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26th January 2012

State Bank Of India Recruitment Heralding Opportunities For The Aspiring Candidates

When people think of banks in India, the first name that comes to the mind is that of the State Bank of India, which is the largest public sector bank. This was the first bank that started operations in the whole of the country after the independence and ...

18th January 2012

Explore A Bright Career Opportunity With The Best Banking Sector With RBI, SBI And ICICI Recruitment

There are a number of reasons for the students to study and prepare for the entrance exams, interviews, group discussions, etc that take them into jobs in various sectors. The lure of being recruited by the best companies is something that is quite a stro...

06th January 2012

Prepay your loans and calculate emi

you have money stashed for future, now perhaps is the time to air it. Especially if your treasure is not giving good returns or bonuses. You should prepay if you can. Several banks allow a home loan borrower to partially prepay up to a certain limit witho...

21st December 2011

Fall of SBI Is Good Example for Other Banks

The recent downgrade of State Bank of India by Moody's Investor Service has evoked strong reactions from the markets and policymakers. While predictably the stock markets tanked, a section of the policymakers and bankers has questioned the credentials of ...

13th October 2011

SBI pays the price for being a govt-owned bank

If investors need any further proof that having the government as majority shareholder is detrimental to their interests, the State Bank of India (SBI) is Exhibit A. The bank is 41 % owned by the public, but their misfortune is that the government owns th...

06th October 2011

ICICI teases with fixed rate home loans

Amidst a rising interest rate scenario, where home loan rates have gone up between 2-3 percentage points, ICICI Bank is wooing customers by offering them an option of a fixed rate for either the first one year or two years. Subsequently, however, the borr...

17th August 2011

Business Loans for Women in India

In India, women business holders are still a minority. Even though with each passing year, more and more women are coming out with their business settings every year, there are still not many women who have the knowledge to take advantage of specialized l...

12th August 2011

Big banks wedge move to free savings rates

At a time when interest rates are rising, some of the largest banks are trying to block the move to deregulation of the savings bank rate, fearing the cost would rise beyond 4% in the diet free market. While the Indian Banks' Association "(IBA) had ear...

29th July 2011

Buying under-construction property can be stern problem

The recent acquisition of two properties verdicts should sound like alarm bells to buyers of the sub-construction buildings. Fifteen days before the Supreme Court (SC) has canceled the purchase of 156 acres of land in Noida. Yesterday, the Allahabad High ...

22nd July 2011

Company Fixed Deposits come with high income

Traditional devotees of fixed deposits (FDs) are taking a hard look at company deposits these days. For obvious reasons, though. Think about this: the State bank of India ( SBI )) is offering 9.25% on a three-year fixed deposit, while companies like Unite...

07th July 2011

SBI targets 33% growth in auto loans this fiscal, open to alliance

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is targeting a 33.47% growth in its auto loans portfolio in this fiscal year compared to 48.1% growth registered in FY11. “We are targeting a growth of Rs7,000 crore in our auto loans portfolio...

07th July 2011

Demand for home loans set to dip

At the peak of the global housing crisis in 2008, a group of executives at State Bank of India (SBI) were busy devising a new home loan scheme meant to boost the sluggish demand. The growth in housing loans had fallen from a high of 31.2 per cent in Decem...

19th June 2011

Want to buy a property? Wait for the right deal

High interest rates and loan-to-value have rendered property buying difficult. Amar Pandit, director, MyFinancial Advisor, is advising clients to look for good pacts among properties currently under redevelopment schemes in Mumbai. “Given a host of adv...

03rd June 2011

SBI focuses on investor confidence after Q4 earnings

State Bank of India (SBI) will mitigate risk on its agriculture portfolio by buying insurance cover for all crop loans. The nation’s largest lender, which had almost doubled bad assets in farm loans in fiscal 2011, will link the crop loans to crop insuran...

25th May 2011

Nationalized banks loan market share up - RBI

Public sector banks have profited most from the market share of deposits and loans since the global financial crisis broke out in 2008. According to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI): At the end of December 2010, the 19 nationalized ...

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