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SBI to hold majority stake in non-life insurance operations with Australia's IAG
14 May 2008
India to be the 8th largest wealth centre by 2017, says Barclays report
13 May 2008
Australia's Westpac Bank in take-over talks with St George
12 May 2008
Wachovia strips CEO Thompson of chairman's role; appoints Lanty Smith instead
12 May 2008
US bank Sovereign looking to raise $1.5 billion; may lose management control to Santander
10 May 2008
Citigroup to sell off $400 billion of assets over next three years: CEO Vikram Pandit
09 May 2008
US House passes $300 billion housing rescue bill
09 May 2008
Canara HSBC Orienal Bank life insurance JV gets regulatory nod
08 May 2008
HSBC loses data of 159,000 account holders as server goes missing
08 May 2008
Idea Cellular, Tata Communications, Etisalat UAE team up with HSBC India to launch global money transfers
07 May 2008
Target sells 47 per cent in credit card receivables to JPMorgan for $3.6 billion
06 May 2008
Financial innovation, greater transparency can support Asian growth: S&P
06 May 2008
SBI raises FCNR, NRE deposit rates
05 May 2008
ASEAN + 3 to launch $80 billion Asian Monetary Fund
05 May 2008
Basel II positive for debt market development: CRISIL
05 May 2008
SBI to restructure credit card business
03 May 2008
Citi, State Street Sell Joint Venture CitiStreet for $900 million
03 May 2008
UK's Brown bats for free flow of capital
02 May 2008
The continuing travails of Ben Bernanke
01 May 2008
Citigroup stake sale fetches $4.5 billion; exceeds target by 50 per cent
01 May 2008
Mobile banking set to grow
01 May 2008
Wracked by sub-prime crisis, Deutsche Bank posts first quarterly loss in five years
30 April 2008
Citigroup to raise $3 billion in capital through fresh stock sale
30 April 2008
Monetary Policy 2008-09: Between a rock and a hard place
30 April 2008
HSBC gets more time to acquire Lone Star stake in Korea Exchange Bank
29 April 2008
Government announces new schemes for micro, small and medium industries
29 April 2008
RBI sets up working group for launching currency futures
29 April 2008
Defaults in US to accelerate through 2008: S&P
29 April 2008
Deutsche Bank's investment arm RREEF starts India operations, to invest $1 billion
29 April 2008
RBI unlikely to curb liquidity further
28 April 2008
Wachovia to pay $144 million to settle telemarketing fraud allegations
26 April 2008
SBI makes $10 million provision for possible sub prime losses
23 April 2008
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit joins other chief executives in saying the end of sub-prime crisis closer than the beginning
23 April 2008
Credit Suisse joins Merrill Lynch and Citigroup in cutting jobs
23 April 2008
Q1 2008 roars like a bear, as downgrades outpace upgrades
23 April 2008
Bank of America’s quarterly profit drops 77 per cent but it still stays in the black
22 April 2008
RBI may toughen monetary stance, says Chidambaram
22 April 2008
Bank of England offers $100 billion debt-swap to ease banks' liquidity
21 April 2008
Bank of England mulls £50-billion bailout for British banks hit by credit crisis
19 April 2008
After Merrill Lynch losses and job cuts, Citi loses $5.11 billion in Q1; to cut 9,000 jobs
18 April 2008
Australia's ANZ to shift 5 per cent jobs from New Zealand to India as business transformation strategy
18 April 2008
RBI raises CRR by 50 basis points to 8 per cent
17 April 2008
Indian financial markets not vulnerable to global developments: Y V Reddy
16 April 2008
Wachovia reports $393 million Q1 loss; plans $7 billion capital infusion
14 April 2008
TVS Group gets its first equity partner; lifts Rs100 crore funds from Goldman Sachs
12 April 2008
G-8 weighs measures to stem market turmoil, reverse US slowdown
11 April 2008
Lehman liquidates three funds after taking a $1 billion hit
10 April 2008
ICICI Bank in tie-up talks with Russia's MBRD for mortgage lending
10 April 2008
IMF predicts close to $1 trillion losses due to US sub-prime mortgage crisis
09 April 2008
Rajan panel suggests more freedom for financial sector
07 April 2008
Goldman Sachs group abandons deal to acquire Myers
05 April 2008
Malaysia's Maybank eyes stake in Pakistan MCB Bank
05 April 2008
Standard & Poor's downgrades Tata Motors credit rating
04 April 2008
Bank of America patents innovative technology for corporate cards
04 April 2008
Loan defaults highest in 15 years, says US bankers’ body
04 April 2008
Citibank aims targeted offering at expatriates
03 April 2008
Sub-prime mortgage crisis: end in sight?
