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  • Bank VRS body changes name

    GENERAL INSURANCE


    Annuities market thrown open to private insurers -- LIC loses exclusive preserve
    IN a move that would facilitate future reforms in the pension market, the Government has permitted private insurance companies to provide annuities to beneficiaries of approved superannuation funds run by corporates. Corporates which run such ... More

    Pvt players pull out of motor insurance
    PRIVATE sector insurance companies have pulled out of the motor insurance sector in view of the deferral in the implementation of the new tariff policy. The policy was originally slated to have come into effect from April 1. It had hiked motor ... More

    PRIVATE BANKS


    IDBI spurns offers for stake in banking arm
    INDUSTRIAL Development Bank of India (IDBI) has categorically told foreign banks that have approached it for taking a stake in its banking subsidiary, IDBI Bank, that it would not cede control, at least not until its universal banking plans are ... More

    PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


    SBI Hyderabad module improves performance
    THE Hyderabad module of State Bank of India (SBI), the biggest module in the country with 253 branches spread across two geographical zones of Andhra Pradesh — Telangana and a part of Rayalaseema — has registered a significant growth ... More

  • Syndicate Bank loan for KPCL
  • SBH branches to function

    CORPORATE BONDS


    The deep bond
    G. Sekar and B. Saravana Prasath on the changes in the tax treatment of deep discount bonds More

    INTERVIEW


    `We are more worried about jobs than wage revision'
    "BANKS, on the one hand, are introducing 24-hour banking and 7-day banking, but on the other, are either closing or merging branches. This is not good for a country like India, where, we need to look at mass banking rather than class banking," ... More

    EVENTS


    BIS for continued vigilance on global finance
    Members of the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) meeting under the aegis of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have agreed that the interplay of the prospect of a mild recovery in global activity and persistent financial imbalances calls ... More

    Banks to focus on rural development
    DEVELOPMENT schemes by banks and various development agencies in the past three quarters came under review at the State-Level Bankers' Committee (SLBC) meeting here. Reviewing the performance of the banking sector for the period, Mr M.S. Kapur, ... More

    Syndicate Bank ED urges boost for solar energy
    WITH an estimated 80,000-odd villages in the country still deprived of electricity from the grid there is a need to `harness' solar energy to provide electricity in `far-flung rural areas', according to the Executive Director of Syndicate Bank, ... More

    OUTLOOK


    Bumper profits may help banks to clean up balance sheets
    THERE is only one thing that could stand between banks and bumper profits this year - the managements' decision to raise provisioning. Increasing provisions in a year of windfall profits is something that is universally agreed upon as a ... More

    PERFORMANCE


  • Pat for Madurai banks

    ECONOMIC OFFENCES


    CBI for review of nominee role in banks
    THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recommended a review of the role of nominee directors on bank boards with a view to making them accountable for the bank's decisions and thereby preventing bank frauds. CBI has said that its ... More

    PEOPLE


    Banker award for PNB official
    BANGALORE: Mr T.S. Narayanasami, Executive Chairman, Punjab National Bank, has been chosen for this year's T.A. Pai Memorial Best Banker Award. The award is instituted by Dehali Kannadiga, a Kannada monthly published from Delhi. ... More
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  • Top Stories
    Alarming consequences of rising MSP


    Passenger cars buck auto export trend

    El Nino impetus strengthens

    Bumper profits may help banks to clean up balance sheets

    FDI approvals hit a nadir since 1995

    Annuities market thrown open to private insurers -- LIC loses exclusive preserve

    Plans likely to bring all ports under one regulator

    In Depth
    Inside Kashmir
    Guide to derivatives
    US-64
    Looking back
    Mar. 17-Mar. 23
    Indian Bank recap may come with riders

    Will securitisation turn out to be a vibrant industry?

    Motor insurance set to rise sharply

    `No retrospective tax effect on discount bonds'

    PSU insurance cos fear cost escalation -- Embark on damage-limitation

    LIC to discontinue children's policy

    Restraint against joining proceedings in US -- Dabhol lenders get HC reprieve

    Gold exchange key to boost market: Reddy

    Pvt banks better PSBs in cost control

    Indian Bank tops in interest spread

    Govt focussed on NPA recovery, says Sinha

    Dabhol lenders may recall loans


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