Banks general
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 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
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
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
ICICI Bank ties up with UK Trade and Investment
04 Jan 2010
SBI to deploy 1.5 lakh card payment terminals next fiscal
01 Jan 2010
The State Bank of India plans to install about 1.5 lakh point of sale terminals for debit and credit card payment across the country over the next fiscal.
Iceland to repay €3.8 billion to British, Dutch investors
01 Jan 2010
The settlement, which is about 40 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product, will cost about €12,000 for each citizen on the island nation of 320,000.
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