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SECURITY: Banks to beef up data security measures
Setting up ‘near-sites’ to capture all transactions on real-time basis. Mumbai, Feb. 5 In order to ring-fence their services from serious disruptions arising out of possible terrorist attacks, floods, earthquakes, strikes, et al, ...

INTERVIEW: ‘Slowdown impacting loan repayment’
Chennai, Feb. 5 Mr Ananthakrishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank, was in Chennai recently for the inauguration of the bank’s renovated branch here. The 78-year-old Thambu Chetty Street branch, in the business district of Chennai, ...

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: ‘India unlikely to get access to ADB’s soft loan window’
ADB to meet increased needs of developing Asian economies. New Delhi, Feb. 5 India and China are unlikely to get access to the interest-free and long-term loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) even at this juncture of global financial ...

DEBT MARKET: Tech snag hits bonds trade
The bond market saw very low volumes as the CCIL’s Order Matching System was hit by a technical fault. There was some problem with CCIL and IDBRT due to which CCIL’s Internet Protocol address could not be located, said an official ...

SHORT TERM INSTRUMENTS: Call rates end lower
Inter-bank call rate closed lower at 4.05-4.10 per cent, against the previous close of 4.10-4.25 per cent. In the one-day repo auction under the first liquidity adjustment facility (LAF), there were no bids. In the reverse repo auction, the ...

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: PNB implements 100% core banking
New Delhi, Feb. 5 Punjab National Bank’s services will, in the next few months, be available at 1 lakh touch points across the country, its Chairman and Managing Director, Dr K.C.Chakrabarty, said here on ...

INSIGHT: Protecting core entities
Excellent performance of the banking sector, as reflected in the third quarter results, with an impressive average net profit growth of 58 per cent posted by the top 20 banks, should be a shot in the arm to an otherwise morose economy ...

CREDIT MARKET: ‘Credit for exporters in foreign currency to be dearer’
Mumbai, Feb 5 The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday announced a host of measures to alleviate the problems faced by banks. Among others, the measures include making credit for exporters in foreign currency dearer by 250 basis points, doubling ...

CREDIT MARKET: ‘Agri credit flow seen slowing down’
Mumbai, Feb. 5 The credit flow to the agricultural sector has seen some slowing down due to the debt waiver scheme, Dr K.G. Karmakar, Managing Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ...

CONSUMERISM: RBI widens scope of Ombudsman
Mumbai, Feb. 5 Customers can now lodge complaints related to Internet banking and non-adherence to the provisions of the fair practices code for banks, with the Banking Ombudsman, the Reserve Bank of India said in a notice issued ...

SOFTWARE: VSoft to market cheque-imaging solutions
Hyderabad, Feb. 5 VSoft, a cheque-imaging and data management software solutions company, has completed a pilot for a public sector bank and is in the process of entering into a pact with it for offering cheque-imaging and ...






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