Yes Bank Additional Tier 1 bondholders seek interest payment

Yes Bank Additional Tier 1 bondholders seek interest payment

According to analysts, revisiting past coupons raises legal and accounting issues. MUMBAI: Retail bondholders of YES Bank have asked Axis Trustee Services, the debenture trustee, to secure payment of overdue coupons (interest payments) on the bank’s Additional Tier 1 (AT1) bonds, restore their holdings in demat accounts and seek regulatory intervention, days after Supreme Court … Read more

Emudhra: eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS business, shares tank

Emudhra: eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS business, shares tank

Investors were bearish on the eMudhra stock after the cyber incident. BENGALURU: Shares of digital trust company eMudhra plunged 20% on BSE for the second consecutive day on Thursday after it announced its decision to exit the global SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) certificate business following a security incident involving eight of its intermediate … Read more

At €310 billion, Union minister Piyush Goyal eyes 10x rise in Indo-German trade

At €310 billion, Union minister Piyush Goyal eyes 10x rise in Indo-German trade

Goyal said the FTA could be signed by Dec and implemented within four to five months. BERLIN: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Thursday set an ambitious target of increasing bilateral trade with Germany tenfold to 310 billion euros, urging businesses to forge partnerships ahead of implementation of the India-EU free trade agreement (FTA).At the … Read more

PHP security flaws trigger global scramble; CERT-In flags vulnerabilities

PHP security flaws trigger global scramble; CERT-In flags vulnerabilities

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a criticalseverity warning. (Reuters photo) BENGALURU: It has been a difficult day for cybersecurity, with critical vulnerabilities in PHP triggering an urgent global patching effort, millions of reported hacking attempts, and precautionary shutdowns of some online services. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the scale of the incident … Read more

Surge in gold loans partly reflects stress, say lenders

Surge in gold loans partly reflects stress, say lenders

MUMBAI: A surge in gold loans may partly reflect borrower stress, with lenders allowing customers already in deep delinquency to borrow against gold and repay overdue loans, Macquarie said in a report. The trend raises questions about whether gold-backed lending is driven by consumption or income-generating needs or is merely helping borrowers manage debt by … Read more

Security flaw: eMudhra shares take a hit, fall 20%

Security flaw: eMudhra shares take a hit, fall 20%

eMudhra certificates blocked by Google and Mozilla BANGLURU/ NEW DELHI: Bengaluru-based digital trust and cybersecurity company eMudhra has acknowledged a cryptographic flaw that generated weak private keys linked to eight intermediate digital certificates in its global website-certificate business, potentially allowing attackers to impersonate legitimate websites. Shares fell 20% on BSE.The company said the affected TLS … Read more