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Dollar on a cyclical upswing?
GIVE a forecast but do not give a date. That is an unstated rule in the business of forecasting the financial market. Well, if the volatility seen in the major global financial markets — foreign exchange and interest rates — in the ... More

FOREX


Rupee weakens; bonds decline
MUMBAI: The rupee weakened against the dollar on worries about the rising price of crude and a fall in the domestic stock markets. The rupee opened at 43.62/63 and fell to an intra-day low of 43.68. It recovered to end at 43.64/65, ... More

SOFTWARE


Infosys tool for Philippine bank
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies Ltd, TIM Corporation and Sun Microsystems Inc announced on Thursday that Union Bank of the Philippines has gone live with Finacle core banking solution, making it the first bank to successfully replace its ... More

NBFCS


HDFC Bank plans to set up NBFC
HDFC Bank plans to set up a non-banking finance company (NBFC) to undertake fund-based activities. The bank management, according to Mr Jagdish Capoor, Chairman, has examined the issue of establishing an NBFC in line with the current regulatory ... More

LIFE INSURANCE


Max NY Life keen on more bancassurance tie-ups
HAVING entered into bancassurance alliances with seven banks in less than one year, Max New York Life (MNYL) is bullish on this distribution channel , its Executive Director, Mr Rajesh Sud, has said. "We are looking at large bancassurance ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


RBI alters accident cover norms for Kisan credit cardholders
BANKS excluding RRBs can now approach any general insurance company to provide personal accident cover to Kisan Credit Cardholders. As per the earlier arrangement, banks had to be serviced by designated general insurance companies on a zonal ... More

Stand-alone health insurance — Apollo Hospitals, US co show interest
TWO parties, including one from the US, have shown interest in setting up stand-alone health insurance companies. According to Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) sources, the corporate hospital group, Apollo, and the ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


TMB's new facility
MADURAI: The Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. has introduced real time gross settlement (RTGS) system for customer transactions from Friday, in all its branches. It had introduced the system in 45 branches since January, says ... More

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS


Banks find NPA recovery more gainful than sale to ARCs
Bankers said that ARCIL's discounting rates are on the higher side. More

`Banking sector must protect itself from defaults'
THE banking sector needs to learn lessons from happenings in countries such as South Korea and take precautions against defaults, especially from the household sector, according to Prof Suresh Sundaresan, Chase Manhattan Bank Professor of Finance ... More



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