FS Cloud Lecture Notes

Introduction

• Lecturer: Shash
• Platform: Careers Cloud App (available on Play Store)
• Key Features:
  • Login with Gmail ID
  • Features include Home, All Courses, My Courses, and Downloads

Content and Features

• Daily Content: PDFs in English and Hindi for current affairs
• Banking Awareness: Monthly PDFs covering banking and finance news
• Exam Focus:
  • Important news PDFs
  • PDFs for SB PO, RRB, RBI exams
• Special Sections:
  • Union budget, economic surveys, national and international events

Quizzes and State Affairs

• Topic-wise Quizzes
• State Current Affairs: Daily, weekly, and monthly PDFs in Q&A format
  • Special focus for state-level exams (e.g., Tamil Nadu)

Current Affairs and Categories

• National Affairs: Government schemes, international affairs
• Banking and Finance: Economy, businesses, M&&A, committees, meetings

Banking and Finance Updates

• Weekly Videos: Banking and finance news (uploaded every Monday)

Key News Updates

RBI Census on FDI

• Largest FDI source: USA, followed by Mauritius, Singapore, UK
• FDI increased by 23% (FY 2024)
  • 97% of reporting entities unlisted
  • Majority subsidiaries of foreign companies

IMF GDP Forecast

• GDP: 7% (FY 2025), 6.5% (FY 2026)
• Global Growth: 3.2% (FY 2025)
• Inflation Projections
  • Global headline inflation: 5.8% (2024), 4.3% (2025)
  • India: 4.4% (FY 2025), 4.1% (FY 2026)

Global Debt Outlook

• Public debt to reach 100 trillion (93% of GDP by 2024)
• USA and China as main drivers

NDS Order Matching

• Government securities trading system
• Expanded access for regulated entities

India's Digital Payments (Worldline Report)

• UPI transactions rose by 52%
• Card circulation growth: 11%
• Major UPI players: PhonePe, Google Pay, Paytm

New Initiatives and Products

Static Banking Awareness Course

• Useful for banking and regulatory exams
• Dynamic content updates

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

• RBI approval for foreign exchange services

Piramal Payment Service

• PPI service "Piramal Pay"

Miscellaneous

Incart Global

• BATF license at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

Citigroup and Mastercard Partnership

• 24/7 cross-border debit payments

IOB IOBI Mahila Shakthi Scheme

• Empowerment of women SHGs through loans

Bank of Baroda "Baroda Tiranga Plus Deposit Scheme"

• Interest rates differ for general, senior, and super senior citizens

IRDA and IFRS

• Timeline extension for IFRS implementation (till FY 2027)

RBI Governor Recognition

• Shaktikanta Das received A+ grade in Central Bank Report Cards 2024

Assam and ADB Project

• Restoring wetlands via "SWIFT", a 796 crore project

Contact Information

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