names like&nbsp;Alphabet, Facebook, and Apple all fell more than 3%, while Tesla sunk another 8%.
Traders were spooked as the 10 year yield sky rocketed to the highest level since Feb 2020 in what many traders called a flash spike.&nbsp;
Higher rates on the yield signal bad news for corporates&nbsp;especially tech companies that bank of them for lower borrowing rates.&nbsp;

As resentment grows against the govt due to the hike in fuel prices, the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India are in agreement on the need for coordinated act

Finance Minister echoes RBI&nbsp;stance on fuel price hike
Govt: Centre &amp; states need to talk to reduce fuel prices
Sitharaman: no hiding that fuel is a key revenue source
'If consumer is to pay less, Centre and States need to talk'
RBI&nbsp;Guv: cost of&nbsp;fuel affects manufacturing, production&nbsp;
'Calibrated&nbsp;reduction of taxes crucial as it impacts inflation'

SEBI responding to the trading halt has questioned by India’s largest bourse NSE on why trading did not migrate to the disaster recovery site. The

SEBI responding to the trading halt has questioned by India&rsquo;s largest bourse NSE on why&nbsp;trading did not migrate to the disaster recovery site.&nbsp;&nbsp;The DR site is a&nbsp;backup&nbsp;site which is located in another city and is a replica of the main production site in Mumbai&nbsp;
In&nbsp;fact, the National Stock Exchange had informed brokers in October that for two complete trading&nbsp;days,&nbsp;September 28 &amp; 29 the bourse had operated entirely out of the disaster recovery site, notably without any issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ironically the next round of testing is due end of March.
SEBI has sought a complete report including the details of internal assessments which led to the 4-hour trading halt&nbsp;on Wednesday.&nbsp;SEBI however reassured investors that&nbsp;the market regulator&nbsp;would take&nbsp;all necessary measures to ensure rectification of the underlying causes&nbsp;including addressing institutional deficiencies.&nbsp;

The shine for the yellow metal seems to be dulling with gold prices falling nearly ₹10,000 from the peak it scaled in August 2020. In fact, gold is now h

The shine for the yellow metal seems to be dulling with gold&nbsp;prices&nbsp;falling nearly ₹10,000&nbsp;from the peak it scaled in August 2020. In fact, gold is now headed for a second&nbsp;monthly decline as it sinks towards an&nbsp;8 month&nbsp;low.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Stronger returns in the US bond market&nbsp;with global central banks continuing to support growth has dulled demand for gold. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs has cut its gold forecast, citing&nbsp;rising risk appetite for assets&nbsp;as a&nbsp;factor&nbsp;for the&nbsp;price&nbsp;underperformance.&nbsp;
Rising bond yields have always led to lower gold prices and with US yields hovering near 1 year high the demand for gold and thus the prices have seen a consistent correction. In fact, reports&nbsp;indicate&nbsp;&nbsp;holdings&nbsp;of the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust, have&nbsp;fallen&nbsp;to their lowest since May 2020

Private hospitals across the nation are gearing for the vaccine rush as they await more details from the government. India’s largest healthcare chain Apollo

Private hospitals across the nation are gearing for the vaccine rush as they await more details from the government. India&rsquo;s largest healthcare chain&nbsp;Apollo Hospitals was quoted saying that&nbsp;500 million vaccinations&nbsp;in 60 days&nbsp;is an achievable aim. They also&nbsp;said they expect&nbsp;over 25,000 private&nbsp;centers&nbsp;to be carrying out the vaccine rollout from March 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The price still remains a question, reports in digital media indicate the govt is looking at ₹400/dose which&nbsp;translates&nbsp;to ₹800 for the full vaccination schedule.&nbsp;Most private hospitals have reiterated that if the procurement price for the hospitals is the same as the govt then pricing of ₹400/dose will be adequate to cover the costs.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

A cautious call on growth from the international ratings agency Moody’s ahead of Q3 GDP release tomorrow. Moody’s though expects India’s GDP numbers t

A cautious call on growth from the international ratings agency Moody&rsquo;s ahead of Q3 GDP release on Friday.&nbsp;Moody&rsquo;s though, expects India&rsquo;s GDP numbers to rise sharply&nbsp;to 13.5% next fiscal year; this is higher than the 10.5% projection from the RBI for FY&rsquo;22.&nbsp;&nbsp;They do&nbsp;however&nbsp;expect the cheer to moderate, as growth is likely to slow to 6.2% in FY&rsquo;23 as the low base effect also wears out.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Holding a negative outlook on India, Moody&rsquo;s warns that the&nbsp;&ldquo;Risk to growth forecast for India is tilted to the downside.&rdquo;&nbsp;
India will release GDP for the period of October-December 2020 on&nbsp;Friday,&nbsp;where data will indicate that the economy has finally exited recession with&nbsp;a&nbsp; projected&nbsp;growth rate of 0.5%.&nbsp;&nbsp;

After a long wait, the insurance regulator IRDAI has given its final nod to Axis Bank and subsidiaries, picking up a 12% stake in Max Life Insurance. This will now fina

After a long wait, the insurance regulator IRDAI has given its final nod to Axis Bank and subsidiaries, picking up a 12% stake in Max Life Insurance. This will now finally let Axis be a joint venture partner in the company, something that the entities had announced in April 2020.
Now that all the pins have fallen in place for the deal, it also allows Axis entities to raise their stake further by 7% which they intend to do in a couple of years.
Max Life is the fourth-largest private life insurer in India, while Axis is India&rsquo;s third-largest private bank.

