Banks general

SBI employees to go on strike on 6th June, Friday

24 May 2008

RBI asks banks to mark down valuation of special bonds

23 May 2008

SBI rescinds suspension of agri implements loans

21 May 2008

Market-based forex rates can't be used to fight inflation: RBI governor

20 May 2008

SBI puts loans for agri mechanisation on hold

19 May 2008

Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week, Layman to follow

17 May 2008

HSBC to acquire 73.21 per cent stake in brokerage IL&FS for Rs1000 crore

17 May 2008

Europe's biggest bank HSBC is acquiring a 73-per cent stake in IL&FS Investmart for Rs1000 crore

IFC invests $45 million in Standard Chartered Bank initiative for micro-finance sector in Asia and Africa

16 May 2008

US bank Sovereign looking to raise $1.5 billion; may lose management control to Santander

10 May 2008

SBI raises FCNR, NRE deposit rates

05 May 2008

SBI to restructure credit card business

03 May 2008

Citigroup stake sale fetches $4.5 billion; exceeds target by 50 per cent

01 May 2008

Citigroup raises $4.5 billion by selling stock, 50 per cent more than planned; may increase offer to $4.95 billion

Mobile banking set to grow

01 May 2008

Mobile banking has emerged the most promising front end technology for broadening the access of finance in the country. By Probir Roy

Wracked by sub-prime crisis, Deutsche Bank posts first quarterly loss in five years

30 Apr 2008

HSBC gets more time to acquire Lone Star stake in Korea Exchange Bank

29 Apr 2008

RBI sets up working group for launching currency futures

29 Apr 2008

Deutsche Bank's investment arm RREEF starts India operations, to invest $1 billion

29 Apr 2008

SBI makes $10 million provision for possible sub prime losses

23 Apr 2008

Bank of America’s quarterly profit drops 77 per cent but it still stays in the black

22 Apr 2008

TVS Group gets its first equity partner; lifts Rs100 crore funds from Goldman Sachs

12 Apr 2008

Lehman liquidates three funds after taking a $1 billion hit

10 Apr 2008

ICICI Bank in tie-up talks with Russia's MBRD for mortgage lending

10 Apr 2008

IMF predicts close to $1 trillion losses due to US sub-prime mortgage crisis

09 Apr 2008

The growing fallout from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis could have profound financial system and macroeconomic implications, according to the IMF's latest Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) which disclosed possible accumulated losses nearing one trillion dollars.

Bank of America patents innovative technology for corporate cards

04 Apr 2008

Citibank aims targeted offering at expatriates

03 Apr 2008