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Rabo India starts merchant banking
RABO India Securities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rabo India Finance, started its merchant banking activities with an initial capital investment of Rs 5.5 crore, said a press release. Rabo India Securities (RIS) will offer investment banking ... More

FOREX


Rupee rises further; g-secs see gains
MUMBAI: The rupee strengthened further against the US dollar on Wednesday on the back of strong inflows. The rupee opened at 43.52/53 and closed firm at 43.49/50, up from 43.5425 on Tuesday. A dealer at a private bank said, "Many companies are ... More

INSURANCE


Patni BPO services suite for insurers
PATNI Computer Systems Ltd has announced the launch a BPO Services suite specifically designed for insurance companies. The "Defined Contribution BPO service suite" will allow insurance companies to offload common record keeping tasks ... More

SOFTWARE


i-flex tool for Austrian bank
MUMBAI: BAWAG PSK, Austria's third largest banking group, has selected i-flex Solutions' flagship product suite, FLEXCUBE, to replace its core banking solutions in central and east European countries, according to a release. The ... More

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


IDBI open to growth through acquisitions — Focus now on branch, ATM network expansion
THE Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) in its post-merger avatar has chalked out a growth strategy that includes acquisition and merger of banks with strong presence in commercial banking space and reasonable global ... More

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


Securitisation Act and DRTs — Ministry rules out simultaneous bad debt recovery proceedings
LENDERS will have to continue to package their bad debt recovery effort within the legal limitation period. This follows the Finance Ministry ruling out the possibility of allowing them to initiate simultaneous proceedings before the Debt ... More

CREDIT MARKET


Banks prefer medium-term loans
MEDIUM-term loans (that is, loans of 1-to-3-year duration) are what banks seem to prefer giving. The pattern of residual maturity of advances of 19 public sector banks with cumulative lending of a little over Rs 5 lakh crore shows that about ... More

SHORT TERM INSTRUMENTS


T-bill auctions fully subscribed
THE auctions of the 91-day and 364-day Treasury Bills were fully subscribed, according to a press release from Reserve Bank of India. The notified amount for both T-bills was Rs 2,000 crore. For the 91-day T-bills, RBI received 49 ... More

OUTLOOK


Banks sight treasury gains
Large-scale buying by insurers and wider participation in ready forwards have helped. More


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