Banking for Beginners: PNB Fraud - what happened and what went wrong

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Banking for Beginners: PNB Fraud - what happened and what went wrong: It has been almost three weeks since Punjab National Bank (PNB) went public with the Nirav Modi / Geetanjali Gems (Mehul Choksi) issue. R...

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