Banking Sector

SMEs Alleged Banks About Their Tapering

Small and medium exporters alleged that some leading banks are implicating them to sell their forex derivatives.

Forex derivative are concerned with a financial contract bought by firms or individual to cover the risks due to the appreciation in rupee.

The leading banks like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, State bank of India, ABN Amro and others banks are accused for such tapering.

Pakistan's central bank tries to quell default rumours

Karachi - Pakistan's central bank on Thursday said it was working closely with the government to restore economic stability amid rising rumours that the country might default soon on loans from its international creditors.

"The federal government and the central bank are working in tandem to restore macroeconomic stability," Shamshad Akhter, the governor of State Bank of Pakistan, said in an unscheduled statement.

Akhter blamed the prolonged political instability and rising international fuel and commodities prices for the country's financial difficulties.

Swedish central bank increases interest rates to 4.75 per cent

Stockholm - Sweden's central bank Thursday raised the country's key interest rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.75 per cent in what bank chief Stefan Ingves said was a move to curb inflation.

Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged

London - The Bank of England Thursday left interest rates unchanged at 5 per cent, it said.

Jordan's forex reserves up 11 per cent in first seven months

Amman - Jordan's reserves of hard currencies grew by 11 per cent in the first seven months of the year, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) announced Thursday.

HDFC Suffered Technical Snag

The services of leading private bank HDFC were largely affected due to some technical HDFC Suffered Technical Snagproblems in its network in the entire country.

Many customers faced problems for ATM operations, net banking and other banking related applications.

The technical snag also affected its retail services. The bank officials confirmed the problem and said that all things would come under control within a short time. The technical teams are trying their best in order to resolve the problems and bring the situation normal.

Pages