Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company has entered into a distribution tie-up with banking major Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).

ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, has once again taken giant step to boom in the banking sector.

The bank has opened its first branch in the United States at posh midtown New York with the view to provide services to US employees of large Indian companies like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services there.

Mr. K V Kamath Managing Director and CEO of ICICI bank said, “New York has the deepest pool of capital, and by operating here, we will grow our business.”

After its planned merger with the Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP), Housing Development Finance Corporation

In order to capture a share in the German market for online and telephone banking, ICICI Bank UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank has opened a branch in the financial centre of Frankfurt.

Chief Executive Kundapur Vaman Kamath said, “Germany, as Europe's largest economy, is an important step in the international expansion strategy of ICICI Bank.”

The new branch, member of the Association of German Banks, will concentrate on serving corporate business groups with substantial Germany-India relationships.

Banking sector Major HDFC bank is in talks with Centurion Bank of Punjab.  The news of the possible merger was first reported by Economic Times on 13, Feb, 2008.  If the deal is finalised, HDFC bank will become the third biggest bank with a wide network all across the country.

Centurion Bank of Punjab informed the stock exchange that a meeting of the board of directors of the bank will be held on February 23, 2008 to consider a possible merger with HDFC Bank Ltd.