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“Bitcoin is better than currency” Bill Gates
04 Oct 2014
Alibaba allowed to set up private bank in China
29 Sep 2014
Alibaba is the latest company outside the financial sphere to win approval to start a bank in China
UK banks given two months to settle forex probe
27 Sep 2014
Indian banks need to raise $37 bn to meet Basel-III norms: Moody's
23 Sep 2014
India’s 11 public sector banks will need to raise up to $37 billion in external capital by March 2019
India’s biggest lender SBI leads in mobile banking too
18 Sep 2014
With 1.15 crore registered users, SBI generates around 50 per cent of all mobile banking transactions, Reserve Bank of India data showed today
Entire group can be declared ‘wilful defaulter’ as RBI tightens norms
10 Sep 2014
The Reserve Bank of India has tightened its guidelines on wilful defaulters, saying bankers can classify the guarantor group firms and management as wilful defaulters
RBI, govt to recast monetary policy framework: Rajan
08 Sep 2014
The reworked monetary policy would continue to be anchored on inflation fighting, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said
RBI allows banks abroad to lend in Indian rupees
04 Sep 2014
Sector review: Banking on strong credit growth in FY15
By By B G Shirsat | 02 Sep 2014
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