03 April 2008
Credits poised for downgrades reach new record: S&P
02 April 2008
UBS announces fresh $19 billion loss; Deutsche Bank loses additional $3.9 billion
01 April 2008
RBI revises risk management norms to banks
28 March 2008
Citigroup agrees to settle Enron claims for $1.6 billion
26 March 2008
SBI gets nod to start retail operations in Singapore
26 March 2008
Singapore's DBS gets RBI permission to expand in India
25 March 2008
Citibank's sub-prime losses beat combined losses of Indian banking sector
25 March 2008
JPMorgan may raise Bear Stearns bid to $10 a share: report
24 March 2008
Citigroup to retrench 2,000 investment bankers and traders
20 March 2008
Political wrangling leaves Bank of Japan headless
20 March 2008
Fed moves hint of moral hazard
20 March 2008
Major shareholders oppose Bear Stearns takeover by JPMorgan Chase
20 March 2008
BNP Paribas abandons bid for Societe Generale
19 March 2008
Fed cuts short-term interest rate by 75 basis points to 2.25 per cent
19 March 2008
After UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank cuts home loan rates
18 March 2008
SBI, Citigroup, JPMorgan to provide $3 billion for Tata Motors' Jaguar-Land Rover acquisition
18 March 2008
Fed cuts key lending rate to 3.25 per cent
17 March 2008
DBS awaits RBI approval for expanding India operations
17 March 2008
CII organizes Latin American and Caribbean investment seminar
15 March 2008
Finance Minister puts numbers to his Rs60,000 crore loan waiver plan
15 March 2008
US developments may affect policy decisions: RBI governor
15 March 2008
US Fed bails out Bear Sterns through JPMorgan Chase
15 March 2008
US regulators propose tough new rules for mortgage market
14 March 2008
Sub prime crisis end in sight says S&P; raises write-down estimates to $285 billion
14 March 2008
Blackstone buys Titagarh Wagons stake in pre-IPO placement
13 March 2008
UCO Bank to raise Rs625 crore
13 March 2008
JPMorgan sees a tightening of money market liquidity
11 March 2008
RBI makes ATM services free from April 2009
10 March 2008
Global financial institutions take a $215 billion sub prime hit: Japanese regulator
10 March 2008
HDFC Bank to expand its global presence
10 March 2008
Retail Banks’ spend on Business Intelligence technology expected to reach USD$9bn by 2012
10 March 2008
Western banks face $325 billion capital erosion: JPMorgan
08 March 2008
HDFC seeks nod for lending against farmland in Punjab
08 March 2008
StandChart to sell MF business to IDFC
07 March 2008
Chidambaram leaves rate decision to lenders and RBI; says loan waiver won't hurt banks
06 March 2008
Barclays to buy Russia’s Expobank for $745 million
05 March 2008
HSBC gets antitrust approval for Korea Exchange Bank bid
05 March 2008
Barclays launches its ‘Hello Money’ mobile banking in India
05 March 2008
European Central Bank asks US to stem dollar slide
04 March 2008
HSBC profits up 10 per cent despite $17 billion subprime loss
04 March 2008
Banks may need an extra $143 billion to tide over crisis, says Barclays report
04 March 2008
Rangarajan panel wants bank branches to cover 250 new farmers a year
04 March 2008
Minister's statement on ICICI Bank's $264-million sub prime loss sends markets into jitters
04 March 2008
HDFC Bank to secure shareholder approval on Centurion acquisition at EGM on 27 March
04 March 2008
HSBC may sell 7 French units to Banque Populaires for €2.1 billion
29 February 2008
Loan waiver may not help Vidarbha farmers
29 February 2008
Banks expect a bonanza from farm loan waiver
29 February 2008
Nadars bank on Iyengar to control Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
28 February 2008
Germany's HSH Nordbank to sue UBS over sub prime losses
27 February 2008
Dresdner Bank joins rescue plan for Ambac
26 February 2008
HDFC Bank approves merger share swap ratio of 1: 29 Centurion Bank of Punjab shares
25 February 2008
Boards of Centurion Bank, HDFC Bank to consider merger
22 February 2008
HDFC Bank plans to raise $1 billion for overseas expansion
22 February 2008
Government approves continuation of credit-linked capital subsidy scheme
21 February 2008
HDFC Bank in advanced merger talks with Centurion Bank of Punjab: CNBC-TV18
21 February 2008
HSBC heads the list of world's most valuable banking brands
