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More post offices get global money transfer facility
THE Department of Posts has extended the International Money Transfer Service (IMTS), which facilitates instantaneous transfer of funds from abroad to India, to seven more sub-post offices in the Coimbatore Postal Division. The facility, first ... More

FOREX


Rupee firms up; gilts dull
Mumbai: THE rupee ended on Monday one paise higher at 47.1700/1750 against the dollar, up from its previous close of 47.1800/1900. Demand and supplies of the dollar evenly matched, said a forex dealer in a public sector bank. "The dollar ... More

INSURANCE


`Insurance brokers role not well understood'
WHY do you need a broker (and pay a commission) to buy an insurance policy when you can buy it directly from the insurance company at a discount? This is the question many corporates ponder over when a broker is engaged for buying a policy. Mr ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Insurers find it tough to get new business
THE falling interest rate regime has pulled down the overall new business premium of the Indian life insurance industry by a significant 18 per cent over the previous fiscal, despite the tremendous growth recorded by the private sector life ... More

HDFC Standard crosses Rs 5,000 cr in cumulative insurance coverage
HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company has crossed Rs 5,000 crore in cumulative insurance coverage during 2002-03. The premium income from new business has more than trebled during last fiscal compared with the previous year. The company ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


`Banks should focus on credit deployment'
THE Chairman and Chief Executive of the Aluva-based Federal Bank Mr K.P. Padmakumar perceived the need (for banks) `to go to the basics and focus on credit deployment' to the agriculture and small-scale sector. "The obsession with the services ... More

IDBI Bank to go for rights issue
IDBI Bank proposes to go in for a rights issue, shelving, at least for the time being, all other plans to raise capital. The bank's board is meeting on May 19 to consider an issue of shares to existing shareholders, the bank informed stock ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Canara Bank net rises to Rs 1,019 cr
CANARA Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 1,019 crore for 2002-03, up 37.52 per cent from Rs 741 crore a year ago. The bank's board has proposed 35 per cent dividend for the year. Total business (deposits and advances) touched Rs 1,12,567 ... More

Andhra Bank allots Rs 69 crore for IT
MUMBAI: Andhra Bank is venturing on a major IT initiative with plans to get all its 1,100 branches online and networked by December. "An allocation of Rs 69 crore has been made for the year 2003-04 towards the computerisation project. ... More

CORPORATE BONDS


GSFC delays interest payment on SLR bonds — Facing liquidity crunch
THE Gujarat State Finance Corporation (GSFC) has delayed interest payments on its SLR bonds to banks. GSFC has confirmed that it could not make the payments due to a liquidity crunch. According to an official with a leading public sector ... More

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


IFCI finalises big NPA recovery proposal
ONE of the largest single-lender clean-up operations in the financial sector is to commence soon with IFCI Ltd having finalised plans for a twin-track assault on its non-performing assets (NPAs) through its own asset reconstruction company (ARC) ... More
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