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Rupee stable; gilts decline
MUMBAI: The rupee closed at 45.51/52 per dollar on Thursday, similar to Wednesday's levels in a supply driven forex market. The rupee opened at 45.49/50. Forex traders said that dollar supplies continued to flood the market, and ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Total automation of State Bank group shortly
ALL the seven associate banks of the State Bank of India (SBI) are scheduled to achieve complete computerisation of their branches in the country and overseas within the next couple of months, the SBI group Managing Director, Mr Chandan ... More

SOFTWARE


i - flex system for Abu Dhabi bank
BANGALORE: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) is implementing i-flex solutions' FLEXCUBE core banking system. Scheduled to go live in the fourth quarter of 2004, the solution will facilitate the development of new tailor made products and ... More

HOUSING FINANCE


ADB approves $40-m loan to Dewan, Sundaram Home Fin
ASIAN Development Bank has approved loans totalling $40 million to two housing finance companies (HFC) — Dewan Housing Finance Corporation and Sundaram Home Finance Ltd, to fund mortgage loans. The loans will provide long-term fixed rate ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Motor third party covers — Public sector insurers seek level field
THE four public sector general insurance companies have sought the intervention of the Government and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) for ensuring the participation of the private sector in statutory covers. The ... More

CREDIT RATING


ICRA upgrades Tata Motors' NCD issues
ICRA has upgraded the long-term rating assigned to the Rs 300-crore and Rs 250-crore NCD programmes of Tata Motors Ltd (TML), from `LAA' to `LAA+'. "The upgrade factors in the significant improvements achieved by TML in its cost structure is ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


IDBI may sell stake in IDBI Bank
INDUSTRIAL Development Bank of India (IDBI) may sell its stake in IDBI Bank Ltd before merging itself with a public sector bank. Speaking to Business Line on the sidelines of a workshop series on corporate governance organised by ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Andhra Bank donates Rs 81 lakh to B-school
ANDHRA Bank has donated Rs 81 lakh towards building fund of the School of Management and Business Administration of Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati. The Andhra Bank Executive Director, Mr R. Balakrishnan, handed over the draft for Rs 81 ... More

Indian Bank offers loan for vanilla cultivation
COIMBATORE: Indian Bank is offering a loan scheme on easy terms for vanilla and medicinal plant cultivation. To explain the scheme in greater detail, the bank has proposed to organise a seminar on Vanilla and Medicinal Plants ... More

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    CORPORATE BONDS


    JNPT to float second bond issue on Dec 22
    FRESH from the overwhelming success of its first bond issue, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) will launch its second issue on December 22 to raise Rs 75 crore from the market with a green-shoe option of Rs 50 crore to help prepay the ... More

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    BoI takes over hospital for dues
    BANKS have started to leap forward by taking possession of properties of wilful defaulters of loans under the Securitisation Act, 2002. Bank of India for instance, has taken possession of all the securities of M.K. Selvaraj Children's Hospital ... More

    INTERVIEW


    `We'll try to replicate auto finance success in other sectors' — Mr Uday S. Kotak, Executive Vice-Chairman and MD, Kotak Mahindra Bank
    MR Uday S. Kotak, no stranger to the world of finance, but the latest to wear the tag of "banker", is keen to dispel the impression that his new bank is just another in a long line of banks. He takes pains to point out that his organisation ... More

    PEOPLE


    Bhattacharya appointed SBI Managing Director
    MR Chandan Bhattacharya has been appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India. Prior to his appointment, Mr Bhattacharya was the Deputy Managing Director & Group Executive (Associates, Subsidiaries & Corporate Banking), said a press ... More
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