IDBI cuts term deposit rates

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. IDBI has reduced interest rates on some of its term deposits with effect from November 12. The interest on its 360-day deposits have been reduced by 0.75% from 9.5% to 8.75%, the bank said. For deposits of 500 and 800 days as also on deposits of five years, the bank has reduced its interest rates by 0.5% from 9.5% to 9%.

DCB to sell HDFC home loans

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. Development Credit Bank (DCB) has tied up with HDFC for a strategic alliance to market the latter’s home loans. This is the second bank after HDFC Bank to market HDFC’s home loans. DCB MD & CEO Gautam Vir said, “Home loan is not the most profitable business because these are long-term loans. Also it’s not our area of expertise.” The bank is also likely to get more time to reduce the 25% stake of AKFED in the bank to 10%. The bank is looking at increasing the retail portfolio of its advances from 45% to around 55% by the end of next fiscal.

Pref allotments trimmed, clarifies ING Vysya Bank

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. The ING Vysya Bank has clarified that it raised only Rs 192.50 crore through the preferential placement of 62.09 lakh shares with qualified institutional buyers (QIB). The Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) last week had approved the issue of 74.75 lakh shares to QIBs. The final allotment to QIBs was done at a price of Rs 310 a share at a premium of Rs 300. Similarly, ING Vysya also pared the preferential placement to the ING Mauritius Holdings and ING Mauritius Investments, subsidiaries of the ING Groep, Netherlands

ICICI Bank, Delhi varsity tie up

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. The Delhi University along with ICICI Bank is planning to launch a three-month-long certificate course on banking. The course, named as Foundation on Banking, would be launched by the Commerce Department of the University, which was recently entered into a partnership with the banking major. Specifying eligibility criteria for getting admission in the proposed course, it said the candidates must have 50 per cent marks in aggregate in B.Com degree.