With coastal states demanding rights to levy GST on trade in goods within 12 nautical miles off shore holding law on Integrated-GST (IGST) and non-BJP states demanding higher compensation for post-demonetisation revenue fall, GST roll-out looks unlikely in the near term

Banks, home finance firms take SBI cue, cut lending rates

04 Jan 2017

Venezuela issues $5 billion in bonds to state-owned bank

03 Jan 2017

Deutsche Bank rules out European merger or state bailout after settlement with US DOJ

03 Jan 2017

ANZ to sell 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Co for A$1.8 bn

03 Jan 2017

Demonetisation spells cheaper loans for key sectors: Jaitley

02 Jan 2017

I-T lens on near doubling of Jan Dhan deposits to Rs87,000 cr

02 Jan 2017

Home, auto loans to be cheaper as SBI cuts MCLR by 90 bps to 8%

02 Jan 2017

Other lenders such as Punjab national Bank and Union Bank of India also reduced their marginal cost of funds-based lending rates effective today, while IDBI Bank and SBI associate State bank of Travancore had already reduced their lending rates

Daily limit for ATM withdrawals raised to Rs4,500

31 Dec 2016

While the daily withdrawal limit at ATMS has gone up, there is no change in the weekly withdrawal cap, which stays at Rs24,000

IDBI Bank, SBT cut lending rates

31 Dec 2016

Delhi co-op bank stashed 120 cr in 1,161 accounts to skirt note ban: report

31 Dec 2016

I-T suspects Rs4,00,000-cr black money in junked note deposits

30 Dec 2016

RBI seeks info on banks’ scrapped note holdings as deposit facility ends

30 Dec 2016

Italy flays ECB for lack of clarity of Monte Paschi imbroglio

30 Dec 2016

Banks' stressed loans increase from 7.8% to 9.1% in March-Sept: RBI

30 Dec 2016

The gross non-performing advances ratio of scheduled commercial banks increased to 9.1 per cent from 7.8 per cent between March and September 2016, pushing the overall stressed advances ratio to 12.3 per cent from 11.5 per cent

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