After a 24-year hiatus, Indian companies are poised to raise $1 billion of Swiss franc-denominated bonds, about a quarter of total overseas borrowing in 2011, as demand rises among European investors. View full post on All Stories
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Swiss bond sales boom as banks diversify funding
April 26th, 2011 
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Comments OffIs It Time To Switch To A Credit Union?
April 7th, 2011 davidguide Times are good for credit card divisions at most major banks right now. Credit card APRs have remained stubbornly high, only slightly off the peak reached in February of 2010, while banks’ borrowing rates are still at historic lows, fueling great profit margins at credit card companies. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: aprs, Banks, Borrowing, credit card companies, credit union times, lows, Peak, Post, profit, profit margins, Switch Comments OffPortugal bailout pressures grow as borrowing costs hit another record
March 28th, 2011 davidguide Portugal felt the pressure to seek a bailout build as its borrowing costs once more hit a euro lifetime record, on the back of downgrades of its banks’ credit ratings. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: bailout, Banks, Borrowing, downgrades, lifetime, lifetime record, Portugal, Post, record, View Comments OffBanks raising manufacturers’ credit costs
March 13th, 2011 davidguide More than a third of manufacturers said their borrowing costs had risen since January, suggesting the ‘Project Merlin’ deal with banks has failed to ease credit for … View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: Banks, Borrowing, credit costs, Deal, January, Post, View Comments OffBig Firms Get Break on Their Borrowing
February 1st, 2011 davidguide Banks made it easier for many large and midsize businesses to borrow money in the past three months, but made little change in how they treat consumers or small businesses. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: Banks, break, change, Consumers, midsize businesses, Money, Post, small businesses, three months, View Comments OffEgypt’s Borrowing Plans Disrupted as Protests Force Bank Closure
January 30th, 2011 davidguide Egypt’s plan to raise 4 billion ($683 million) Egyptian pounds this week at debt auctions was disrupted after protests rocked the North African country, forcing the government to close banks and the stock market. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: auctions, Bank, Banks, closure, Debt, Egypt, egyptian pounds, Plans, Protests, stock market Comments OffIndonesia Tightens Rules on Foreign-Exchange Holdings
December 31st, 2010 davidguide Indonesia said it will tighten rules on banks’ foreign-exchange holdings and overseas borrowing to cope with capital inflows that have pushed up inflation and strengthened the rupiah this year. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: Banks, Borrowing, capital inflows, Foreign, foreign exchange, holdings, Indonesia, inflation, rupiah, View Comments OffBanks borrowing from RBI touches high of Rs 159k cr
December 21st, 2010 davidguide With close to Rs 50,000 crore having moved out of the system on account of advance tax payments, banks scrambled for money on Monday, borrowing a record Rs 1,59,210 crore from the Reserve Bank of India’s special repo windows. Banks had picked up Rs 1,43,935 crore on Thursday. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: Bank, bank of india, Banks, cr, crore, India, Money, Reserve, reserve bank of india, rs 50, tax payments, View Comments OffSKorea announces levy on bank foreign borrowing
December 19th, 2010 davidguide South Korea announced plans Sunday for a levy on foreign borrowing by banks in another attempt to curb potentially destabilising capital inflows. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: attempt, Banks, Borrowing, capital inflows, levy, Post, South Korea, Stories, View Comments OffECB warns of refinancing risks for banks
December 9th, 2010 davidguide Eurozone banks could face problems in refinancing €1,000bn of debt in the next two years partly because of the borrowing needs of governments, the European Central Bank warns View full post on All Stories
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