Following in Google's footsteps, Facebook has said that it plans to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry” over the next three years. The social network

Following in Google's footsteps, Facebook has said that it plans to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry&rdquo; over the next three years. The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organisations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 in news. Google said in October last year that it would pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years. News companies want Google and Facebook to pay for the news that appears on their platforms.

Digital platforms such as Facebook and Google will now as per law have to pay publishers when linking their content on news feeds or in search results on their

Digital platforms such as Facebook and Google will now have to pay publishers when linking their content on news feeds or in search results on their platforms.&nbsp;
The Australian Parliament has passed The News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. This comes at a time when social media giants like Facebook and Google are already trying to tie up with news outlets across the world&nbsp;
Facebook&nbsp;has announced that it plans to spend at least $1 billion in the news industry over the next three years. Facebook&nbsp;says&nbsp;it has reached agreements with publishers in the U.S. similar to the deal stuck in UK.

The extradition fate of Nirav Modi, the diamond merchant accused in the ₹ 14,000 cr PNB money laundering scam will be decided by a UK court today. The 2 y

A UK court will rule today on the extradition of Nirav Modi, the diamond merchant accused in the ₹&nbsp;14,000 cr PNB money laundering scam
The 2 year long extradition battle will end in a few hours as the UK court rules. Nirav meanwhile has remained imprisoned in the Wandsworth Prison in south-west London.
Nirav Modi is faced with two sets of criminal proceedings one with the CBI and the other the other with the Enforcement Directorate.&nbsp;
The CBI case relating to $2 bn worth fraud where he is accused of producing fake loan agreements to get a loan from Punjab National Bank. Charges of evidence tampering and intimidating witnesses was later added as well . Meanwhile the ED is pursuing charges of laundering the money he fraudulently received from state run PNB.&nbsp;

ndia’s largest exchange has some explaining to do to the market regulator and the finance ministry. Reports indicate SEBI and Fin Min have sought a detailed from

India&rsquo;s largest exchange has some explaining to do to the market regulator and the finance ministry. Reports indicate SEBI and Fin Min have sought a detailed report from India&rsquo;s largest exchange on the technical glitch that halted trade for over 4 hours.&nbsp;
National Stock Exchange is expected to submit it&rsquo;s report before Friday but this may just be the preliminary submission. This is not a first for the&nbsp;NSE, the exchange halted trade for 3 hours in 2017 again due to a technical glitch.&nbsp;
 In fact SEBI had slapped a Rs 50 lakh fine on NSE in 2019 when NSE NOW, a trading terminal for traders, was not working properly in Gujarat, Rajasthan and in some parts of Maharashtra.Infact&nbsp;SEBI in it&rsquo;s annual report last year had indicated the need of a plan to compensate investors for losses due to technical glitches.&nbsp;

“Government has no business to be in business” that was the clear and concise message from PM Modi as the govt batted aggressively for privatisation.

&ldquo;Government has no business to be in business&rdquo; that was the clear&nbsp; and concise message from PM Modi as the govt batted aggressively for privatisation. Putting the focus back onto development PM Modi reiterated that being in businesses distracts the govt from its main goals.
With over 100 assets identified in its asset monetisation pipeline the Prime Minister reminded India Inc that the Rs 2.5 lakh crore that they are hoping to raise via divestment will be dedicated to development goals. PM Modi added that the government will be&nbsp;having&nbsp;public sector companies only in key strategic sectors and that too only minimum companies. &nbsp;
 There were about 249 PSUs in 2018-19. Of these, 70 were loss-making, with combined losses to the tune of Rs 31,000 cr.&nbsp;

Not even an hour into trade at 10:06 am there was confusion across dealing rooms as the headline Index Nifty seemed to have been stuck at a single value and was not upd

Not even an hour into trade at 10:06 am there was confusion across dealing rooms as the headline Index Nifty seemed to have been stuck at a single value and was not updating . It was not long before traders realised there was a systemic problem as the none of the Indices listed across the NSE were updating.
 At 11:40 for the second time in the last 5 years the National Stock Exchange halted trade across segment cash and F&amp;O segment citing a technical glitch.&nbsp;
 What followed was just whispers of communication confusion with no official word from the bourse traders speculated what would happen to open positions just a day ahead of expiry.&nbsp;
 3 hours into the trading halt India&rsquo;s largest brokerage Zerodha finally decided to layout a gameplan for its users as NSE had still not provided any clarity. The discount broker tweeted Plan of action: If NSE isn't back up by 2.45 pm, we will block all new MIS &amp; CO orders for the day and attempt to square off all equity MIS &amp; CO positions on BSE. Unfortunately, we will not be able to do anything with intraday F&amp;O positions if NSE isn't back up
 It was just minutes before close that NSE announced that trading hours would be extended by both exchanges from 3:$5 upto 5 pm. The message was short and for many almost too late . Zerodha sent out a message to their clients &nbsp;if NSE had informed brokers of a potential reopening or extension of trading hours, at least by 3 PM, we, along with many other brokers would not have had to take risk mitigation measures and square off positions on BSE. Unfortunately, because there were no updates given to brokers, we had no other choice. The last minute notification of the trading extension at 3:17 PM came a little too late.

The United Nations Security Council has said that North Korea carried out the $13.5 million cyber heist of Pune's Cosmos Bank in 14,000 simultaneous ATM transactions across 28 countries. The UN report said that North Korea compromised SWIFT network, broke into the bank's internal safety measures as the nation was starved of foreign funds due to UN sanctions. The report further added that North Korea was using cyber hacks for undercover operations to bypass sanctions.

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