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Democratic State Senator Juan Vargas Endorses the 2012 Autom...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 14, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Today, California State Senator Juan Vargas (D – San Diego) former Chair of the Assembly Insurance Committee, announced his endorsement of the 2012 Automobile Insurance Discount [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Local real estate agents had good 2011, feel optimistic abou...

If the numbers are any indication, 2011 was a fairly good year for local home buyers and sellers. With the average cost of houses declining and an increase in market volume, realtors and other housing officials are pleased. “Over [...]

Posted On : Feb, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

EU bank plan may include aid pledged to bailout states: sour...

If over a third of the EU's bank recapitalisation drive, which investors hoped would inject more than 100 billion euros of fresh money, is accounted for under old bailout programmes markets are likely to react with disappointment. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

State Bank notifies five-day working week

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday notified five days working week for the central bank and all banks. However, to facilitate the business community, selected branches of banks are allowed to conduct operations on Saturdays, it sa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

State Bank of India rated lower: Does the Indian care?

Indian villages need banking services badly. They still store their paper money beneath mattresses over there. Now who best to provide banking services to people whose complete yearly turnover in their savings bank totals Rs 10,000 or [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Bank of Ireland to Avoid State Control

Ireland agreed to sell as much as 37 percent of Bank of Ireland Plc to an investor group for 1.12 billion euros ($1.61 billion), a day before a rights offering was set to give the government majority ownership of the lender. Private in [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

2-U.S. banks and states meeting on foreclosure probe

U.S. state attorneys general are pressing five large banks to reduce loan balances for troubled borrowers as part of a settlement over mortgage servicers' foreclosure practices. The two sides -- which include Bank of America Corp ( [...]

Posted On : May, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

JPMorgan upgrades State Bank of India to neutral

JPMorgan raised State Bank of India , the country's top lender, to "overweight" from "neutral", citing regulatory relief from higher provisioning norms and positives from teaser loan withdrawal. It also raised its [...]

Posted On : Apr, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Cutting costs: SBP allows banks to send e-statements

In a notification issued on Thursday, SBP also asked banks to send SMS alerts to credit card holders’ mobile numbers, informing them that e-statements have been emailed. SMS alerts must also include vital billing information, inclu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

State Bank to follow Supreme Court orders on loans write-off...

The central bank would follow the directives issued by the Supreme Court regarding loans write-off, said Shahid H Kardar, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday. The Supreme Court had directed the SBP to publish its suggestions rega [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

State Bank’s Financial Stability Review 2009-10

The size of the Pakistan’s financial system, in terms of assets, increased to Rs 9.2 trillion by end-June 2010, showing a robust growth of 20 percent from December 2008 level of Rs 7.71 trillion, says State Bank’s Financial S [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

State Bank raises MCR for MFBs

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised the minimum capital requirement (MCR) for microfinance banks (MFBs) and also allowed the existing MFBs to raise their minimum paid-up capital in a phased manner during the next three years. Accord [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Banks respond to state

Wells Fargo and Co. said yesterday that they have responded to the N.C. Attorney General’s Office regarding information on their foreclosure procedures. Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s attorney general, requested last week [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Bank of America widens foreclosure freeze to all 50 states

Bank of America is halting foreclosure sales in all 50 states as the nation's largest bank said Friday it was widening its investigation into how it handled home repossessions. The announcement of the new policy, which takes effect S [...]