Friday, August 31, 2012

7% interest on savings accounts helps smaller banks gain

....Since the deregulation of savings deposit interest rate in October 2011, five private banks, 10 foreign banks and a co-operative bank have increased their savings deposit rate in the range of 100-500 basis points so far, according to RBI data. These banks have increased their share of savings bank deposits in the banking system from 1.8% to 2.1% in the post-deregulation period up to July 2012......

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