Banks general

SBI to buy a second Indonesian bank

08 Nov 2010

SBI is planning a second acquisition in Indonesia as the local law doesn’t permit setting up new branches in the country

Spanish bank BBVA acquires stake in Turkey’s Garanti for $5.9 billion

03 Nov 2010

Home loans to become dearer following tightening of norms by RBI

02 Nov 2010

RBI to continue to regulate debt flows: Subbarao

02 Nov 2010

RBI Governor D Subbarao said the central bank's monetary policy stance has been calibrated by widening current account deficit in the country's balance of payments.

RBI hikes repo, reverse repo rates by 0.25 per cent

02 Nov 2010

Leaves CRR untouched; says further hikes unlikely in short term

Bank of India hikes rates on select term deposits

01 Nov 2010

RBI expected to raise rates on Tuesday, hints Pranab

01 Nov 2010

SKS Microfinance slashes lending rate to 24.55 per cent in AP

27 Oct 2010

Swiss, UK agree to settle tax issues over secret Swiss bank accounts

26 Oct 2010

Royal Bank of Canada to sell Liberty Life to Athene Holding for $628.1 million

23 Oct 2010

SBI hikes base lending rate by 10 bps to 7.6 per cent

20 Oct 2010

Banco Santander sells stake in Brazil unit to Qatar for $2.7 bn

20 Oct 2010

Deutsche Postbank puts its Indian housing finance business on block: Reports

19 Oct 2010

RBC to acquire BlueBay in £963million deal

19 Oct 2010

Canada's largest financial institution is acquiring British fund manager BlueBay Asset Management for £963 million, a move that will catapult it to among 10 global wealth manager

RBI allows UCBs to participate in currency options trading on bourses

18 Oct 2010

SBI to become first bank to offer Tier II bonds to retail investors

16 Oct 2010

RBI buys dollars to halt rupee's rise: report

14 Oct 2010

RBI, which has been reluctant to intervene in the foreign exchange market, had last week hinted that it might be forced to ido so if foreign currency inflows showed volatility