PNB to hire about 8,000 people each yr for next few yrs

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 23:10

Punjab National Bank Monday said it will recruit about 6,000 to 8,000 personnel each year for the next few years and open 500 branches across the country in the current year.

Over 41,100 posts lying vacant in nationalised banks: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 17:26

There were vacancies for as many as 20,785 officers and 12,695 clerical level posts as on March 31, 2012, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Bank strike: Services crippled, unions protest reforms

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 08:59

Normal banking operations, including cash transactions, cheque clearances, foreign exchange dealings were affected.

Bank unions to go on two-day strike from Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 09:36

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has decided to go ahead with the two-day strike in support of its demand as the reconciliation talks called by Chief Labour Commission in the morning have failed.

4th largest US bank Wells Fargo to move jobs to India soon

Last Updated: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 16:05

Even though the US is in the election mode and is under the anti-outsourcing Obama administration, the fourth largest lender there by assets, Wells Fargo has decided to move an unspecified number of jobs to India, as part of its plan to trim cost.

HSBC says to cut 3,167 jobs in Britain

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 00:26

HSBC on Thursday said it would cut 3,167 jobs as part of previously announced plans to reduce the bank's global workforce by 30,000 over two years to 2013.

ABN AMRO cuts 9% of jobs in run-up to sale

Last Updated: Friday, August 26, 2011, 14:39

Nationalised Dutch bank ABN AMRO is shedding 2,350 jobs - some 9 percent of its workforce - as the state readies it for sale or a listing.

UBS to slash 3,500 jobs to save 2 bn Swiss francs

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 12:45

Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday announced plans to slash 3,500 jobs in order to make savings of some 2.0 billion Swiss francs (1.8 billion euros, USD 2.5 billion).