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SME Credit Grows 25% in Public Sector Banks

Public sector banks’ overall credit exposure to small and medium enterprises grew 25.81 per cent in fiscal year 2006-07 to Rs 1,84,589 crore, surpassing the minimum 20 per cent year-on-year growth targeted for this sector.

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Corporation Bank Plans Branchless Banking

Mangalore: Corporation Bank is planning to use the ‘branchless banking’ model to bring more villages under financial inclusion in un-banked areas.

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UTI Bank Changes Name as Axis Bank

Axis Bank will be the new name for UTI Bank. The bank’s board decided on the new name at a meeting in Mumbai today.Axis Bank is born out of the pressure on UTI Bank to shed its brandname after the split of the erstwhile UTI. Though UTI was a government instutition, its subsidiary UTI Bank has been categorised as a private sector bank, according to RBI guidelines.

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