ING Vysya Life policy can be renewed at KarnatakaOne centres

A recent press report said that the customers of ING Vysya Life Insurance are given an option to make their policy renewal payments at any of the 26 KarnatakaOne centres across Mysore, Bellary, Shimoga, Mangalore, Tumkur, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Davangere at no extra charge. According to reports, KarnatakaOne is the integrated citizen service project of… Read More »

IDBI Bank has cut down the home loan rate

According to a recent press report, the IDBI bank has cut down the interest rate on floating rate home loan scheme by 25 to 50 basis points for its existing customers. For new customers, the bank has introduced fixed-cum-floating rate scheme. The bank said that it has decided to offer the concession of 100 basis… Read More »

Home, auto loans are likely to become costlier

A recent press report said that the Retail and corporate credit, including home and auto loans, are likely to become costlier due to the RBI’s latest increase in the key rate. Mr. S. C Sinha, Executive Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce said that banks might increase both lending and deposit rates following the RBI action. He… Read More »

Finance Ministry has said that SBI will be fully capitalized

According to a recent press report the finance ministry said that it was committed to capitalizing State Bank of India. One of the finance ministry officials said that SBI’s capitalization program was independent of the perception of global rating agencies. According to reports the ministry has said that investors should not be worried with the… Read More »

SBI has to increase Tier-I capital according to Moody’s

A recent press report said that international rating agency Moody’s has suggested that State Bank of India has to increase and sustain the level of its Tier-1 capital, and improve its  asset quality over an extended period in order to raise its stand-alone rating. SBI was downgraded to D+ from C-. As per reports from… Read More »