News for 'Standard Chartered'

Get the best out of your credit card

Get the best out of your credit card

Rediff.com15 Jul 2005

Our readers write in with suggestions and tips on how to make your credit card work for you.

StanChart's 10 years in credit card biz

StanChart's 10 years in credit card biz

Rediff.com23 Feb 2004

Standard Chartered Bank, which has completed 10 years in credit card business in India, has introduced an equated monthly instalment card.

Every record is special to me: Johnson

Every record is special to me: Johnson

Rediff.com14 Feb 2004

The legendary runner lamented the fact that today's crop 200 and 400 metres runners lack consistency.

Visually impaired Kenyan is a cinch

Visually impaired Kenyan is a cinch

Rediff.com14 Feb 2004

Henry Wanyoike is a strong favourite for the 21 kms half marathon.

Run, Tara, Run

Run, Tara, Run

Rediff.com13 Feb 2004

Humidity will make it tough for runners

Humidity will make it tough for runners

Rediff.com7 Feb 2004

Mumbai Marathon Race Director Hugh Jones said the Mumbai event will not have timings as good as those of the London or Chicago marathons.\n\n

Credit cards with a heart!

Credit cards with a heart!

Rediff.com29 Mar 2005

Air Sahara, StanChart launch credit card

Air Sahara, StanChart launch credit card

Rediff.com15 Oct 2003

Private airline Air Sahara on Wednesday launched a credit card with Standard Chartered Bank as part of efforts to improve passenger traffic and boost revenues.

RBI okays Centurion equity revamp

RBI okays Centurion equity revamp

Rediff.com22 Aug 2003

Anju hopes to clear seven metres

Anju hopes to clear seven metres

Rediff.com13 Jan 2005

ICICI plays its cards right, pips Citibank

ICICI plays its cards right, pips Citibank

Rediff.com4 Jan 2005

Citibank is no longer quite the king of the Indian credit card market. It has been dethroned by ICICI Bank, which now claims it has 3 million credit cards.

Want a free credit card?

Want a free credit card?

Rediff.com9 Nov 2004

Big banks to raise rates this week

Big banks to raise rates this week

Rediff.com1 Nov 2004

Surekha vaults to new mark

Surekha vaults to new mark

Rediff.com12 Sep 2004

The Railways lass improved upon her mark of 3.51 metres by four centimeters to win the women's pole vault at the Open National Athletics Championships.

Bharathi sets 3000m steeplechase mark

Bharathi sets 3000m steeplechase mark

Rediff.com11 Sep 2004

The Karnataka lass set a new meet record on the second day of the Open National athletics championships.

HDFC Bank plans EMI for credit cards

HDFC Bank plans EMI for credit cards

Rediff.com13 Mar 2003

ICICI Bank cuts credit card rates

ICICI Bank cuts credit card rates

Rediff.com26 Aug 2004

All-purpose loan

All-purpose loan

Rediff.com24 Jul 2004

Ramaala wins Mumbai Marathon

Ramaala wins Mumbai Marathon

Rediff.com15 Feb 2004

K C Ramu and Sarabjit Kaur emerged best respectively among Indian men and women runners.

Kekana confident of victory

Kekana confident of victory

Rediff.com13 Feb 2004

StanChart launches Visa Mini in India

StanChart launches Visa Mini in India

Rediff.com15 Dec 2003

Standard Chartered Bank on Monday launched in India its Visa Mini card, which is almost half the size of a regular credit card, targetted at the growing young-earner segment.

StanChart offers home loans at 7.49%

StanChart offers home loans at 7.49%

Rediff.com11 Nov 2003

Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday announced a special variable rate offer of 7.49 per cent per annum for home loans across all tenures up to 20 years.

India's GDP to grow 7% in FY04: StanChart

India's GDP to grow 7% in FY04: StanChart

Rediff.com30 Oct 2003

Standard Chartered Bank has revised upward India's economic growth to 7 per cent during 2003-04, and said fiscal deficit was not a matter of concern as long as the high growth in GDP is sustained.

StanChart post-tax profit surges 121%

StanChart post-tax profit surges 121%

Rediff.com18 Jun 2003

Buoyed by good quality assets and liabilities of the merged entity of Grindlays Bank, the Standard Chartered Bank on Wednesday announced a 121 per cent growth in post-tax profit of Rs 848 crore (Rs 8.480 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2003.

HDFC may review card rate

HDFC may review card rate

Rediff.com11 Jun 2003

BankMuscat may invest in Centurion

BankMuscat may invest in Centurion

Rediff.com4 Apr 2003

Mallya received part of Diageo funds in offshore accounts

Mallya received part of Diageo funds in offshore accounts

Rediff.com10 Mar 2016

In 2012, Diageo had paid Rs 3,635 cr directly to Mallya for his 19.3% stake in United Spirits.

RBI supersedes Abhyudaya Co-op Bank board for poor governance

RBI supersedes Abhyudaya Co-op Bank board for poor governance

Rediff.com25 Nov 2023

The Reserve Bank on Friday superseded the board of the city-based Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank on concerns emanating from "poor governance" and appointed an administrator to manage the affairs of the lender. In what can be seen as a step that should allay depositors' concerns, the central bank did not put any restrictions or moratorium on deposit withdrawals because of the comfort it gets on the bank's finances, according to people in the know. "(The) action is necessitated due to certain material concerns emanating from poor governance standards observed in the bank.

Indian corporate houses face a sharp, abrupt increase in funding costs

Indian corporate houses face a sharp, abrupt increase in funding costs

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

After two years of a record low interest-rate regime, Indian corporate houses are experiencing a sharp and abrupt increase in funding costs. With the Reserve Bank of India last month making an unequivocal turn towards policy tightening amid high inflation, firms looking to tap the capital markets for funds are ending up shelling out more. The yield on the benchmark triple-A-rated corporate bonds maturing in three years has climbed 98 basis points (bps) since the policy rate hike in May. It was last at 7.47 per cent, Bloomberg data showed.

Brazil's resolution on humanitarian pauses for aid fails in UNSC after US veto

Brazil's resolution on humanitarian pauses for aid fails in UNSC after US veto

Rediff.com18 Oct 2023

The UN Security Council on Wednesday failed to adopt a Brazil-led draft resolution that would have called for humanitarian pauses in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict to allow full access for aid to the Gaza strip after the US vetoed the text.

Where have all the Indian bankers gone?

Where have all the Indian bankers gone?

Rediff.com20 Nov 2018

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.