http://feeds.business-standard.comThe latest news from India's most respected business daily.enBusiness Standard LimitedFri, 29 Aug 2008 02:40:00 GMTNewspapersBS RSS Generator10http://feeds.business-standard.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://feeds.business-standard.com14428Business Standardhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/377407541/storypage_c.phpReserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has emerged as the front-runner to succeed Y Venugopal Reddy as the next governor of the RBI.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=332912Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:22:32 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=332912http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/367498529/storypage_c.phpGovernment banks have demanded that the amount eligible under the farm waiver scheme should continue to be considered lending to the farm sector till the government clears the dues to help banks meethttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=331728Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:04:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=331728http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/362220490/storypage_c.phpNearly two weeks after the Reserve Bank of Indias latest monetary-tightening measures, the countrys largest lender, State Bank of India, raised its benchmark prime lending rate (PLR) 100http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=331167Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:56:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=331167http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/360661762/storypage_c.phpContinuing the flow of home loans and accessing low-cost deposits are two key elements of the governments instructions to public sector banks.??Sources said that the two issues will figurehttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330965Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:26:04 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330965http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/353942520/storypage_c.phpThere may finally be some good news for Indian companies on foreign currency exchangeable bonds (FCEB's).??The finance ministry wants the central bank to permit corporate houses to use FCEBs forhttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330308Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:32:08 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330308http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/353942521/storypage_c.phpAfter 24 years at the helm, Narayan Vaghul, the non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank, will call it a day in March next year.??His protg and the current Chief Executive Officer andhttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330306Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:30:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330306http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/351876179/storypage_c.phpThe countrys largest private bank ICICI Bank and the largest home mortgage company HDFC today announced a 75 basis point increase in lending rates, which will raise borrowing costs sharply forhttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330145Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=330145http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/349733815/storypage_c.phpInterest rates may increase 50 basis points, hit corporate expansion and retail loans.??The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced fresh monetary tightening measures that are set to raisehttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329992Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:44:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329992http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/348690410/storypage_c.phpThe Reserve Bank of India today painted a gloomy picture for the economy. A survey conducted by the central bank said Indias gross domestic product (GDP) would grow 7.9 per cent this yearhttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329918Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:54:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329918http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/347688452/storypage_c.phpOnly a few signatures on some bank loan papers stood between Deepak Kulkarni, a senior executive in a communications firm, and the car he eyed in the showroom on his way to work everyday.??Or so hehttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329808Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:06:41 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329808http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/347004154/storypage_c.phpICICI Bank today reported a decline in quarterly net profit for the first time since its merger with ICICI in 2002.??The net profit fell 6.07 per cent to Rs 728.01 crore in the quarter ended Junehttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329736Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:04:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329736http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/343869273/storypage_c.phpThe Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (Irda) is planning to issue a notice to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to stop the latter from allowing policy-holders to nominate "strangers" (those who are not close relatives) and religious institutions as beneficiaries of life policy claims.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329539Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:29:34 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329539http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/341837429/storypage_c.phpThe next time you buy a householder's insurance policy, you could be paying premiums that are 35 to 50 per cent lower.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329357Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:06:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=329357http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/333721484/storypage_c.phpIndyMac Bancorp became the second-biggest federally insured financial company to be seized by U S regulators after a run by depositors left the California mortgage lender short on cash.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=328554Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:07:51 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=328554http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Business-Standard-Banking-Finance-News/~3/332031277/storypage_c.phpTo hold on to stakes in ITC, Larsen & Toubro. ??The Special Undertaking of UTI (SUUTI) is set to sell around 17 per cent out of its 27.11 per cent stake in Axis Bank through block deals on the stock market, but will hold on to its stake in L&T and ITC, owing to concerns expressed by the two companies.http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=328440Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:16:00 GMThttp://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=328440