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State to open bank accounts of backward tribes
Bhopal, Nov 18: The State government on Sunday issued necessary instructions to concerned collectors to get the bank accounts of beneficiaries of Special Backward Tribes including Saharia, Bharia and Baiga opened under Janshree Beema Yojna and the insurance amount deposited in those accounts. It may be mentioned that in case of death of a family head belonging to the Special Backward Tribes bank account of his nominee is to be opened under Janshree Beema Yojna. With a view to eliminating any kind of swindling Tribal Welfare Principal Secretary OP Rawat has issued instructions for undertaking various necessary actions. The instructions issued by him said that most of the persons belonging to Special Backward Tribes might be uneducated. Therefore, bank accounts in the nominees' names must be opened on the basis of their thumb impression and they would withdraw money from their accounts by using thumb impression.
FTSE still weaker
Leading shares are mixed so far, although a softer bias in the FTSE100 index reflected a sharp decline in many mining stocks. The index had recovered from early losses to show a small gain in late morning trading, but by lunchtime it had slipped back to 6,333.7, a loss of 4.2 points. Mid-cap stocks were more in demand, and the FTSE250 index was up 17.7 points at 10,912. Trading volume was reasonable at �1.14bn. .
IT migration disrupts services for Abbey
UK bank Abbey has acknowledged that service to customers has been disrupted as it grapples with migrating to a "state of the art" core banking system. Abbey's parent company, Spanish banking group Santander, is migrating the UK bank to its Partenon global banking system, in what the bank says is the largest IT project of its type in the UK. The bank said only a small number of customers had been affected. But staff say they are under pressure because of difficulties with the roll-out. Linda Rolf, general secretary at the Abbey National Group Union, said, "I am aware of the system problems and we have discussed it with management. The systems are improving and will improve further." .
Stocks Rebound On Wall Street Rally, Higher Commodity Prices - Asian Commentary
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region were higher after the U.S. stocks rallied overnight. Wall Street gained on late-day rally, as bargain hunters overlooked record oil prices and credit worries. Higher commodity and base metal prices helped boost resource stocks. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index was gaining 35.09 points to 16,284.72, while the broader Tokyo stock price Index for all First Section Issues or TOPIX was advancing 4.30 points to 1,578.89. Japan Airlines Corp. gained 2.6% after the company's net profit for the first half of the year increased more than five-fold from a year ago. Softbank Corp. surged 4.2% after the company said that its operating profit for the first half-year jumped 49%, on strong growth in its cell phone and online business.
Credit Union Offers Account Access on Facebook Finextra
Nov 21 2007 : KeyPoint Credit Union has teamed up with U.S m-banking software firm MShift to develop an application that enables customers to access their Web accounts from within Facebook. Silicon Valley-based KeyPoint, whose customers work at high-tech firms such as Apple, says it is the first financial institution to offer account access via Facebook. KeyPoint�s application provides customers with one-click access to their online bank account information. The credit union says that all account information data is encrypted and that no user data is stored on Facebook�s servers. The application provides users with information about KeyPoint and includes a social forum for the credit union�s members. It was developed using MShift's m-banking software as well as a Facebook application programming interface (API) which enables companies to integrate applications with the online social networking site.
BCS IT Industry Awards 2007 look for business focus
The BCS IT Industry Awards 2007 bring together for the first time the British Computer Society, the National Computing Centre and Intellect in recognising the contribution made by the IT profession to economic prosperity, business efficiency and public services. The awards also combine the BCS Information Management Awards and the BCS IT Professional awards into a single event and were open to projects and individuals working in information technology based in or operating mainly from companies located in the UK or Europe. .
UPDATE: Worsening Credit Crunch Pressures British, U.S. Banks
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The subprime crisis wreaking havoc among global banks and brokerages could turn a harsh spotlight on two U.K. banking giants this week, while a group of major U.S. banks will propose a fund aimed at adding stability to the credit markets, according to reports Sunday. In the U.K., HSBC Holdings Plc (HBC) and Barclays Plc (BCS) , like other financial institutions, have been grappling with their exposure to shaky mortgage loans. Already, companies including Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (MER) and Morgan Stanley (MS) have written-down the value of billions of dollars worth of dodgy borrowing, and the crunch is likely to test the balance sheets and capital strength of other creditors before conditions improve, analysts say. "This credit crisis is unlike anything we've ever had before," said Bernard Baumohl, managing director of New Jersey-based forecaster The Economic Outlook Group.
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