Banks general

RBI cuts repo rate by a sharp 50 bps

17 Apr 2012

RBI today cut its repo rate by a sharp 50 basis points, bringing it down to 8 per cent, but left the CRR unchanged at 4.75 per cent, warning that the scope for further cuts was limited

RBI approves Westpac licence for operations in India

16 Apr 2012

Temasek buys shares worth $2.3 billion of ICBC from Goldman Sachs

16 Apr 2012

Allow customers to use electronic payment: RBI

14 Apr 2012

HSBC in talks to sell South Korean and Pakistan operations

12 Apr 2012

RBI extends electronic fund transfers to cover all licensed banks

10 Apr 2012

Slowdown may affect banks' asset quality: Mukherjee

07 Apr 2012

If the GDP growth slows down further, there could be some mismatches in capital and output and this could impact credit quality of banks, Mukherjee said

RBI asks banks to pay 8.8 per cent on PPF deposits

04 Apr 2012

Bank credit picked up pace in Q2-FY’12, says RBI report

03 Apr 2012

Royal Bank of Canada accused by US regulator of “wash trading”

03 Apr 2012

Default rate at 10-year high of 3.4 per cent

03 Apr 2012

Singapore's DBS Group to buy Indonesia's PT Bank Danamon for $7.3 bn

02 Apr 2012

Banks approve financial restructuring plan for Air India

31 Mar 2012

The debt restructuring plan involves conversion of about Rs10,500 crore of the airline's Rs14,000 crore working capital loans to long-term debt

Wells Fargo to face class action law suit by investors

28 Mar 2012

RBI disapproves of differing deposit rates by banks

27 Mar 2012

Queens bank Coutts fined €8.75 million for deficient oversight

27 Mar 2012

UK govt may sell part stake in RBS to Abu Dhabi: BBC

27 Mar 2012

The UK government holds 83-per cent stake in RBS, and at current market prices the holding is worth £13.5 billion, far below the £45.5 billion it had paid to bail out the bank in late 2008 and early 2009

Warburg sells its 3.6 per cent stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs1,400 crore

26 Mar 2012

HSBC in talks to sell Mauritius retail banking division

26 Mar 2012

For HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, the sale of its Mauritius retail banking arm is a continuation og its strategy to sell non-core assets to cut costs

RBI sets 60 per cent loan-to-value limit for lending against gold jewellery

21 Mar 2012

SBI offers cheaper rates to old home loan customers

21 Mar 2012

NPAs of state-run banks rise over 51 per cent to Rs1,03,891 crore

20 Mar 2012

BNY Mellon safest US bank: Global Finance survey

20 Mar 2012

Rs15,888 crore provided for recapitalistion of public banks in Budget 2012-13

16 Mar 2012

China’s BoCom to raise $8.9 bn in private placement to boost capital

16 Mar 2012