Several overseas private equity investors have evinced interest in taking stakes in an SPV holding the mortgage lender’s unlisted shares, says HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh

Axis Bank raises $350 million through bond issue

26 Mar 2010

RBI's financial stability report sees limited risk to banking sector

25 Mar 2010

Dubai World proposes to convert $8.9 billion debt into equity

25 Mar 2010

Dubai World had total financial liabilities of $23.5 billion as of 31 December 2009

UK's Chancellor Darling offers basic bank accounts to all Britons

24 Mar 2010

Goldman Sachs applies for India banking licence: report

24 Mar 2010

Private banks, NBFCs allowed to offer tax-free bonds

24 Mar 2010

RBI revises repo accounting norms for banks

23 Mar 2010

ICICI Bank gets full banking licence in Singapore

23 Mar 2010

Mumbai-based ICICI Bank, in which the Singapore government holds a 1.53-per cent stake, is the second Indian financial institution after State Bank of India to enjoy qualifying full bank privileges in Singapore

RBI hikes export credit refinance rate to 5 per cent

22 Mar 2010

Mukerjee urges banks to reach out to ignored segments

22 Mar 2010

US bank failures peak - 37 lenders shut down in less than 3 months

20 Mar 2010

New banking licences to come with tougher norms

20 Mar 2010

SBI will not raise lending rates, says Bhatt

20 Mar 2010

State Bank of India today said it has no plans to hike lending rates immediately, and would wait for further signals from RBI

RBI hikes repo, reverse repo rates by 25 bps

20 Mar 2010

Concerned over rising inflation RBI yesterday hiked its short-term lending and borrowing rates by 25 basis points each to 5.0 per cent and 3.5 per cent

Bank recapitalisation to start in April-May

19 Mar 2010

Government will pump Rs9,000 crore fresh capital into state-run banks in the next two months as part of the Rs16,500 crore capital infusion proposed by the finance minister in the 2010-11 budget.

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