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Major public sector banks, including State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda, are likely to soon raise lending rates making home, auto and commercial loans expensive. As many as a dozen banks, including private sector leader ICICI Bank have already hiked their lending rate by 25 basis points in response to the tightening of monetary policy by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month. Full Article

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case U/s 120-B of IPC r/w 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 477-A of IPC and 120-B, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d ) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against the Member Revenue Board (an IAS Officer), Govt of Chhat Full Article

Public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) today announced an increase in the interest rate on certain retail term deposit schemes by up to 75 basis points, with effect from November 29. The interest rates were hiked for deposits of less than Rs 1 cr Full Article

Home, auto and consumer loan rates are unlikely to move up in the near future despite a 0.25 percentage points hike in the key policy rates with bankers today assuring that they will not make loans dearer anytime soon as liquidity is sufficient in the system. Full Article

When you buy a house through a home loan, every EMI you pay towards servicing the loan increases your equity in the house. Once you payoff the loan in full, your equity in the house is 100 per cent. In reverse mortgage, exactly the opposite happens. When you pledge your house for reverse mortgage with a lending institution, your equity in your own house decreases with every disbursal that the lending institution makes to you. Full Article

SEBI, vide its press release dated December 10, 2009 had informed that ASBA facility shall be extended to all investors other than QIBs, in all public issues with effect from January 1, 2010. It was also informed that SEBI would be displaying names and other relevant details of banks (Self Certified Syndicate Banks (SCSBs) which will be authorized to accept ASBAs w.e.f. January 1, 2010, on the website www.sebi.gov.in . Full Article

Allahabad Bank, Kolkata, 1. M/s Venkat & Rangaa, Chennai, 2. M/s Sudit K. Parekh & Co., Mumbai, 3. M/s P.A. & Associates, Bhubaneswar, 4. M/s M. R. Narain & Co., Chennai Full Article

While RBI played down the issue, it emerged that Bank of Baroda (BoB) had an exposure of around $200 million (Rs 928 crore at Friday’s rates) to Dubai World, a senior bank executive said. “The amount is due for repayment only after 2011. It is paying interest and there are no overdues. So, we have absolutely no immediate concern,” a senior bank executive said. Full Article