19 February 2008
UK decides to nationalise ailing bank Northern Rock
18 February 2008
Productive sectors have not been starved of credit: Chidamnbaram
12 February 2008
Arcil sells Rs 3,925 crore NPL portfolio to Deutsche Bank
12 February 2008
HSBC may sell around 350 branches in France: report
12 February 2008
SBI, BoI cut lending rates; IOB likely to review rates
11 February 2008
SBI rights to open on February 18; to raise over Rs16,000 crore
08 February 2008
Barclays Plc contracts US credit cards back office contract to Firstsource Solutions
08 February 2008
Weathering the storm: Sleepwalking through a significant market downturn
07 February 2008
Wachovia accused of being party to telemarketing fraud
07 February 2008
RBI puts UBS licence on hold, appoints finance ministry official on its panel
06 February 2008
Canara Bank, Allahabad bank cut home loan rates
05 February 2008
China's top bank ICBC to take 20 per cent in South Africa's Standard Bank
04 February 2008
Citi's troubles and the future of banking
04 February 2008
Banks join to rescue US bond insurer Ambac
02 February 2008
Royal Bank of Canada enters Indian market; targets high net worth individuals
02 February 2008
ICICI Bank cancels plans for new subsidiary
02 February 2008
Credit Agricole joins race for SocGen stake
01 February 2008
BNP to the rescue as France warns against hostile bids for SocGen
31 January 2008
Deutsche Bank increases stake in China's Harvest Fund Management
31 January 2008
Should you take a car loan from a PSU bank or a private one?
30 January 2008
Should you opt for a fixed-rate or a floating-rate loan?
30 January 2008
Everything you should know about car loans
30 January 2008
BNP provides a Rs570-crore equity boost to its Indian operations
28 January 2008
Fears of recession, may force RBI to cut rate: survey
28 January 2008
Japanese bank Mizuho to tie-up with State Bank of India
25 January 2008
Citigroup plans job cuts in UK, India; awards CEO with $26.7 million shares and 3 million options
25 January 2008
France's Societe Generale takes a $7.1 billion hit; alleges fraud by trader
24 January 2008
ICICI launches global fund in Dubai; ties up with UAE Xchange for travel card
23 January 2008
SBI chief sees an easing of interest rates in India
23 January 2008
Bank of India may offer liquidity support to brokers
23 January 2008
Citi announces exchange ratio for share exchange with Nikko Cordial Corporation
19 January 2008
Financial sector downturn tests bank creditworthiness: S&P
18 January 2008
China hikes cash reserve ratio for banks to 15 per cent
17 January 2008
RBI cautions banks on fake currency
15 January 2008
Citigroup raising $14.5 billion after $18 billion write-down, cuts dividend
15 January 2008
SBI to raise Rs16,736 crore through rights issue
14 January 2008
Citigroup may have to write down $24 billion, cut 20,000 jobs: report
14 January 2008
Indian Bank to expand branch and ATM network
12 January 2008
Stanchart looking for a buyer for Indian mutual fund business
12 January 2008
Citigroup looks to Saudi Prince, China for fresh funding
12 January 2008
Northern Rock sells $4.3 billion of assets to J P Morgan to repay Bank of England
12 January 2008
Citibank India to establish new Japan desk
10 January 2008
UAE's First Gulf, Kotak Mahindra tie up for investments, money transfers
09 January 2008
Increasing loan defaults eroding bank profitability: Crisil
09 January 2008
State Bank in Rs800-crore pre-IPO private placement with Mahindra Holidays
08 January 2008
Retail assets: A case for caution, not alarm says CRISIL
08 January 2008
Fed minutes say credit woes may result in more rate cuts
03 January 2008
Chidambaram expects better bids for IFCI
29 December 2007
Citigroup, HSBC may sell units to stave off a crisis: report
28 December 2007
Fed’s second auction of $20 billion in short-term credit draws fewer banks
24 December 2007
RBI releases draft approach paper on Fair Pricing and Enhanced Access of bank ATMs
24 December 2007
Bank of Baroda to raise Rs2,500 crore via bond issue
22 December 2007
Advantage Partners to buy out Tokyo Star Bank for $2.2 billion
22 December 2007
Go green, back sustainable growth, RBI tells banks
21 December 2007
ABN Amro renewing focus on advisory, wealth management services
