Banks general
Know thy banker — it could keep you solvent
By By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | 06 Apr 2015
An MIT Sloan School of Management study shows banks that have good working relationships with their customers reduce loan defaults
Avoid overexposure to infra sector, Rajan tells banks
02 Apr 2015
Banks should be careful about excessive lending to the infrastructure sector, since many of them already have too much exposure there, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said today
RBI details regulations for IFSC banking units
01 Apr 2015
The liabilities of the IBU are exempt from both CRR and SLR requirements of Reserve Bank of India, but IBUS are not allowed to transact in Indian rupee
BNY Mellon admits fraud on forex clients, agrees to pay $714 mn
20 Mar 2015
The lawsuits against New York-based BNY Mellon were filed in 2011 by Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, and Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general
Major US allies set to join new China-led global lender
17 Mar 2015
Major European allies of the United States, including France, Germany and Italy, have agreed to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
Banks’ bad loans top Rs3,00,611 cr: Jayant Sinha
14 Mar 2015
SBI to refuse Adani loan for Queensland project: report
13 Mar 2015
SBI seems to have weighed factors, including poor coal prices and the lengthy timeline of the $7 billion coal project as also the political and environmental opposition, before turning down the loan request
SBI to hold online auction of Rs12,500 cr of repossessed property
12 Mar 2015
The SBI auction will be the biggest nationwide online sale of distressed loans to date
Seven state-run banks told to raise capital from market
11 Mar 2015
A fall in government funding combined with fresh credit demand may prompt state-run banks to look at the capital market for funds, feels finance minister Arun Jaitley
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