India
Competing in 2013 and beyond, are banks READY?
                                                                                 
                    
                    	Management guru late C.K. Prahalad defined Competing for future as ‘getting to the customer first for less.’ What are banks doing to get closer to their customers, especially the customers of tomorrow?
                
                                
            Competing in 2013 and beyond, are banks READY?
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            	Management guru late C.K. Prahalad defined Competing for future as ‘getting to the customer first for less.’ What are banks doing to get closer to their customers, especially the customers of tomorrow?
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    State Bank of India to open second Chinese branch
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Will be located in Tianjin, the largest coastal city in northern China.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's Canara Bank targets 2,000 new ATMs by March 2014
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Canara Bank can boast of having 5,000 ATMs by the end of next fiscal.
                    
                                        
                    
                Morgan Stanley gives up banking license in India
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	New regulations forces hand of sixth largest US bank.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian banks might not meet Basel III
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Large bad assets a big hindrance, said Standard & Poor's.
                    
                                        
                    
                Yes Bank seeks to speed-up growth
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Eyes Royal Bank of Scotland Group’s retail assets to attain this aim.
                    
                                        
                    
                YES Bank’s net interest income up 37%
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Guess which other segments are gaining additional momentum.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian Overseas Bank and Deutsche Bank to collaborate on cash management services
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Indian Overseas Bank will use Deutsche Bank's global cross-currency payments solution.
                    
                                        
                    
                Yes Bank, IndusInd target Indian retail assets of RBS
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Yes Bank and IndusInd Bank are negotiating to acquire Royal Bank of Scotland's Indian retail assets.
                    
                                        
                    
                BNP Paribas has new co-head for corporate finance
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	BNP Paribas SA has appointed Jwalant Nanavati to this position.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian banks seek relief from liquidity squeeze
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Look to the Reserve Bank of India to conduct OMOs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Acquisition of Pakistan's Askari Bank gets approval
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The Fauji Foundation may now acquire majority shares of the Askari Bank.
                    
                                        
                    
                Pakistan wants more branchless banking
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	There exists a large ‘financially-excluded’ market in Pakistan.
                    
                                        
                    
                HDFC Bank to expand by 250 branches in Gujarat
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	HDFC will focus on expanding in Gujarat, opening 250 branches over the next three years.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's Dena Bank to restructure SME loans
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Dena Bank announced it will work out a loan restructuring package for SMEs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian bank employees threaten to strike
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	The plan is on 20 December.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indian banks admit massive losses to fraud
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Duped out of US$817 million in the last financial year.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                     
                             
                     
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                