The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 03, 2006

SMALL SAVINGS
Case for deregulating S/B interest rates
If interest rates are rising, don't you think you and I should get more interest on the balances in our operating bank accounts? Four years after the then RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, declared that there was a case for deregulation of savings ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
Andhra Bank firms up Gulf expansion plan
Encouraged by the success of its first overseas representative office in Dubai opened last year and aiming tocater to the financial needs of the Indian workforce in West Asia, Andhra Bank has firmed up an action plan for a major expansion in the ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Rs 175.45-cr aid for 75 projects in AP
The Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC) sanctioned about 75 projects involving financial support of Rs 175.45 crore on Saturday at its interactive programme with entrepreneurs. The APSFC received 78 projects worth Rs 190.43 crore ... More

GOVT BONDS
Bonds bearish; PSBs keen to trim tenure
Pressure on RBI to lift interest rate floor as inflation is set to go up More

Time limit extended for investments in bonds
To accommodate those who could not avail themselves of this provision More

CREDIT MARKET
`Sustainable micro financing needs governance, regulation'
Majority of stakeholders at a Round Table meet on micro finance organised by the Indian Institute of Economics (IIE) here have favoured the adoption of governance and regulation for an orderly, healthy and sustainable growth of micro finance ... More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS
SBH unveils general credit card
The State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) has announced the launch of general credit card here. In a press release, the bank said the credit card was aimed at its customers in rural and semi-urban areas. The idea is to provide ... More

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Cross Currency Rates

Honda Civic set to roll out off Noida plant

Reliance, Qualcomm in deadlock over royalty

Bonds bearish; PSBs keen to trim tenure

Copper may spurt on China factor

Sriharikota gearing up for new launches

Is Railway freight really south bound?

Looking back
Jun. 25-Jul. 1
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Bonds go into a tailspin

`Retail banking has lot of hidden costs'

Emerging economies face twin challenges of fiscal, price stability

Howden India finds takers for M&A insurance

General insurers pitching hard for Infosys policy

NHB may offer reverse mortgage for the elderly

Metals rise as Fed signals end to interest rate hike

FIs holding in US treasury down by over $1 b in April