21 December 2007
ICRA signs MoU with Corporation Bank for loan rating
20 December 2007
US home foreclosures rose 68 per cent in November
20 December 2007
Short-term credit auction: 93 banks bid to borrow money from the Fed
20 December 2007
IFCI dumps Sterlite offer, calls for bids to sell holding in firms
20 December 2007
ECB pumps in $500 billion to resurrect the money markets
19 December 2007
European Central Bank offers $501 billion in short-term funding to banks
18 December 2007
RBI tightens credit flow to mutual funds, foreign institutional investors
14 December 2007
Citigroup to take $49 billion of SIV assets onto its balance sheet
14 December 2007
ICICI, IL&FS, Kotak take equity in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
14 December 2007
A survival guide for central bankers
13 December 2007
The Fed’s painful dilemmas
12 December 2007
Fed cuts rates by a quarter point; Wall Street disappointed, US markets down
12 December 2007
UBS to write down $10 billion, raise $11.5 billion in stake sale
10 December 2007
Russian bank VTB to open branch in India
10 December 2007
US consumer credit October growth rate smaller than expected
10 December 2007
Tightening monetary policy, increased consumer leverage, appreciating rupee to impact Indian banks: Fitch
06 December 2007
RBI issues draft guidelines for banks' recovery agents
30 November 2007
Government clears State Bank's Rs10,000 crore rights issue
30 November 2007
Fed’s beige book paints US economic outlook a dull shade of red
30 November 2007
Fed still divided on cutting interest rates, despite vice chairman Kohn's positive signals
29 November 2007
Fed to inject $8 billion to ease end-of-year credit squeeze
27 November 2007
ICICI Bank securitises Rs1,930 crore car loans
27 November 2007
Citi to sell $7.5 billion of equity units to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
27 November 2007
Debt protection costs up for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
22 November 2007
Fed minutes show a less optimistic view of the US economy
21 November 2007
Government seeks US approval for SBI, BoB expansion
21 November 2007
Citigroup's subprime losses may vault to $15 billion: Goldman Sachs
19 November 2007
Chinese banks eye Singapore government stake in StanChart
19 November 2007
Centre lists measures to improve farm credit
19 November 2007
China raises cash reserve ratio for banks; to allow faster appreciation of the yuan?
17 November 2007
Finance ministry may solve PSU banks' cash crunch problem
17 November 2007
State Bank of India launches gold coins
17 November 2007
Mutual fund assets reach all-time high in October: CRISIL
17 November 2007
IDBI unveils $1.5-billion medium term note programme
16 November 2007
BoB hikes deposit rates; announces plan to raise Rs2,000 crore
16 November 2007
Bank of America, Citigroup and J P Morgan reach agreement on $75-billion SIV backup fund
15 November 2007
Worsening credit crisis pressures threaten Barclays, HSBC
15 November 2007
Asian banks seek tools to fuel growth sans fraud as credit markets boom: The Asian Banker - Fair Isaac Corp survey
15 November 2007
Bank of Japan keeps rates steady at 0.5 per cent
15 November 2007
Germany's WestLB bank is the latest subprime victim; to make a loss in 2007
15 November 2007
ICRA to rate UCO Bank loans under RBI's new Basel II-compliant capital adequacy framework
15 November 2007
Worsening credit crisis pressures threaten Barclays, HSBC
12 November 2007
Bank of America, Citigroup and J P Morgan reach agreement on $75-billion SIV backup fund
12 November 2007
ICICI Bank fined Rs500,000 for rough recovery methods
06 November 2007
ICICI Bank reduces interest rates on term deposits
06 November 2007
Citibank boss quits as an additional $11 billion in sub-prime losses loom
05 November 2007
Banks asked to push up disbursals of subsidised interest loans for solar heater
03 November 2007
RBI concerned over greater appreciation of capital flows: Y V Reddy
01 November 2007
The Fed obliges the markets; but hedges its bets
01 November 2007
Status quo on interest rates for how long?
31 October 2007
Bankers react to CRR rate hike
30 October 2007
Will the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates again?
