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Govt trying to usurp RBI’s financial market powers as well
07 Mar 2015
The creation of a Public Debt Management Agency will leave the RBI with nothing much to regulate
RBI eases valuation norms for home loans of up to Rs10 lakh
07 Mar 2015
RBI has directed banks to add stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges to the cost of the house / dwelling unit for the purpose of calculating loan-to-value ratio
RBI bends, cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 7.5%
04 Mar 2015
RBI said the rate cut, announced a day after it signed an agreement with the finance ministry on inflation targeting, takes stock of the possible spillover of volatility from international financial markets through exchange rate and asset prices
Bank of China takes control of Sahara’s Grosvenor House to recover loans
03 Mar 2015
Bank of China has appointed Deloitte to administer Sahara properties after "it defaulted on debts tied to the hotel", according to a report in the Daily Telegraph
RBS to cut back on investment banking operations
27 Feb 2015
HSBC transactions under probe in India
24 Feb 2015
The I-T department is reported to have sought details of HSBC India’s banking transactions for the last 16 years
RBI lifts gold import curbs ahead of budget
19 Feb 2015
RBI lifts gold import curbs ahead of budget
19 Feb 2015
SBI Q3 net vaults 30% to Rs2,910 crore as bad loan growth slows
13 Feb 2015
State Bank, accounts for about a quarter of loans and deposits in the country
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