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Barjeel to open branch in Abu Dhabi soon
Barjeel will be the first licensed international brokerage firm to be established in Abu Dhabi. The new branch will offer a host of services including broking, distribution of IPOs and mutual funds, depository services and consultancy services for NR Is. More

GENERAL INSURANCE


Govt to push for clean-up of PSU insurers' balance sheets
AFTER public sector banks, it's cleaning-up time for the public sector general insurance companies. The Ministry of Finance has decided to stress that state-owned insurers should make adequate provisioning in future balance sheets to cover up ... More

Kerala transport staff resent insurance premium hike
THE Kerala State Road Transport Workers' Federation has decided to organise a demonstration in front of the offices of the general insurance companies here on Thursday demanding withdrawal of hike in insurance premium. The General Secretary of ... More

CREDIT RATING


Jindal Strips FD rated stable
MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings India has revised the rating of the fixed deposit programme of Jindal Strips Ltd to `tA(ind)' from `Ind A-(FD)'. The rating outlook is stable. This revision follows the introduction of a new rating scale by Fitch ... More

RBI & OTHER CENTRAL BANKS


Co-op bank application rejected
MUMBAI: The RBI has rejected the licence application of the Manamadurai Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd, Manamadurai, Tamil Nadu, to carry on banking business. The bank is precluded from transacting the business of `banking as defined in the ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


SBI may offload stake in STCI — To swap shares in DFHI
STATE Bank of India (SBI) is expected to offload stake in Securites Trading Corporation of India (STCI) in exchange for shares in DFHI from common shareholders in the two primary dealers. STCI already indicated at its AGM last week that the SBI ... More

FOREIGN BANKS


BoA pact for better services
BANK of America (BoA) has tied up with three strategic partners, Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Accenture, to deliver application maintenance and development services to the company's internal information technology ... More

GOVT BONDS


Bid time advanced for bonds auction
MUMBAI: The time for submission of bids for auctions of treasury bills and Government of India dated securities has been advanced by the Reserve Bank of India. To be effective from October 16, the timing for the submission of bids for ... More

FIXED DEPOSITS


Fall in interest rates — NRIs shift to rupee deposits
NON-Resident Indians (NRIs) are increasingly shifting to rupee deposits with FCNR dollar accounts losing sheen on the back of falling interest rates. A one-year non-resident external (NRE) deposit (in rupees) now attracts a rate of anywhere ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS


Andhra Bank branch gets ISO-9001
HYDERABAD: The specialised small scale industries (SSI) branch of Andhra Bank, located at Nacharam here, has been accredited with the Quality Management System certification conforming to ISO 9001:2000 standards by the Netherlands-based ... More

TRENDS


Film financing: Are banks missing an opportunity?
TWO years after the Reserve Bank of India okayed institutional lending to the film industry, only very, very few banks have even done a study of financing films. This is borne out by the replies that Business Line has consistently got ... More
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