Banks general
Deutsche Bank downs shutters on global commodities business
06 Dec 2013
Deutsche Bank, the first major bank to exit the once lucrative commodities sector, said it would retain precious metals and a limited number of financial derivatives trades
Deutsche Bank hit hardest as EU fines 6 banks €1.7 bn for rate-rigging
05 Dec 2013
Whistle blowers, Britain's Barclays and Switzerland's UBS, escaped fines over rate-rigging, while Germany's Deutsche Bank was slapped with the stiffest penalty of €725 million
AIBEA to name top 50 loan defaulters
04 Dec 2013
RBI prescribes capital buffer for `systemically important’ banks
03 Dec 2013
Domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) will be required to have additional common equity Tier 1 capital ranging from 0.20 per cent to 0.80 per cent of their risk weighted assets
Tatas opt out of race for banking licence
28 Nov 2013
Tata Sons has opted to withdraw its application for banking licence rather than re-organise the existing financial services structure of the 100-odd companies of the group to comply with RBI guidelines
All-woman bank opens in Lucknow, Mumbai and 5 other centres
19 Nov 2013
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank will initially have seven branches, at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow, to be followed by two other branches at Delhi and Indore, after the assembly polls in the states are over
Net bad loans of 40 listed banks up 38% in H1
15 Nov 2013
BNP Paribas to buy the Belgium’s 25% stake in BNP Paribas Fortis for $4.36 bn
14 Nov 2013
Fortis Bank Belgium (now BNP Paribas Fortis) was bailed out by the Belgian and Dutch governments, in September 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis
Banks offering cheap loans, high returns are lying to you
11 Nov 2013
India’s major banks, including state-owned lenders, are pulling a major con job on small investors or borrowers – and the RBI is doing nothing about it, says Sanjay Matai
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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