China to cut trade fees, support financial leasing firms

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 17:44

China aims to stoke growth in its financial leasing sector by cutting red tape and waiving requirements for minimum registered capital, the cabinet said on Wednesday.

'Bangladesh to follow WTO rules in fixing transit fees for India'

Last Updated: Monday, June 15, 2015, 15:23

Bangladesh and India will fix the transit fees as per WTO rules in exchange for facilitating connectivity for India's land-locked northeastern states, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said.

No transaction fee for Google on mobile phone payments

Last Updated: Saturday, June 6, 2015, 23:44

Google`s service will not receive any fees for the transactions, the newspaper reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the situation. It said Visa Inc and Mastercard Inc have made their "tokenization" card-security service free, which prevents payments services from charging fees to issuers.

NPCI cuts inter-bank ATM transaction fees by 10%

Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015, 16:16

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Friday announced a 10 percent or 5 paise reduction in charges for transactions on its inter-bank ATM network.

Australia's ANZ Bank wins appeal on unfair fees class action

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 08:52

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group on Wednesday won an appeal against a court ruling that some of its credit card fees were unfair, after thousands of disgruntled customers launched Australia`s biggest ever class action.

India offers to waive off visa fees to LDCs at WTO meet

Last Updated: Sunday, February 8, 2015, 17:00

India has made substantial offers like waiving off visa fees, granting market access and technical assistance to service providers from poor nations, showing its resolve to support the Least Developing Countries.

Google should pay authors for scanned books, US appeals court told

Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 09:57

Google Inc`s massive effort to scan millions of books for a digital library violates copyright law, illegally depriving authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for a group of authors told a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday.

British university to accept tuition fees in Bitcoin

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 14:49

A university in the UK has become the first public varsity in the world to allow students to pay their tuition fees with the digital currency Bitcoin.

Prince William given discount on fee at Cambridge: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 18:59

Prince William has been given a hefty discount on his fees for a special course at Cambridge University, a media report said on Sunday.

Lindsay Lohan clubbing, partying for moolah?

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 04:48

In her bid to stay clean and sober, troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has reportedly put herself up for hire to spend evenings in bars and nightclubs.

Banks free to charge 'reasonable ATM fees': RBI's Chakrabarty

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 22:47

The senior-most Deputy Governor said till now, no request has come from the banks to raise the fees for transacting at ATMs.

I would still lose sleep on US Immigration Bill: Nasscom chief

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 11:46

The US Immigration Bill, which proposes higher visa fees and enhanced audit by US agencies, is still giving "sleepless nights" and the Indian IT industry needs to keep a watch, Nasscom chief Som Mittal said.