The country's second largest lender ICICI Bank Ltd on Thursday said it would raise upto Rs 5,750 crore (Rs 57.5 billion) through public offer of equity shares.\n
ICICI Bank Ltd has set up a wholly owned banking subsidiary in Canada that would offer a range of products targeted at retail and commercial clients.
After upgrading India's foreign currency debt rating, Moody's Investor Service on Wednesday upgraded the foreign currency deposit, debt and issuer ratings for 11 Indian banks and financial institutions.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has inked a pact with ICICI Bank Ltd, whereby the private sector bank will distribute the former's Tata Indicom dial-up Internet services through its ATMs in the country.
ICICI Bank Ltd's equity issue of Rs 3,050 crore with a green shoe option of Rs 450 crore has received bids in excess of Rs 3,150 crore less than two hours after it opened for bidding on Friday.
ICICI Bank Ltd said Reserve Bank of India authorized it in Feb 2002 to import gold/silver/platinum under Exim-Policy 1997 for sale in wholesale domestic market.
ICICI Bank Ltd has reported a 26.61 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 430.74 crore (Rs 4.31 billion) for the first quarter ended June 30, 2004, compared to Rs 340.2 crore (Rs 3.40 billion) in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
ICICI Bank Ltd on Friday said its equity issue aggregating upto Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion), including a green shoe option, will open on April 2.
ICICI Bank Ltd, India's biggest private sector lender, posted its slowest quarterly growth in four years as asset quality worsened and funds set aside for bad loans and contingencies almost doubled from a year earlier.
If the earnings in the first quarter of the current financial year are an indication, most banks, particularly those majority-owned by the government, have fared well, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
One smells a rat when cases are settled for too small a price offered either by the highest bidder or the promoter -- within and outside the legal ambit of insolvency process, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
There is a dearth of talent in the Indian banking industry. A testimony to this is the two new CEOs in the private sector -- Sandeep Bakhshi in ICICI Bank Ltd and Amitabh Chaudhry in AXIS Bank Ltd -- have come from the insurance sector, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Why are investors gung-ho about State Bank? asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Not all public sector banks are back in the black, but their collective net profit for the year is Rs 32,346 crore against a Rs 9,013 crore loss in the previous year, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
In New York, the dollar was up last Friday against its major rivals following weak German economic data.
The central bank is engaged with other financial institutions for investment as part of the scheme to resurrect Yes Bank under RBI imposed moratorium since March 5.
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ICICI Venture denied the allegations, noting it had extended the lifespan of the Dynamic India Fund III by three years
ICICI Bank puts up a good show in Q4.
'We may bite the bullet and draw up plans for privatisation.' 'If that is done now, the sale of the government stake will fetch money; a delay will see erosion in whatever value is left in these banks,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Women dominate Indian banks's clerical and officer rolls, but few make it to the executive office these days, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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In the first of a two-part series, Tamal Bandyopadhyay explains why the ICICI Bank's board first rushed to deny all allegations against Kochhar and then took the extreme steps against her.
What connects P S Jayakumar of Bank of Baroda, V Vaidyanathan of Capital First Ltd and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh of Bandhan?
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The estimated cost breakdown is one of the most important forms in the construction loan package.
The largest private sector lender is also looking to open a full-fledged branch in China, where it already has a representative office, managing director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar said during the bank's 19th annual general meeting in Vadodara.
The Indian rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets.
The promoters, instead, raised it to 63.15 per cent, while reporting they'd brought it down to 28.6 per cent.
Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.