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Getting forex made easier
GETTING foreign exchange for a holiday or business trip, medical treatment or fees for an overseas competitive examination may become easier thanks to the recommendations of a group set up by the Reserve Bank of India. In order to make foreign ... More

Rupee gains; bonds flat
MUMBAI: The rupee gained against the dollar on Tuesday, tracking the overnight gains made by the euro. The domestic currency opened at 46.02, up from Monday's close at 46.11/12. It then touched an intra-day high of 46 and was range-bound ... More

INSURANCE


BPOs set to capture $11-b insurance revenues: Nasscom
THE slow off-take of outsourcing in the insurance domain notwithstanding, the competitive pressure is driving the sector towards higher level of outsourcing adoption now. This has opened up for the BPO service providers an opportunity to capture ... More

STOCKS


OBC decides to extinguish GTB shares on SEBI advice
SEE, I will be very honest. GTB (Global Trust Bank) has become history. This company doesn't exist anymore. So, the share certificate today is as good as a toilet paper." This is what Mr B.D. Narang, the then Chairman and Managing Director of ... More

GENERAL INSURANCE


570 flood-hit cars in Mumbai await repairs — Insurance surveyors suggest exchange offer
FIVE-and-a half months since floods struck Mumbai and there are still some 570 cars yet to get repaired. The tally of damaged cars awaiting attention is 300 Honda, 173 Mercedes and 100 Toyota vehicles. Mr Mahendra Dhruva, National President, ... More

FINANCIAL POLICY


Parliament panel gives nod to lift voting right cap in private banks — Banks also allowed to issue preference shares
SIGNALLING a fresh round of liberalisation in the banking sector, a Parliamentary Standing Committee has given its go-ahead to remove the 10 per cent voting right cap on shareholders of private sector banks thereby paving the way for permitting ... More

PRIVATE BANKS


New product from ING Vysya Bank
ING Vysya Bank has launched an `Advantage Current Account' for mid-sized businesses. A bank release said here on Tuesday that the product is meant for traders in semi-urban and urban centres. It is also targeted at metro-based customers, who ... More

PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS


Clause 49 compliance not a bother for PSBs
WHILE many public sector undertakings are said to be struggling to comply with the board composition requirements under revised Clause 49 of the listing agreement, an important segment of listed state-owned entities — the public sector ... More

SBT branches feted
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The annual performance awards for various branches of the State Bank of Travancore (SBT) were given away at a function here on Monday. An SBT spokesman said here that the bank has a practice of recognising top ... More

INTEREST RATES


Fed funds: Upward march will continue
Inflation risk will surely drive interest rates and monetary policy, not only in the US, but also the world over. More

GOVT BONDS


Arrangements in place for smooth redemption of IMDs
THE Reserve Bank of India, in co-ordination with the State Bank of India, has made necessary arrangements for the redemption of the India Millennium Deposits (IMDs). "Appropriate preparations and arrangements have been made to ensure that the ... More

OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS


Six banks vie for three Singapore licences
IN what is said to be "nothing more than an understanding" under the rubric of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore, three banks from each country will be given full-fledged banking licences in the other. ... More



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