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As RIB redemption draws closer — SBI Mutual plans fresh schemes for NRIs
THE first indications that the State Bank of India group is serious about retaining the money that is expected to flow out on redemption of the Resurgent India Bond have come in. SBI Mutual Fund has worked out an income scheme — Magnum ... More

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Govt bonds: What price the buyback?
THE Union Government wants to buy back some of the high-coupon bonds it issued earlier. The buyback programme has been mooted because these bonds are considered high-cost debt to the government. A debate is raging on the price the government is ... More

FOREX


Rupee up; gilts range-bound
Mumbai: THE rupee ended at 46.3975/4050 against the dollar on Thursday, marginally up from Wednesday's closing at 46.4150/4250 in a flat forex market. According to forex dealers, the market was very thin with not much movement in the spot. ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


INFINET going in for new design
INDIAN Financial Network (INFINET), the communication backbone for the Indian banking and financial services industry spearheaded by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), a Hyderabad-based research institute ... More

STOCKS


Bank stocks back in limelight
AFTER a lull for a month, banking sector stocks — both from public and private sector — were in limelight on Thursday backed by heavy buying from institutional investors. The active buying in the bank stocks was for varied reasons ... More

SBI crosses Rs 400-mark
THE stock price of State Bank of India, country's largest bank, crossed the Rs 400-mark for the first time since listing. In Thursday's trading the stock price of SBI closed at Rs 402, up 3.20 per cent on the BSE. The increased interest in the ... More

SOFTWARE


Infosys to deploy FinacleTM suite for Saudi Arabian bank
INFOSYS Technologies Ltd has announced that National Commercial Bank, Saudi Arabia, has selected FinacleTM suite of banking solutions for its delivery channels initiative. Infosys would be deploying FinacleTM eChannels (its powerful consumer ... More

HOUSING FINANCE


Multilateral institutions eye Indian housing finance sector
The offer by multilateral institutions comes even as some of the past borrowings from them are in the process of being prepaid. More

SBI home loan package for Kerala varsity staff
STATE Bank of India, Kerala Circle, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, under which the bank proposes to extend housing loans under special package to the university staff (both ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


New India to provide cover to SBI loanees
THE New India Assurance Company Ltd and the State Bank of India have tied up to provide accident insurance cover to all loanees of the bank availing housing and car loans. The insurance scheme has been designed such that the premium will be ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


Indian appointed IMF Chief Economist
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Dr Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Global Finance at the University of Chicago, has its new Chief Economist. The timing of the 40-year-old Dr Rajan's selection to the high-profile post - ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


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    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    SIDBI gets two overseas orders
    SMALL Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has received two overseas assignments to help set up development financial institution for small-scale industries. "The governments of Ivory Coast and Egypt have sought our help in order to set ... More

    ALLIANCES & JOINT VENTURES


    Dubai Bank in pact with ICICI Bank
    DUBAI Bank, the recently established bank in the UAE, has entered into an institutional arrangement with ICICI Bank. Under the new arrangement, ICICI Bank would be the principal correspondent bank of Dubai Bank, in India. The arrangement will ... More

    CO-OPERATIVES


    Prudential Bank staff panel seeks revival package
    THE steering committee of employees of Prudential Bank, the Hyderabad-based ailing urban co-operative bank, has met the Member of Parliament, Ms Renuka Chowdhary, here on Thursday and requested her to recommend a revival package to the bank. In ... More

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