Low inflation offers scope of RBI rate cut to boost growth: SBI

Last Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015, 15:12

"With ebbing inflationary pressures there may be further scope for monetary stimulus to pump up domestic demand," SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said.

SBI plans massive branch overhaul; to focus on digital banking

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015, 21:20

"The entire SBI branch network is undergoing a transformation. There will be changes in the branch location as well as depending on where the habitation is moving.

Vanitha Narayanan is first woman Chairperson of AMCHAM India

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 15:45

She has been responsible for taking up multiple challenging assignments for India and several other countries.

Fed opens door for rate hike even as it downgrades economic outlook

Last Updated: Thursday, March 19, 2015, 00:33

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday moved a step closer to a much anticipated first rate hike since 2006 by removing "patient" from its language, although markets bet on a September hike after it downgraded the expected pace of growth and inflation.

Federal Reserve should hold off on US interest rate hike: OECD

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 16:42

The OECD said on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve should hold back from quickly raising interest rates, as the US central bank was holding a meeting that could signal a hike may be just a couple months away.

World stocks near all-time highs after Fed signals

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 15:30

European bourses opened little changed, happy to take a breather after six days of unbroken gains and a surge since the start of the year that has seen the benchmark FTSEurofirst 300 race up roughly 17 percent.

SBI looking at selling stakes in insurance subsidiaries

Last Updated: Friday, February 13, 2015, 22:10

State Bank of India on Friday said it is keen on selling some of its stake in insurance subsidiaries and is in talks with respective joint ventures for the same.

SBI not looking at merger of associate bank: SBI Chairperson

Last Updated: Friday, February 13, 2015, 22:09

"At this point, we are not looking at anything (merger of one of the associate banks), immediately," Bhattacharya told reporters here.

PSU banks should be allowed to recruit from IITs, IIMs: SBI

Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 15:40

"The public money goes into formation of the institutions like IITs and IIMs. From all of these good institutions, which nurture the best talents of the country, the public sector banks are barred from recruitment," SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said at a recent event.

CBDT to hold high-level tax collection meeting next week

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014, 17:29

The next week's meeting will be chaired by CBDT Chairperson Anita Kapur along with the five members.

Public sector banks may issue equity with differential voting rights: SBI

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 14:33

With the government indicating that it won't continue to fund public sector banks (PSBs), SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Thursday said they could look at issuing shares with differential voting rights to raise funds to meet the Basel-III capital adequacy norms.

SBI's Arundhati Bhattacharya proposes differential voting rights

Last Updated: Thursday, December 11, 2014, 12:41

State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya on Thursday proposed differential voting rights for meeting additional capital requirements.