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Brokers to meet IRDA chief to discuss notification
INSURANCE brokers will be meeting the IRDA Chairman, Mr N. Rangachary, in Delhi later this week, to discuss contentious issues on brokerages and business, thrown up in the notification issued by the regulator in March this year. Brokers are ... More

FOREX


Rupee higher; gilts up
Mumbai: THE rupee closed one paisa higher on Tuesday at 47.1600/1650 against the dollar, up from Monday's close of 47.1700/1750 in the forex market. Good supplies of the greenback were coming in today and there was some demand for it from oil ... More

  • Ministry prepares draft Cabinet note on FEMA

    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


    Andhra Bank unveils slew of tech services
    ANDHRA Bank has unveiled four technology-driven services - Visa Electronic Card (an ATM-cum-debit card), e-Seva services through ATM network for the citizens to pay their utility bills, e-hundi services enabling devotees to make monetary ... More

    LIFE INSURANCE


    OM Kotak launches new insurance plan
    OM Kotak Mahindra Life has launched an investment-cum-protection plan - the Kotak Safe Investment Plan -- that offers safety of capital while permitting the policyholder to benefit from investment opportunities in the equity, debt and money ... More

  • Bank of Punjab to distribute LIC products

    GENERAL INSURANCE


    Reconciliation reports — Non-life insurers asked to file quarterly
    THE Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has directed the players operating in the non-life insurance domain to file quarterly statements with reconciliation between the purchase and sale of investments made by them. The ... More

    PRIVATE BANKS


    Tayal arrest: Bank of Rajasthan submits case details to RBI
    BANK of Rajasthan on Tuesday submitted to the Reserve Bank of India details of the case that led to the arrest of its Chairman, Mr Praveen Kumar Tayal, in Jaipur on Saturday. Dr K.M. Bhattacharya, Managing Director of the bank, said the RBI ... More

    PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


    Canara Bank plans 3 more branches in Chennai
    CANARA Bank will shortly open three more branches here — at Santhome, Tiruvallur and one `all women branch'. The location of the `mahila' branch is yet to be decided. "We have the licence for opening a branch anywhere in Chennai. We have ... More

  • SBH performers felicitated

    FOREIGN BANKS


    HSBC to open global software centre in Pune
    HONG Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) is all set to inaugurate its global software development centre in the city towards the end of this month. The bank's chief information officer, Mr Ashok Bhatia, said here that the new ... More

    IndusInd gold trading from July
    IN an attempt to generate another form of non-interest income, IndusInd Bank plans to venture into bullion trading starting July 1, across nine centres in the country. "We aim to capture 15-20 per cent of the Rs 25,000-crore gold import market ... More

    FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS


    `REC lending is unsustainable' — Disinvestment panel warns of threat to operations
    The worsening financial situation of the SEBs must at some stage lead to a situation where fresh disbursements fall short of repayments. This would trigger a default by the SEBs on their dues to REC hurting in the process the latter's own cash flows. More

    NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


    Recovery of NPAs more profitable — Banks not keen to transfer assets to ARCs/ARFs
    WITH the bond buyback scheme due to be kicked off any time now, public sector banks have indicated their reluctance to transfer distressed assets to the asset reconstruction company (ARC)/asset reconstruction fund (ARF). Sources said as a ... More

    TFCI takes over assets of Arasa Hotel
    TOURISM Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI) has taken possession of the assets of Arasa Hotel Pvt Ltd, under the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 ... More

    CREDIT CARDS & DEBIT CARDS


    South Indian Bank to launch global debit card soon
    THE private sector South Indian Bank Ltd (SIBL) proposes to launch its global debit card shortly once it signs the Memorandum of Understanding with the service providers. Mr A. Sethumadhavan, chairman of the bank, addressing a press conference ... More
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