Chennai-based public sector bank, IOB do not plan to raise their base rate immediately. Mr. M. Narendra, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Overseas Bank, told the press that the bank will take a decision on raising its base rate seeing the move from other public sector players after the Monitory Policy Revision which is expected… Read More »
According to a recent press report ICICI bank and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have signed a ‘soft loan agreement’ in order to promote research and development in the areas of nano-biotechnology, energy efficient technology, micro enterprise systems and other vital areas of sustainable development. The agreement was signed by General R. K Pachauri,… Read More »
Credit from banks in India has increased over 22% annually to touch Rs. 40.76 lakh crore towards the end of the last fiscal. This increase in credit is likely to indicate the boosting in the industrial activity. This is recorded as of April 8th of this year as against the last year’s amount of 33.37… Read More »
According to reports from the Reserve Bank of India, banks can not extend loans against Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) issued by overseas companies. An IDR is nothing but a rupee-denominated instrument in the form of a depository receipt created by an Indian depository against the underlying equity of the issuing foreign company. IDRs enable foreign… Read More »
It’s always nice to take a leave from our regular work and spend time with the family and friends on a vacation. It is not an easy task to plan for a travel during vacation, the expenses involved is very huge these days. The banks in our country offer travel loans which meet travel expenses… Read More »
According to recent press reports the State Bank of India has raised its base rate by 25 basis points (a basis point is 0.01 percentage points), before the release of RBI’s monetary policy review. The new base rate of SBI from 25th April 2011 would be 8.50%. Reports said that there are fair chances for… Read More »
Auto loans are loans offered to customers for the purpose of purchasing new vehicles and also refinancing old one. In India, auto loans fall into three different categories namely two wheeler loans, car loans and commercial vehicle loans. Recent reports say that the sales rate of two wheelers and four wheelers have gone up. Banks… Read More »
Recent reports said that Indian bank has planned to grow in its total business by 24 per cent that is Rs. 2, 25,000 crore in the current fiscal. The growth is expected to include Rs. 1, 00,000 crore of advances in 2011-12 and the total business which stood at Rs.1, 82, 000 crore. The bank… Read More »
The amount by which assets exceed liabilities is called the net worth. This term is applicable to both companies and individuals. In case of an individual, it is the difference between the assets and liabilities of the individual. In business, net worth (sometimes called net assets) is the total assets minus total outside liabilities of an… Read More »
What are bad debts? Most of us would have come across this term at some point of time. Bad debt literally refers to the debt or the money owed by someone which has lesser or no chance of being recovered. This term is mostly found on the balance sheets of companies and banks. In companies… Read More »