After over a century of operation and a decade of legal battles, the historic Calcutta Stock Exchange is preparing for a voluntary exit from the Indian financial ecosystem. Once a powerful rival to the Bombay Stock Exchange, CSE’s departure marks the end of an era for regional trading in India.
Indian consumers spent a staggering ₹1 lakh crore on Dhanteras 2025, with ₹60,000 crore pouring into gold and silver alone, despite record-high prices. According to CAIT, gold buying volumes dipped slightly, but the value of precious metal sales rose significantly, driven by a massive silver coin buying spree across metros and Tier 2/3 cities.
Axis Bank, in collaboration with Freecharge, has introduced India’s first gold-backed credit line on the UPI platform. This innovative offering enables MSMEs, merchants, and self-employed individuals to access instant overdraft facilities against gold, with seamless repayments via UPI and a 100% digital journey.
Axis Bank has launched ‘Dil Se Open Celebrations 2025’, a pan-India festive campaign offering exclusive credit card deals, cashback, EMI offers, and special loan rates across shopping, travel, and lifestyle categories, running from September through the festive season.
Indian top leading bank - HDFC Bank, India’s premier private sector bank, has announced the launch of its annual Festive Treats 2025 campaign, kicking off the country’s festive shopping season with over 10,000 offers across cards, loans, PayZapp, and EASYEMI.
