A person can walk into such an outlet and open a no-frills account the shopkeeper takes a photo the person using a webcam and also his or her fingerprints with a biometric device

Customer plaints against UK banks reach record high

15 Sep 2010

Bank of Baroda to take over part of Memon Co-op Bank

14 Sep 2010

Deutsche Bank to raise $12.4 bn to buy Postbank, meet Basel norms

13 Sep 2010

Global regulators tighten banking rules to avert 2008-type financial collapse

13 Sep 2010

Under the agreements reached yesterday, the minimum requirement for common equity, the highest form of loss absorbing capital, will be raised from the current 2 per cent to 4.5 per cent after the application of stricter adjustments

Banco Santander to buy Allied Irish Banks stake in Bank Zachodni for $3.74 bln

11 Sep 2010

RBI to set up panel on savings rate deregulation: Usha Thorat

08 Sep 2010

New bank licences may be contingent on rural expansion

08 Sep 2010

Banks must grow to compete globally: Pranab

08 Sep 2010

PSU bank executives deserve better remuneration: RBI governor

07 Sep 2010

"If public sector banks are required to compete with private banks on a level playing field, there is a good case for compensating them too on a competitive base."

Strike hits services at PSU banks

07 Sep 2010

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