High interest rate, policy uncertainty in the year of elections, along with risk aversion led to slow takeoff in credit demand on the corporate front.
The EB-5 Programme has been in effect since 1990 as an opportunity for the immigrant and their family to obtain permanent residency to the US.
Experts hail 2014 as the worst year for banks.
The new Insurance Bill may take little time to see light of teh day.
The preference for digital banking now cuts across all customer segments.
It has so far managed to raise only Rs 1,700 crore (Rs 17 billion), by divesting a 5% stake in Steel Authority of India.
For the first time in India, Swiss Learning, an educational body managed by the Heads of Swiss Educational Institutes, has brought representatives from various schools from the country to meet stakeholders, Indian schools and parents of potential students.
Insurance firms want more clarity before increasing foreign partner's stake.
Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, Andhra Bank, Saraswat Co-operative Bank and YES Bank have come together to allow inter-bank fund transfers through debit cards.
The insurance brokerage had experience of settling claims in Jammu and Kashmir and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh during natural catastrophes earlier this year.
Bankers say loan demand was more muted this festival season than last year.
Car sales dipped by 2.55 per cent in October, as the festival season demand for auto remained in slow lane.
Banks have swung into action as gold prices continue to slide. Reduced loan-to-value ratio (LTV), cautious lending, and a close monitoring of the gold loan portfolio have prompted them to hedge their loan books against the reduction in prices.
The data show close to 72.5 million accounts have been opened till November 10 with an average 500,000 opened every day.
At other bank ATMs, the customers of these banks will be charged beyond three transactions.
There are umpteen cases where travel websites and airlines advertise tickets for unbelievably low prices, without mentioning taxes and other charges.
Even as State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, has decided to charge its customers for more than five transactions through automated teller machines (ATMs), private sectors banks continue to be on a wait-and-watch mode.
Cost is not the only factor that one should look at. It's best to keep investment and insurance apart
Health insurance has almost 23 per cent market share in the general insurance space.
A senior life insurance official point out there have also been cases involving former insurance agents.
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