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Shriram, TTK group cos among 11 broker licencees
COMPANIES set up by the Chennai-based Shriram and TTK groups (Armour Consultants Pvt Ltd and TTK Insurance Services Pvt Ltd) are among the eleven companies that have received licences for insurance broking. TTK Insurance Services wants to be a ... More

FOREX


Dollar depreciation accounts for 17 pc of forex build-up
THE Reserve Bank of India has confirmed that nearly 17 per cent of the accretion to its forex reserves in the current fiscal has been on account of the US dollar's substantial depreciation against other international currencies. According to ... More

Rupee stable; gilts recover
Mumbai: THE rupee closed firm on Friday against the dollar at 47.8000/8050 as compared to Thursday's close of 47.8000/8100 in the forex market. There were good supplies of greenbacks, but the central bank intervened and sucked away dollar ... More

World Cup sponsors allowed to remit forex
THE official sponsors of the ICC Cricket World Cup — LG Electronics, PepsiCo, and Hero Honda — received a shot in the arm with the Supreme Court on Friday lifting all restrictions on sponsors of the World Cup to remit foreign exchange ... More

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


Vijaya Bank starts V-remit
BANGALORE: Vijaya Bank has launched a new customer service under which fund remittance can be done through the electronic medium. Called V-remit, the new product enables customers to transfer funds faster to their counterparts having ... More

INSURANCE


Banks can have referral fee pact with only one insurer
PROVIDING clarity to the much awaited business model of banks taking referral business of insurance through its branches for selling insurance products, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has issued detailed guidelines to ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


ICICI PruLife hikes capital
MUMBAI: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company has increased its capital base by Rs 50 crore, taking the total paid-up equity capital to Rs 375 crore. The capital infusion comes just four months after the company's equity was hiked by ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


ICICI-Lombard targets Rs 200 cr
VISAKHAPATNAM: ICICI-Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd has set itself a target of Rs 200 crore (premium collection) for the current financial year and is confident of achieving it, Mr K. Bharatan, Head, Corporate Relations, has ... More

DEBT MARKET


`Diversified markets will be shock-proof'
A DIVERSIFIED debt and equity market will create an environment less vulnerable to shocks, the RBI Governor, Dr Bimal Jalan, has said. He urged the participants in the debt market to go for retailing. The RBI Governor was speaking at the ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


ICICI Bank plans `capital protection' in Pru MF schemes
ICICI Bank has proposed to provide a capital protection option to investors in equity schemes managed by its sister organisation, Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund, subject to certain conditions. The facility, to be offered to the bank's customers, ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


SBI hints at selective rate cuts
STATE Bank of India plans to reduce its lending rates further for select segments. Some of this is expected before the 2003 Budget. Mr A.K. Purwar, Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI), when asked about the rates in the retail segment said, ... More

IOB's Q3 net up 157 pc
INDIAN Overseas Bank has reported a net profit of Rs 116.95 crore for the quarter ended December 2002, which is 157 per cent higher than the net profit of Rs 45.57 crore achieved in the corresponding quarter of last year. The operating profit ... More

IOB to tap market again next year
INDIAN Overseas Bank proposes to raise money from the primary market again, next year. The bank is yet to take a decision on whether it would be through a public or rights issue. IOB's Chairman and Managing Director, Mr S C Gupta, told ... More

CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS


Spending limit on global credit cards relaxed
OVERSEAS travellers can now incur expenses in foreign exchange through their international credit card in excess of $10,000 per year for private travel and $25,000 for travel-related to business, international conference, training and medical ... More
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