Slowdown in housing loan demand has grown by 16% in FY 11

According to the reports from the National Housing Bank (NHB) chairman and managing director, Mr.R.V. Verma, today said there has been a slowdown in the growth of housing loan uptake due to higher interest rates and rising property prices. He said that the housing finance loans have witnessed 25% growth each year for four consecutive… Read More »

Sudha Co-operative Urban Bank Limited – Agricultural Loan

  Sudha Co-operative Urban Bank Limited started functioning on 17th January, 2000. The Bank is backed by 4000 share-holders and 9780 depositors/account-holders. The Bank has created its own History with 16 crores of deposits in several schemes and 11 crores of advances in as many as 16 loan segments. The Bank is rendering its services… Read More »

Siemens have received permission from the RBI to operate NBFC

A recent press report said that the global electronics major Siemens has been granted a non-bank lender license by the Reserve Bank of India for providing financial services to its Indian customers. Reports said that Siemens Financial Services (SFSPL), the NBFC, will focus on developing an asset financing business by offering products such as loan,… Read More »

SBI has violated RBI norms on loans to Reliance

A recent press report said that state Bank of India the country’s largest lender has violated the Reserve Bank of India’s credit exposure norms during three consecutive years with regard to its loan provided to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries. The bank is already facing such problems with Air India and other telecom firms that are… Read More »

Prakash Bakshi is the new chief of Nabard

According to recent press reports, Dr. Prakash Bakshi has been appointed as s the new chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development by the Government of India. NABARD is set up as a top Development Bank in order to help credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale industries, cottage and… Read More »

LIC has introduced health policy that covers in-laws too

A recent press report said that LIC has introduced a new health policy that covers your parents’ in-law in heath insurance, apart from your parents. The name of the scheme is ‘Jeevan Arogya’, which offers comprehensive hospitalisation benefits for the whole family, including in-laws of the principal insured. The features of the policy are very… Read More »

Lower rates, hedging costs have made foreign loans a hit

A recent press report said that foreign loans have suddenly become very attractive scheme for Indian corporate due to the interest rate differential and a sharp drop in hedging costs. Top Indian corporate can now raise fully hedged foreign loans at 100 to 200 basis points below domestic loans. This arbitrage opportunity has led to… Read More »