Banks general

SBI to get fresh capital of Rs6,000 crore this fiscal

11 Jan 2012

RBS chief may get millions of pounds in bonus even as share price falls

09 Jan 2012

Loans to defaulting Kingfisher Airlines turns non-performing asset for SBI

05 Jan 2012

China Development Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui in race to buy RBS Aviation Capital

05 Jan 2012

Citibank launches app to allow users to pool reward points

04 Jan 2012

And now, portable savings bank accounts on anvil

03 Jan 2012

RBI’s Basel III guidelines to strengthen banks’ capitalisation: CRISIL

03 Jan 2012

RBI’s Basel III guidelines to strengthen banks’ capitalisation: CRISIL

03 Jan 2012

US investors take ex-Lloyds chiefs to court over HBOS deal

02 Jan 2012

RBI signals policy easing

02 Jan 2012

Russian bank VTB acquires 20 % of iron ore miner Metalloinvest for $2.5 bn

30 Dec 2011

IDBI expects fresh capital infusion by government

29 Dec 2011

RBI allows non-residents to hedge currency risk

29 Dec 2011

Union Bank cuts base rate by 10 bps to 10.65 per cent

29 Dec 2011

Citigroup to sell Belgian consumer unit to French bank Credit Mutuel Nord Europe

29 Dec 2011

Citigroup has been operating in Belgium since 1919, and currently has more than 500,000 clients in the country

SBI, other banks more than double NRE deposit rates

27 Dec 2011

The new rates on NRE deposits go up to 9.6 per cent against the 3-4 per cent interest offered earlier

US firms acquiring assets from distressed European banks

27 Dec 2011

With Europe deep in financial trouble, US firms, eyeing an opportunity to make quick gains are buying up bank owned assets from Miami to Dublin

Banks prepare to deal in pre-euro currencies if EU collapses

26 Dec 2011

Preparing their systems to handle codes for old European currencies was one way banks were taking steps to insulate themselves from major business disruptions if any country suddenly left the euro

Banks still ‘robust’ despite adverse conditions: RBI

26 Dec 2011

Eurozone banks parking ECB bailout funds with ECB

23 Dec 2011

Bank of America to pay $335 million for racial loan discrimination

22 Dec 2011

Yes Bank hikes savings account rates to 7%

22 Dec 2011

HSBC to sell $2.7-bn Japanese private banking unit to Credit Suisse

21 Dec 2011

HSBC Holdings is exiting private banking business in Japan by selling the unit to Credit Suisse Group AG.

Qatar royals take majority stake in Dexia’s private bank BIL

20 Dec 2011

UK Chancellor Osborne favours Vickers report on banking shake-up

20 Dec 2011