Banks general
Deutsche Bank hit hardest as EU fines 6 banks €1.7 bn for rate-rigging
05 Dec 2013
Whistle blowers, Britain's Barclays and Switzerland's UBS, escaped fines over rate-rigging, while Germany's Deutsche Bank was slapped with the stiffest penalty of €725 million
AIBEA to name top 50 loan defaulters
04 Dec 2013
RBI prescribes capital buffer for `systemically important’ banks
03 Dec 2013
Domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) will be required to have additional common equity Tier 1 capital ranging from 0.20 per cent to 0.80 per cent of their risk weighted assets
Tatas opt out of race for banking licence
28 Nov 2013
Tata Sons has opted to withdraw its application for banking licence rather than re-organise the existing financial services structure of the 100-odd companies of the group to comply with RBI guidelines
All-woman bank opens in Lucknow, Mumbai and 5 other centres
19 Nov 2013
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank will initially have seven branches, at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Lucknow, to be followed by two other branches at Delhi and Indore, after the assembly polls in the states are over
Net bad loans of 40 listed banks up 38% in H1
15 Nov 2013
BNP Paribas to buy the Belgium’s 25% stake in BNP Paribas Fortis for $4.36 bn
14 Nov 2013
Fortis Bank Belgium (now BNP Paribas Fortis) was bailed out by the Belgian and Dutch governments, in September 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis
Banks offering cheap loans, high returns are lying to you
11 Nov 2013
India’s major banks, including state-owned lenders, are pulling a major con job on small investors or borrowers – and the RBI is doing nothing about it, says Sanjay Matai
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