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[email protected] THE HINDU REVIEW: AUGUST 2017 THE HINDU REVIEW: AUGUST 2017 Banking Current Affairs Canara Bank unveiled two new digital services for online payments. Bharat QR (Quick Response) is for Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by Urjit payment settlement at merchant locations and Bharat Patel, decided to reduce the Policy Repo Rate under the Bill Payment System (BBPS) is an integrated bill liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points payment system for net banking customers. from 6.25 per cent to 6.0 per cent. The reverse repo rate National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.75 per cent, and the appointed Dilip Asbe to act as its chief executive officer marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate in the wake of the retirement of A. P. Hota, its founding to 6.25 per cent. managing director. Airtel Payments Bank announced a strategic According to the PSU lender Indian Bank, it has partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation introduced two tier interest rate structure for saving Limited (HPCL) to give further boost to digital bank accounts and will offer interest rate of 4 per cent payments in the country and to add to customer per annum on savings account with incremental convenience.