29 October 2007
ING Vysya Bank to build $1 billion business under private banking
27 October 2007
RBS consortium claims 95 per cent of ABN AMRO stake
27 October 2007
Bank of America cuts 3,000 jobs
26 October 2007
Bank of America to exit broker-led mortgage business, may lend directly
26 October 2007
HDFC to raise Rs500 crore through bonds
25 October 2007
Kotak Mahindra Bank to launch credit cards by March
24 October 2007
Barclays market strategy to tap bottom of pyramid
22 October 2007
ABN AMRO raises Rs255 crore for investments in India, China
20 October 2007
Chairman of troubled British lender Northern Rock steps down
20 October 2007
ICICI Bank to set up shop in the Big Apple
20 October 2007
World''s local bank HSBC announces simultaneous launch of global local bank account in 35 countries
18 October 2007
Catholic Syrian Bank to expand branch and ATM network
18 October 2007
Bank of America to bring in Rs330 crore for India operation
17 October 2007
Bank of Baroda, Sundaram BNP in marketing partnership
17 October 2007
China''s CITIC bids for Bear Stearns stake
17 October 2007
ICICI Bank emerges top project financier in Asia Pacific
17 October 2007
US banks set up bail out fund for investment vehicles
17 October 2007
ICICI Bank brings home delivery to the banking sector
16 October 2007
State Bank of India cuts retail lending rates; enters reverse mortgage segment
10 October 2007
After Citigroup, Bear Sterns, Morgan Stanley, now J PMorgan, Bank of America may write down bad loans
08 October 2007
Uco Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank to hit market; Yes Bank raises Rs182 crore in debt
08 October 2007
Government asks banks to ease interest rates to spur demand
05 October 2007
NXP Semiconductors joins A Little World to introduce micro banks in villages
04 October 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts'' banks selling $10 billion loan for First Data acquisition
27 September 2007
US Exim Bank may finance Nigerian airlines for aircraft purchases
25 September 2007
Deutsche Bank sees a $2.4 billion hit as IMF warns of further mortgage market turmoil
24 September 2007
HDFC cuts floating home loan rate by 0.5 per cent; ICICI launches floating retail loan
24 September 2007
Northern Rock draws 2.9 billion pound from Bank of England
22 September 2007
India Infrstructure Finance Corporation ties up with Japanese bank to raise $5 billion
21 September 2007
Wall Street soars as Fed cuts interest rate
19 September 2007
Walton Street Capital, Starwood Capital Group buy 66 per cent in township project on Hindustan Motors'' land
19 September 2007
What should we deduce from the sudden, dramatic cut in US interest rates?
19 September 2007
Four Chinese banks to set up aircraft leasing companies
18 September 2007
Four major US investment banks to come out with results
18 September 2007
Northern Rock stock tumbles as deposits disappear
18 September 2007
Investment banks could lose $30-billion: report
17 September 2007
US Federal Reserve likely to cut interest rates
17 September 2007
Bank of England steps in to bail out UK mortgage lender Northern Rock
14 September 2007
Countrywide secures $12 billion fresh funding
14 September 2007
India can become an MRO hub for the Asia-Pacific region
13 September 2007
Bombardier grounds 60 Q400 planes
13 September 2007
Babcock & Brown to launch aircraft leasing unit in US, will announce IPO
13 September 2007
GE Honda Aero Engines start tests on jet engine for Hondajet ALJ
13 September 2007
Tiger Airways restructures itself for aggressive regional expansion
13 September 2007
Aerovironment to make a VTOL version of the Wasp UAV
13 September 2007
Saab to make a maritime version of its Skeldar UAV
13 September 2007
Small British company makes a UAV flying saucer
13 September 2007
Too old to fly in the US? Welcome to India…
13 September 2007
International airline catering major to make India its major hub
13 September 2007
Dubai World Central to provide Islamic funding schemes through Amlak Finance
13 September 2007
Broader US mortgage market affected by sub prime woes: Standard & Poor''s
13 September 2007
Banks'' profit margins likely to fall: CRISIL
11 September 2007
Consolidate before a crisis sets in, S&P tells Indian banks
11 September 2007
Countrywide in search of another bail-out package, says report
11 September 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts to renegotiate First Data financing deal with banks
11 September 2007
Blackstone to buy up to 40 per cent in China''s BlueStar chemical company
06 September 2007
Sluggish sales force banks to offer "festive discounts" on home loan rates
06 September 2007
Financial institutions can absorb blows from turbulent markets: S&P
05 September 2007
Doha Bank buys 49-per cent stake in Investnet to offer mutual funds in India
04 September 2007
Mutual funds woo distributors with holidays
03 September 2007
Bush to announce plan to help sub-prime mortgage-holders avoid defaults
31 August 2007
President Bush, Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke unveil plans to ease sub-prime pain
31 August 2007
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg acquires German victim of US subprime debacle SachsenLB
29 August 2007
Flow of agricultural credit by cooperative banks rising
25 August 2007
Government to table bill to regulate credit card payment system
25 August 2007
Asian economies well placed to deal with current liquidity squeeze: Standard & Poor''s
24 August 2007
Bank of China may take a $11.25 billion charge as three other Asian banks reveal subprime exposures
24 August 2007
RBI panel suggests easing of farm sector lending norms
24 August 2007
UBS buys 1.6 per cent in bank of Maharashtra for Rs 33.4 crore
24 August 2007
Countrywide gets $2 billion capital boost from Bank of America
23 August 2007
Global liquidity crisis forces Bank of Japan to hold rates
23 August 2007
RBI to set up reporting platform for derivatives trade
23 August 2007