Banks general
RBI to issue new bank licensing norms "very soon"
08 Feb 2013
The finance ministry is in favour of granting bank licences to realty and broking firms even as the IMF had warned the Indian authorities over allowing business houses into the banking sector
Goldman Sachs sees 7% growth potential for India
06 Feb 2013
Bank employees to strike work on 20, 21 February
04 Feb 2013
Banks in UK may be broken up for flouting new rules
04 Feb 2013
Banks in UK would face the threat of being broken up if they were to flout new rules intended to prevent another taxpayer bailout of the financial system, chancellor George Osborne has warned.
Banco Santander's profits plummet 60 % over €18-bn debt provisions
01 Feb 2013
The Spanish lender, which is among the leading survivors of the financial crash has taken a heavy hit with the slump in Spain's economy
SBI cuts base rate by 5 bps to 9.70 per cent
30 Jan 2013
Chidambaram pushes for opening banking sector
30 Jan 2013
Finance minister Palaniappan Chidambaram sees no reason why companies should be denied banking licences although many, including the IMF, oppose allowing industrial houses to set up banks, fearing it could lead to misuse of funds
Banks looking at reduction in lending rates
29 Jan 2013
RBI cheers market with 0.25% cut in policy rates
29 Jan 2013
In its third quarter monetary policy review, the central bank shed its 9-month-long tight monetary policy, cutting its key interest rates by 25 basis points