Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, January 30, 2006
Forex Rates
Forex Trends Euro |USD |Forex Report |


News
Features
Stocks
Shipping
Archives
Google

Subscription

Group Sites

MONEY & BANKING

FINANCIAL SERVICES


Western Union to expand network
WESTERN Union Financial Servicesis in the process of doubling its network in India. Currently, the Western Union covers 28,000 locations and plans to increase it by 50,000 in the next 2-3 years, Mr Hikmet Ersek, Senior Vice-President for ... More

OUTSOURCING


RBI move to outsource rural banking flayed
THE National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE) has come down heavily on the move by the Reserve Bank of India to allow banks to outsource activities such as mobilising deposits and disbursing small-value credits in rural areas. Mr P.K. ... More

AUDITING


ICAI mounts pressure on Govt to scrap order on bank auditors
PRESSURE is mounting on the Finance Ministry to scrap its order permitting public sector banks boards to appoint statutory central auditors and branch auditors. After expressing its reservations to the Reserve Bank of India on the new freedom ... More

INSIGHT


Governor's survey of macroeconomy — India must be on guard
The markets have taken in their stride the Credit Policy, which has been a non-event insofar as the economy is concerned, and corporates are not yet losing sleep over the tightening of the rates of interest, indicated by the reverse repo rate increas e. S. Venkitaramanan examines the general contours of the policy, and the exhaustive survey of the economy that accompanied it. More

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE


Karnataka Bank Q3 net up at Rs 42 cr
KARNATAKA Bank Ltd has registered a net profit of Rs 41.52 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year as against Rs 36.89 crore in the year-ago period, recording a growth of 12.55 per cent. For the nine-month period, the bank has ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Sankat Haran policy only on IFFCO, IPL products
ITGI (IFFCO- Tokio General Insurance Company) has said that from January 1, the IFFCO-Tokio Sankat Haran Policy is available on IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative) and IPL (Indian Potash Ltd) products only. It was earlier covering ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


IRDA seeks review of health cover products
In 2004-05, the claims-to-premium ratio for the PSU insurers was 127 per cent. More

CREDIT RATING


Dena Bank in pact with SMERA
DENA Bank has tied up with the SME Rating Agency of India Ltd (SMERA) for rating their small and medium enterprise clients. As per this agreement, SMERA and Dena Bank will work together for popularising each other's services and products among ... More

DEBT MARKET


Rising crude, changed outlook on rates pull down bonds
BONDS fell sharply last week due to high international oil prices and changed outlook on interest rates. Bankers said that that oil companies largely resorted to forward cover as a result of hardening crude prices, driving up yields. ... More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS


Control rooms in pipeline to settle credit card disputes
TO support credit cardholders seeking redressal of their disputes pertaining to bills and outstanding dues with bankers, the Credit Cardholders Association of India is planning to set up control rooms in various State capitals. Disclosing ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


Union wants merger of PSU general insurers
IN order to avoid unhealthy competition among the four public sector general insurance companies and to provide the best of services to the customer, the General Insurance Employees Union (GIEU) has demanded that the United India Insurance ... More



Comments & Letters to the Editor to: bleditor@thehindu.co.in
Subscribe to: Business Line
Pick a Winner Stock Market Contest

Top Stories
Exim Bank moots policy interventions to boost demand for vanilla


Control rooms in pipeline to settle credit card disputes

Carbon trading: 20 Indian projects registered at UN panel

IRDA seeks review of health cover products

VAT implementing States' tax revenues up 15.8% in April-Dec

Transfer pricing audits — Govt unlikely to do away with `secret comparable' practice

Pay revision: Central Govt staff to go ahead with strike from March 1

Is this a dangerous period for ordinary investor?

Jet-Sahara deal — Flying high on synergies

In Focus

Infrastructure woes stare IT sector
IPO Scams
FDI in retail sector
Dynamic Tirupur
Surging Sensex
Gold scaling new highs
More

In Depth

Gender Justice
Simple Economics
Tax Talk
More

Looking back
Jan. 22-Jan. 28
Bond traders wait for monetary policy review for direction

Deposits exempt from TDS on interest — CBDT plans change in banks' reporting details

Expect status quo in credit policy review

Pref. shares may change banking landscape

`India among fastest growing markets for Visa'

India Infoline plans foray into investment banking

Forex reserves down $66 m


Lufthansa

The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription
Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | The Hindu Images | Home |

Copyright © 2006, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line