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Tuesday, October 08, 2002
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Western Union ties up with Andhra Bank
WESTERN Union Financial Services International, a global player in the money transfer business and part of the US-based $21-billion First Data Corporation, has announced an alliance with Andhra Bank, the Hyderabad-based public sector bank, to ... More

FOREX


Rupee slips; gilts rise
Mumbai: THE rupee ended at 48.36/3650 against the dollar on Monday, a tad weaker than Friday's close of 48.3575/3625 in the forex market. "Natonalised banks were seen capping the rupee at 48.35 levels as seen in the previous week also,'' said ... More

HOUSING FINANCE


Watch this `exchange' offer
A HOARDING put up by State Bank of India which is sponsoring a property fair in Chennai to boost its housing finance portfolio, had this headline: Come with your spouse and go with your house! A passer-by who preferred to ignore this feeble ... More

FINANCIAL MARKETS


Curbs in call market — PSBs shift focus to gilts
PUBLIC sector banks, the proverbial lenders in the inter-bank money market, were today seen actively buying in gilts with caps on bank's lending in call money markets coming into force. The repo market was active and murmurs were on about term ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


  • J&K Bank H1 net up 35.51%

    FOREIGN BANKS


    ABN-Amro opens NRI service in UAE
    ABN AMRO Bank has launched its NRI banking service in the UAE, enabling its customers access their accounts in India and the complete banking portfolio with the bank in the UAE, from a single desk. Customers can also seek advice on a range of ... More

    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    IDBI: Indefinite wait for the green signal
    WHAT will happen to Industrial Development Bank of India? On its way to becoming a universal bank, the country's premier financial institution appears to be waiting at a traffic signal with the amber light glowing for, what seems, eternity. ... More

    GOVT BONDS


    Cut-off rates for bonds
    THE cut-off rate for underwriting by primary dealers for the price-based auction of the 7.27 per cent 2013 paper was announced at one paise and that of the 7.95 per cent 2032 paper at three paise. The Rs 7,000 crore auction for the two papers ... More

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    Allahabad Bank issues notices to defaulters
    ALLAHABAD Bank has sent around 700 notices to defaulting borrowers seeking to retrieve around Rs 85 crore. The strategy is in sync with the bank's overall aim to recover Rs 500 crore in the current year. The bank, about to make its maiden ... More

    TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS


    Jobs at Rs 50 per month!
    It is not that the newly constituted All India State Bank Officers Association is unaware of a Supreme Court ruling that any statutory provision conferring a right to appointment of children of the employees is "discriminatory and offends ... More

    AIBOC officials coming
    MANGALORE: With negotiations relating to wage revision and other issues concerning the banking industry set to commence on October 25, leaders of the All-India Bank Officers' Confederation (AIBOC) will be visiting Mangalore and Udupi on ... More

    TRENDS


    PSBs account for half the deposits in Q1
    NATIONALISED banks accounted for 50.20 per cent of aggregate deposits, with State Bank of India (SBI) and its associates accounting for 24.10 per cent, for the quarter ended June 2002, according to the latest statistics released by the Reserve ... More
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