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Banks need no RBI nod for online debit cards
INDIA - Banks will not be required to seek the approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for introducing online debit cards, where straight-through-processing is done.
Japanese snap up foreign bonds despite attacks
JAPAN - Japanese investors have been buying a massive amount of foreign bonds in recent weeks, making a mockery of the view they were busily repatriating funds ahead of half-year bookclosings, data showed on Thursday 4 October.
Shiokawa: Want BOJ to keep at least Y8T reserves
JAPAN - Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said Wednesday that he won't propose the Group of Seven monetary authorities take joint action against the weak dollar at their meeting in Washington Saturday.
Hayami: Financial systems more stable than 1998
JAPAN - Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami said Thursday 4 October that Japan's financial system is much more stable than it was in 1998, when the nation came to the brink of a full-blown financial crisis.
Brussels seek breakthrough on financial regulation
BELGIUM - The European Commission will try to break a deadlock today in negotiations on the introduction of tough measures against money laundering, which have so far been resisted by the European parliament.
Banks fail on internet targets
UK - Banks have failed to meet targets for cost savings from internet banking and almost half believe the business case for setting up web services may not be viable.
Speech by Dr Y.V. Reddy of Reserve Bank of India
SPEECH - Inaugural Address by Dr.Y.V.Reddy, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, at Seminar on The Future of Government Securities Market in India organized by Primary Dealers Association of India, at Bangalore on 22 September.
Return of the gold bugs
ARTICLE - The price of gold could go to $340 an ounce within the next three months - and continue to soar after that.
RBNZ directors - Breach of inflation target was OK
NEW ZEALAND - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's breach of its official inflation target through much of the year ending 30 June, isn't a matter for concern, the central bank's non-executive directors said in its annual report issued Thursday 4 October.
Bank of England News Release
NEWS RELEASE - Official News Release from the Bank of England on interest rate decision, 4 October.
Bank of England cuts interest rates, quarter point
UK - The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates by a further quarter point as it tries to stem the economic turbulence triggered by last month's terror attacks.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Annual Report 2001
ANNUAL REPORT - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand today, 4 October, published its Annual Report for 2001.
Speech by David Dodge, Governor of Bank of Canada
SPEECH - Remarks by David Dodge, Governor of the Bank of Canada on Current Developments in the Canadian Economy, 21 September.
India RBI to release credit policy on 22 October
INDIA - The Reserve Bank of India said Wednesday 3 October that it will publish its bi-annual monetary and credit policy for the current financial year 22 October.
Bank of France printing staff continue strike
FRANCE - Employees belonging to the CGT union at the Bank of France's printing division have extended until today, 3 October, a strike that has been observed since 12 September.
Bahrain c.bank says no trace of suspects' assets
BAHRAIN - Bahrain's central bank said on Wednesday 3 October no assets of 27 groups and individuals suspected of having financial links to the 11 September attacks on the United States have so far been found in the island state.
Bank of Finland plan to nominate new board members
FRANCE - Bank of Finland plans to nominate two new members for its board of directors.
Moves to curb cash laundering at bureaux de change
UK - Britain is the last European Union country not to regulate bureaux de change, which UK ministers believe act as a conduit for dirty money.
Analysis: The Fed's next move
US - The latest round of cuts by the Federal Reserve leaves many wondering what else the nation's central bank can do to revive the listless US economy.
PM Blair gives strong endorsement of euro entry
UK - British Prime Minister Tony Blair Tuesday gave his strongest endorsement yet of British membership in the European single currency.
More to economic forecasts than meets the eye
ARTICLE - A letter published in the London edition of the Financial Times Wednesday 2 October argues against an editorial - The value of IMF forecasts - the FT published the previous week.
Japan moves to step up bank client checks
JAPAN - Japanese financial authorities are set to propose legislation that will force banks to strengthen background checks on customers in the wake of the 11 September terrorist attacks on the US.
Australia slashes rates to a 29-year low of 4.5%
AUSTRALIA - Australia's central bank cut official interest rates on Wednesday 3 October by a quarter of a percentage point to a 29-year low of 4.5 percent in a bid to bolster the economy in an international downturn.