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EDUCATION


SBI launches loan scheme for schools
STATE Bank of India (SBI) has introduced a new scheme `School Plus' for promotion of computer education and training in approved schools with student strength of 500 and above. The scheme is applicable in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. According ... More

NBFCS


Govt urged to extend Sarfaesi Act to NBFCs
THE Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), the newly formed self-regulatory organisation (SRO) of the RBI-registered non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), has sought a separate funding institution/fund for the NBFC sector along the lines ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Bajaj Allianz Life plans aggressive expansion
BAJAJ Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd has lined up an aggressive expansion drive and hopes to treble its premium income in the next financial year. "We are set to cross Rs 750-crore insurance premium in the current financial year. As on ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Thanks to Bajaj Allianz, bank guarantee burden off travel agents
Even as their sales have grown with each year, more recently, they have also been able to do away with a major impediment to their business — putting up huge bank guarantees. This is thanks to a novel credit insurance scheme developed by ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY


`Banks should follow global currency management norms'
THE Deputy General Manager of Reserve Bank of India, Mr S.M.N. Swamy, has said that all the commercial banks should fall in line with global standards in currency management. Addressing the members of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


HDFC Bank prices ADS at $39.26
HDFC Bank is raising $260 million through an offering of 6,644,665 American Deposit Receipts. Each ADS representing three equity shares is priced at $39.26, the closing price of the ADS on the NYSE on Thursday, according to a JM Morgan Stanley ... More

Centurion Bank seeks to raise up to Rs 600 cr
CENTURION Bank is seeking to raise up to Rs 600 crore from the market to meet its long-term capital requirement for expansion plans. It has not ruled out tapping global investors. The bank will soon seek shareholders' approval for issuing fresh ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


With increase in credit offtake — PSBs not keen to return capital to Govt
If credit expansion were to be sustained, the banks would require additional capital. Returning capital at this juncture would only weaken their Tier I capital, say bankers. More

Dena Bank to recruit specialists
DENA Bank intends to recruit about a hundred each of chartered accountants, agriculture specialists and marketing officers. "The process is on," the bank's Executive Director, Mr M.V. Nair, has said. At a press conference here, he said that ... More

`Govt must set sub-targets for farm credit'
THE Government should set sub-targets for agricultural credit to ensure that credit requirements of small and marginal farmers, including tenants, who account for nearly 80 per cent of the holding and one-third of the area operated on, are met ... More

PNB plans lending camps in Palakkad
PUNJAB National Bank has initiated steps to give more thrust to retail lending and agriculture sector in the State in the coming years, Mr R.S. Pillai, the bank's Ernakulam Regional Manager, has said. Speaking at the customers' meet and retail ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


Dena Bank employees plan strike on Jan 24
THE All India Dena Bank Employees Coordination Committee will organise a strike as part of its strategy to oppose the government's move to reduce its holding in the bank to 51 per cent. The committee has proposed to take organisational steps, ... More

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