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ING Fortuna – Close on the heels of a Kids Saving Bank product by ING Vysya Bank , another product viz ING Fortuna too has been launched by the bank. ING Fortuna is a 3-in-1 account which integrates a Saving Bank, Demat and Trading Account. The Press Release can be accessed @ http://goo.gl/bEnGI  The highlights of the Product are: - 01) The Product is a tie up between ING Vysya Bank and Angel Broking Ltd. 02) The three accounts can be managed with a single online Login. 03) Bank customers have the choice across Online Trading , Mobile Trading and also dealing facility through the phone 04) The customer can opt of one or more of the following segments: Equities, Futures & Options, Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives and Commodities , on a single platform. 05) The platform also allows access to multiple exchanges, namely BSE , NSE , NCDX, MCX, and MCX-SX .

Off Beat - Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar – Is it the right time? Since the last few years, there have various voices to honor Sachin Tendulkar with Bharat Ratna. Since the last couple of weeks, his peers in Sporting World too have joined the chorus. As Sachin is at the peak of his career, it will be in the fitness of things, to honor Sachin with Bharat Ratna Yes, there will be voices that there are other model heroes better than Sachin Tendulkar. But such voices will always be for every occasion 5 motivation’s as to why Sachin Tendulkar should be honored with Bharat Ratna now. 01) He is young. 02) He has reached the pinnacle amongst Sports Persons. 03) He is humble. 04) His peers whole-heartedly agree. 05) He is a model Role Model. Our country needs young heroes as role models to look up to for inspiration. The   Padma Vibhushan - the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India , has already been received by him in 2008 The next highest award after Padma

Indian Bank Holidays 2011 – Kerala Each state has some local festivals, for which Holidays are declared in that particular state. In Kerala, such local festivals are Festival                                                 Day                                                       Date - 2011 Vishu                                        Friday                                                   15/04/20111 First Onam                               Thursday                                              08/09/2011 Thiru Onam                              Friday                                                   09/09/2011 Shri Narayana Guri Samadhi Day        Wednesday                              21/09/2011 A brief description of the above special Kerala Holidays: Vishu: When almost all the festivals are connected in some way or other with religion, Vishu has nothing to do with it, though it is observed with religious solemnity.   As symbol of the unostentatious Malayali, Vishu is free fr

Which will be the first Indian Bank on Facebook? Like it or Dislike it, more and more companies are having an official presence on FaceBook . If there is no official presence, internet users may create unofficial Groups, which may not articulate the official brand image or views. Realizing this, Indian Companies too have started to have official presence on Facebook. As this is a very new medium for corporate’s, the learning’s will evolve over the next couple of years. A Google search does not reveal any Indian Banks official presence on Facebook. A couple of Banks have presence as Groups, but they are unofficial. So wondering, which Indian Bank will be the first to explore the vagaries of Facebook presence? I would not like to guess, but readers can guess and leave their comments here.

Pallavan Grama Bank's novel initiative - ATM Cards for its customers. Apart from Public Sector Bank Branches /Private Sector Bank Branches dotting the country’s rural landscape, RRB Branches can to be seen. RRB stands for Regional Rural Banks. RRB’s were born on 02/10/1975. RRB’s were set up the specific mandate to serve the rural population. As the PSB ’s/Pvt.Sector Banks went on a transformation to attract new customers into their fold via CBS , ATM/Debit Cards, Mobile Banking , RTGS/ NEFT , RRB’s felt the pinch. The Sponsor Banks took upon themselves to transform their RRB’s. Towards this end, they understand that the RRB customers should also be provided the same facilities as available to their customers. And, Pallavan Grama Bank has introduced ATM cards for its customers making it the first Regional Rural Bank to provide this facility. Pallavan Bank customers can withdraw a maximum of Rs 25,000 a day from any of the 1,092 Indian Bank ATMs in the country. The ATM

Urban co-operative banks to adopt Core Banking Solutions The next innovation in the Indian Banking Sector is the adoption of Core Banking Solutions by the Co-operative Banks. As a first step, Urban Co-operative Banks, have decided to adopt CBS and Shri Sharad Pawar , Union Agriculture Bank, would formally launch the same on 25 th December, 2010, at “Coop Core 2010” Coop Care 2010 is a two day exhibition cum seminar being held in Ahmedabad , Gujarat on 25th and 26th December. The lead has been taken by National Federation of Urban Co-operative Banks & Credit Societies Ltd (NUCBCS) and Gujarat Urban Co-Operative Banks Federation (GUCBF) , to enable the Co-operative Bank customers to experience the splendor of CBS. As per Mr. K. Patil, President, NAFCUB. “There are total 1,674 Urban Co-Operative Banks in with 7,000 branches and 6 crore account holders. Of the total Urban Co-Operative Banks, only 8-9 has implemented CBS so far despite the fact that CBS concept has been introdu

Braille -enabled ATMs from HDFC Bank Background: Reserve Bank of India , DBOD, vide its Notification No. RBI /2008-09/431/DBOD.No.Leg.BC.123 /09.07.005/2008-09 dt.April 13, 2009, addressed to All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs), advised that Banks make to ensure that at least one third of new ATMs installed are talking ATMs with Braille keypads and place them strategically   in consultation with other banks   to ensure that at least one talking ATM with Braille keypad is generally available in each locality. Towards this end, Banks have kicked-off the process to adhere to the RBI guidelines and also to move routine transactions from Counters to alternate delivery channels. On 10/12/2010, HDFC announced that it is upgrading its 4,000+ ATM’s to provide improved accessibility for the visually challenged.  And,  HDFC has partnered with Diebold to for the same. HDFC is upgrading all its 4000+ ATM’s though RBI guidelines specify a third of new ATM’s be Disable friend

ING Zing – Has your child got one? ING Vysya Bank has entered the Kid’s radar by the launch on a new Savings Account Product designed for kids. Zing is the Product Name chosen by ING Vysya Bank for the new Kid’s Saving Bank Product. Zing rhymes well with ING, and as the Product is attractively packaged, Kids will be attracted to it. The press release by ING Vysya Bank can be accessed @ http://www.ingvysyabank.com/pdf's/Press%20Release%20on%20Zing%20Savings%20AccountLatest.pdf The highlights are Target Audience: 7-13 years old The other friendly product features are: · The funding to the account happens through a mandatory standing instruction from a parent’s account to the child’s account. · The Zing Debit card provides the ability for parents to fix monthly limits on ATM withdrawals and also for shopping at POS (Merchant Establishments). · Three options of spend limits are provided for in the product: Option I ATM Limit Rs.500/-  POS Limit Rs.1000/- Option II ATM Li