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HDFC to target education loans segment

Considering the potential in the education loan segment, HDFC Bank will target this segment through Credila financial services which specializes in education loans. The bank has 41 percent stake in the organization, reports Rupee Times. Renu Sud Karnad, Managing Director, Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) said, "Credila is a tiny company today. But in the coming years, we want to push education loans through it. We see a good market for loans for college education. We want to use the HDFC expertise to see quick turnaround times." She denied any plans of HDFC going for a stake sale in HDFC Bank in the upcoming financial year. Temporarily, the bank has denied any possibility to follow the path of SBI , as SBI extended its teaser home loan season till April 30. The bank had stopped its teaser loan scheme earlier in March this year and has no plans in the near future to come back with teaser home loans .

Loan for personal Home at Low Intrest rate: Plan Your EMIs for Home Loan

Loan for personal Home at Low Intrest rate: Plan Your EMIs for Home Loan

Plan Your EMIs for Home Loan

Buying a Housing Property is a very big financial commitment on the personal front. Attractive and aggressive home loan schemes coupled with tax incentives has made it easier for younger people to invest in housing properties. Buying a Housing property and financing it through home loan has many benefits; however it requires a certain amount of financial planning on the individual’s part in order to make the process easier throughout the easy loan tenure. Before choosing the home loan you can compare online home loan rates and also check eligibility for Home loan through Home Loan Eligibility Calculator . Trends of Interest Rates The interest rates cycles have shrunk over the past couple of decades. We are seeing a lot of volatility and cyclic trends in the interest rates. Real estate, especially the home property market has seen a major shift in the last few years. The globalization has brought in many factors that influence the macro economy conditions in general which impacts th

Government tables SBI Bill in Lok Sabha

The government today introduced the State Bank of India (Amendment) Bill in Parliament to give SBI more leeway to raise capital from the market through preference shares, bonus shares and private placement of shares. The Bill proposes to bring down the minimum government shareholding in the country’s largest bank to 51 per cent from the 55 per cent prescribed in the existing law. The Bill, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, proposes to increase the authorised capital of SBI to Rs 5,000 crore, enabling the government to increase or reduce it in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India. “The Bill proposes to amend the SBI Act to allow the issued capital of the State Bank to be raised by preferential allotment of shares or private placement or public issue or rights issue,” the finance minister said while introducing the Bill. At present, the Centre holds 59.41 per cent in SBI. The bank does not have much headroom to raise capital by diluting the gover