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Friday, March 28, 2003
Forex Rates March 27 (4.30 p.m. IST)
1 PoundRs 74.73
1 EuroRs 50.94
1 USDRs 47.47
100 YenRs 39.60
1 Sing $Rs 26.86

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Re rises further; gilts up
Mumbai: THE rupee gained further strength on Thursday to end at 47.54 against the dollar, up 2 paise from Wednesday's close. Abundant dollar supplies, estimated at over $100 million, aided the rupee. Exporters were bringing in their ... More

Bye bye to `Ashoka Pillar' notes
THE Reserve Bank of India, it appears, has decided to phase out the Ashoka Pillar series currency notes. The apex bank, has since November last, been instructing the banks against reissuing currency notes bearing the Ashoka Pillar emblem. ... More

INSURANCE


  • IRDA fiat on new products

    STOCKS


    Talk of picking stake in Federal Bank lifts Kotak Mahindra Fin
    MARKET rumours of Kotak Mahindra Finance (KMF) being in talks with ICICI Bank to acquire the latter's stake in Federal Bank aided momentum in the counter today. The KMF stock ended the day at Rs 171.75, up 2.14 per cent, with around 18,967 shares ... More

    PRIVATE BANKS


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    PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


    Syndicate Bank plans to return Rs 100-cr capital
    THE public sector Syndicate Bank has proposed to reduce its paid-up capital base by Rs 100 crore in a bid to improve shareholder returns. This would be done during the course of the next financial year and the bank's board had already approved ... More

    SBI, group banks to share ATMs
    In the new financial year, 230 of the associate bank's ATMs will be networked and an additional 1,500 SBI ATMs will be added, to bring the total of networked ATMs to 3,000. More

  • Vijaya Bank eyes bancassurance

    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


  • KSIDC reduces interest rates

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    Prudential Bank on a major recovery drive — Notices soon to defaulters for Rs 250 cr
    PRUDENTIAL Bank, the city-based troubled urban co-operative bank, under the supervision of the newly-appointed Administrator, Mr T. Satyanarayana Rao, has decided to go aggressive on recoveries of non-performing assets (NPAs) with the help of the ... More

    IPOS


    More bank IPOs likely next fiscal
    MORE banks are expected to tap the equity markets during the next fiscal in a bid to bolster their capital base and comply with the stringent capital adequacy norms. Sources here said that this would include some of the so-called weak banks, ... More

    CO-OPERATIVES


    Clean up co-op banks to tap `project loans' again
    THE Finance Ministry, RBI and Nabard have jointly revived the idea of writing off losses of well over Rs 6,000 crore held by the co-operative credit system. Going by talk on the Mint Street, the template for the grand idea is the Capoor ... More

    INVESTOR PROTECTION


    Fewer complaints to ombudsman
    THE number of complaints received by the banking ombudsmen of the Reserve Bank of India during the year 2001-2002 was down by 2.5 per cent, as compared to those received in 1998-99, according to an RBI report reviewing the banking ombudsmen ... More
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