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Axis Bank ties up with Ahli United Bank for remittance

Axis bank, the 3rd largest private sector lender tied up with Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank for inward remittances. What does this tie up would bring in for customers...

May 30, 2012

Pranab Mukherjee elected Chair of ADB Governors’ Board

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee elected as Chair of the ADB’s Board of Governors. The 46th yearly meeting of ADB (Asian Development Bank) will be held in India in...

May 9, 2012

GK for Bank PO & Bank Clerical Recruitment Tests

1. Which among the following organization has been conducting surveys of the strength of financial markets of various countries and ranks them accordingly in its flagship annual “Financial...

March 1, 2012

Shyamala Gopinath panel recommendations

The Government has recently accepted the recommendations of former RBI deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath panel which would help investors earn higher interest on small savings schemes such as...

January 9, 2012

Standard Chartered unveils “Breeze Banking in India”

Standard Chartered Bank unveiled Breeze Banking for India, becoming the first international bank to introduce a suite of customisable banking services incorporating internet, smartphone technology and social media....

January 9, 2012

Validity of cheques, drafts cut to 3 months

From April 1, 2012, the cheques and bank drafts will have a life of just three months instead of the earlier six months. RBI has recently issues a...

December 29, 2011

National Financial Switch

With a view to inter-connect the ATMs in the country and facilitate easy banking for the common man, the Institute of Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT),...

November 4, 2011

Financial Inclusion: New operational guidelines on Financial Inclusion

The new RBI guidelines on Financial Inclusion have shifted the onus from “‘one district-many banks” to “‘one district-many banks-one leader bank“. The new operational guidelines are for the...

November 4, 2011

Bancassurance

Bancassurance, a term coined in the early 1990s, refers to the practice of financial institutions integrating the selling of banking and insurance products through a common distribution channel....

November 20, 2010

Current Trends: Statutory Liquidity Ratio

As per Section 24 (2A) of Banking Regulation Act 1949, every banking company in India has to maintain equivalent to an amount which shall not at the close...

October 12, 2010

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