India

Foreign insurance firms woo India's PSU banks

Foreign insurance firms woo India's PSU banks

MSIG, Manulife and Ergo are hunting for public sector banks to enhance their fee-based income as cushion from crisis.

State Bank of India sells dollar-denominated bonds

$850mln of five-year bonds SBI sold in October dropped to lowest in at least a month.

HDFC Bank targets more than 20% loan surge

Improving business and consumer confidence in economy helped lender meet its Q1 forecast.

State Bank of India spearheads airlines' debt restructuring

India's central bank to discuss with 13 banks about $13.5bln loan of country's aviation sector.

Uco Bank expects 33.4% FY2011 profit surge

Lender expects $289mln FY11 net profit driven by credit growth from large and mid-corporate sector.

HSBC boosts India presence by buying RBS businesses

The $1.8bln India expansion is part of the lender’s strategy to set up businesses in emerging markets.

World Bank to grant $1bln loan to India

India seeks amount to recapitalise its PSUs after receiving $2bln last year.

Rabobank divests $213mln stake in Yes Bank

Rabobank sells 11% stake to open bank focusing on agriculture, food, renewable energy and clean technology.

ICICI to acquire Bank of Rajasthan rural branches

Yet ICICI's ‘foreign-owned, Indian-controlled' tag could hamper change in sponsorship of MAGB.

India approves $1.34bln infusion in 5 PSU banks

Move to leverage infused amount to enable lending $16.8bln to productive sectors in the economy.

India to inject $1.32bln to state-run banks

The government aid worth 62.11 billion rupees will be injected into five state-run banks for their capital and lending needs.

SBI mulls launching $4.27bln rights issue in 2011

India government eyed to subscribe in the multibillion rights issue to take place in H2FY11.

Punjab National Bank hires banks for $100mln loan

PNB avails itself of services of four international banks after meeting with Taiwan and Singapore lenders.

More foreign banks eager to enter India

Possible easing on banking regulation encourages up to 8 foreign lenders to establish unit.

UCO chooses Xchanging to implement disaster recovery solution

EastNets enables lender to incorporate transactions over SWIFT payment gateway with its existing disaster recovery infrastructure.

StanChart earns $540mln from India sale

Lender had $210mln shortfall from targeted $750mln behind new India rule and European debt crisis.

NB Bank to remit money from Oman

NBB entered an agreement with Oman International Exchange LLC to extend inward foreign currency remittance facility to Nepalis in Oman.