Banks general

Barclays to face £17 billion capital deficit: analysts

20 Jan 2010

Egypt’s EFG Hermes sells stake in Lebanese bank for $913 million

19 Jan 2010

Gang of ICICI Bank fraudsters busted in Delhi

18 Jan 2010

Europe says 'No' to US model bank tax

16 Jan 2010

ANZ in talks to buy IOOF Holdings: report

16 Jan 2010

Obama unveils bank tax to raise $90 billion in 10 years

16 Jan 2010

Obama’s “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee” targets about 35 US companies and 10 to 15 US subsidiaries of foreign firms, which have more than $50 billion in assets

Bank credit up 12.3 per cent at Rs28,81,898 crore in Q2-Fy'10

15 Jan 2010

RBI may permit cash withdrawals from PoS terminals

15 Jan 2010

Customers will soon be able to use prepaid cards issued by banks to withdraw cash from credit

Bankers urge RBI to keep interest rates stable at its 29 Jan policy review

15 Jan 2010

Banks want RBI to keep interest rates stable as they fear any hike could adversely affect the already sluggish demand for loans

RBI notifies changes in definition of PIOs for purchase of property in India

14 Jan 2010

FDIC proposes increased fees for banks with ‘risky’ pay practices

14 Jan 2010

Bank credit in India up Rs80,000 crore in last two weeks of December 2009

13 Jan 2010

RBI warns banks against sub-PLR lending

13 Jan 2010

Obama mulls tax on banks to raise $120 billion

13 Jan 2010

US president Barack Obama is planning to raise about $120 billion over 10 years by imposing a fee on banks to help recoup losses from the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP) and reduce the federal deficit

Banks expect rates to remain unchanged till March

12 Jan 2010

SBI to hire 27,000 staff, add 1,000 branches this year

12 Jan 2010

No government pressure on banks to merge, says official

12 Jan 2010

NPAs likely to increase, says SBI chief

12 Jan 2010

In absolute terms, the gross NPAs are expected to increase by about three times to Rs1.9 lakh crore by 2011 from the March 2008 level of Rs55,000 crore

Indian rupee hits an over 15-month high at 45.30 a dollar

11 Jan 2010

Global banks hiking salaries, slashing bonuses: Mercer

11 Jan 2010

Indian structured finance transactions stable; 80 Japan CMBS downgraded in Q4-09: Fitch

11 Jan 2010

Government to hire experts for bank mergers: report

11 Jan 2010

Bank employees getting more productive: RBI study

11 Jan 2010

As the public sector banks' productivity has doubled in the last five year, they have caught up with private sector peers in terms of business per employee

SBI to launch voice-enabled ATMs for sight-handicapped clients

09 Jan 2010

CRR hike won’t affect lending rates, says SBI chief Bhatt

09 Jan 2010