Recent posts in Finance News category

  • State Bank of Patiala opens 7 more branches in Punjab

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 4th, 2010

    State Bank of Patiala has opened another 7 new branches in the Bathinda and Jalandhar districts of the bank. The bank, a subsidiary bank of State Bank of India has taken this measure to boost its access in rural Punjab.

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  • Central Bank of India introduces prepaid cards

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 4th, 2010

    Central Bank of India, which are the official bankers of Commonwealth games 2010, have launched pre paid cards meant for the players participating in the games and delegates for the current customers of the bank.

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  • Citigroup stresses more on financial inclusion

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 4th, 2010

    Banking giant, Citigroup is ready to play its part in the growth of Indian banking sector by continuing its concentration on microfinance and priority segments of the country such as financial inclusion and education sector, according to the bank’s CEO.

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  • HDFC Bank increases car loan rates

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 3rd, 2010

    The 2nd biggest private sector bank in the country, HDFC Bank has increased interest rates on car loans by around 25 - 10 basis points.

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  • Home loan lender SBI’s merger plans still lagging

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 3rd, 2010

    It may be awhile  before home loan lender SBI finishes merging with all its subsidiary banks. The government is asking for a clear picture of the expense likely to be sustained for the rest of the mergers and others factors from SBI before taking a decision on the topic.

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  • PFC to venture into banking sector

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 2nd, 2010

    Public sector company, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) is aiming to venture into banking sector after the discussion paper on new banking licenses was released by the Reserve Bank of India.

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  • PNB introduces ‘PNB NRI REMIT-India’

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 2nd, 2010

    The 2nd biggest public sector bank in the country, Punjab National Bank has introduced an online remittance service for NRIs called as PNB NRI REMIT-India’. The service would allow sending money from US to India.

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  • Car loan lender State Bank of Mysore provides cheapest crop loans

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 1st, 2010

    Car loan lender State Bank of Mysore, a subsidiary of State Bank of India has launched an excellent crop loan scheme for farmers. In this scheme, the farmers will have to pay an interest of just 2%. A senior official of the bank said this is the first instance of any bank charging such a [...]

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  • Personal loan lender J&K bank wants a new CEO

    was published at 5:00 AM, September 1st, 2010

    The board of personal loan lender J&K Bank has asked for help from Reserve Bank of India about the selection of a committee to choose the new CEO for the bank. The bank requires a new CEO as the earlier CEO, Haseeb Drabu has resigned. The bank has proposed that till the next CEO is [...]

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