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Western Union to tie up with banks, FIs
WESTERN Union Financial Services is planning expand its operations by tying up with banks and financial institutions. Mr Anil Kapur, Director General-India, Western Union, said that Western Union has seen a 75 per cent increase in revenues over ... More

FOREX


Re sheds 7 paise; gilts firm
Mumbai: THE rupee weakened by seven paise on Monday to close at around 48.84/8450 to a dollar as compared to its previous close of 48.7725/7750 due to the terrorist attacks in Jammu. Dealers said that the attacks had spurred a sudden demand for ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


Savings bank deregulation not now
THE Reserve Bank of India has practically ruled out deregulating savings bank rates for now. "We cannot do it right now," said the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, speaking informally to journalists at a function here. He did not also want to take a ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


Catholic Syrian AGM to take up insurance foray
THE 81st annual general meeting of the Thrissur-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) proposes to move a special resolution for suitably altering the `Objects' clause of the memorandum of association to enable the bank enter insurance business. The ... More

UTI Bank to raise capital — Eyes foreign investors for pvt placement
UTI Bank is looking for foreign investors to privately place close to Rs 200 crore equity. The bank proposes an equity dilution of about 12-15 per cent in the third quarter of this financial year. "The bank will take the private placement route ... More

IDBI Bank unveils products for SMEs
IDBI Bank has announced the launch of two new products targeted at the small and medium business clientele in Andhra Pradesh, which it claimed would enable the clientele avail of significant savings on their transactions. In a press release, ... More

IDBI Bank opens Kochi branch
IDBI Bank opened its Kochi branch on Monday. It is the bank's fourth branch in the State, 18th branch in the South and 83rd in the country. With the renewed thrust on retail banking, the focus will be on providing value-added services to the ... More

  • Federal Bank shifts branch premises
  • GTB branch inaugurated

    PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


    BoI net up 42 pc at Rs 177.15 cr
    BANK of India has registered a 42.43 per cent rise in net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 at Rs 177.15 crore as compared to Rs 124.38 crore in the corresponding quarter in the previous year. The growth in net profit can be ascribed ... More

    CorpBank launches two more products
    CorpJunior is meant to facilitate easy transfer of money to the customer's wards studying in `distant places' while CorpSenior is meant to take care of money transfers to the customer's dependent parents or spouse. The transfer of funds is ... More

    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    IFCI may be denied access to EPF funds — ICICI also to be struck off PFI list
    THE Finance Ministry is planning to knock off the troubled financial institution IFCI as well as ICICI from the list of eligible public financial institutions (PFIs) whose bonds can be subscribed to by provident funds. The proposal to delete ... More

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    NPA Ordinance may cover urban co-ops too
    THE first major change in the Ordinance for recovery of non-performing assets (NPA) is in the offing with the Government agreeing to widen its scope to include urban co-operative banks (UCBs) under the new legal dispensation. The Finance ... More

    Bank union releases list of defaulters in AP — NPAs account for Rs 4,796 cr
    IN a significant development, the Andhra Pradesh Bank Employees' Federation (APBEF), affiliated to the All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA), has unveiled the list of wilful defaulters of Rs 1 crore and above pertaining to Andhra Pradesh ... More

    `No dilution of NPA Ordinance'
    THE Government has ruled out any dilution of stringent clauses in the securitisation Ordinance that deals with the non-performing assets of banks and financial institutions. The Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and ... More

    EVENTS


    Crucial matters to figure at G-20 meet
    A HOST of crucial issues ranging from standards and codes with reference to financial sector regulation and corporate governance to domestic policy requirement for regeneration of international capital flows and combating financing of terrorism ... More

    TRENDS


    `Less than a million Net banking users'
    INDIA has a little less than one million active Internet banking users, representing 15 per cent of the Internet user population in the country, according to a study by IT research firm, IDC India. IDC said this indicated that the concept of ... More
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