SBI Cards and Payment Services, the only listed pure-play card issuer, saw weak growth at 3.5 per cent Y-o-Y in July
In the current financial year, the lender has raised Rs 20,000 crore through two tranches of infrastructure bonds
Agency affirms bank's 'BBB-/positive' issuer rating
The dispute stems from a home loan taken by the Madras High Court judge for a partially constructed property that was later demolished
The fall in SBI share price came the New York-based brokerage Goldman Sachs downgraded SBI to 'Sell' from 'Neutral'.
He said SBI has been able to create resilience in the system. While ensuring this, the country's largest lender had to ensure an improved customer experience against the backdrop of legacy systems
SBI is using wealth banking to focus on a segment which is below affluent class but above the normal account holders
Its SME portfolio rose by 19.87 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) to Rs 4.43 trillion at the end of June 2024
FSIB interacted with nine candidates for selection. It said the recommendation was made "keeping in view their performance in the interface, overall experience, and extant parameters"
FSIB, the headhunter for directors of state-owned banks and financial institutions, on Monday recommended Rama Mohan Rao Amara for the position of managing director of State Bank of India (SBI). Amara is currently Deputy Managing Director of the bank. He will fill the vacancy created due to elevation of C S Setty as chairman of the country's largest lender. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) interviewed 9 candidates for the position of managing director of SBI, FSIB said in a statement. "Keeping in view their performance in the interface, overall experience and the extant parameters, the Bureau recommends Rama Mohan Rao Amara for the position of MD in SBI," it said. The SBI board is headed by Chairman assisted by four managing directors. With the selection of Amara, SBI will get its fourth MD. The final decision on FSIB's recommendation would be taken by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. FSIB is headed by former secr
SBI is aiming to get 90 per cent of its retail unsecured loans from the digital channels, going forward, Setty said
The lender will try to understand the pain points of customers such as staff shortage
Former SBI Chairperson Dinesh Khara on Thursday said the country's largest lender is working on a new version of its digital banking platform to take care of its customers' requirements and preferences. In his special address at the Global Fintech Fest 2024 here, Khara, who superannuated on Thursday, also said that a banker should always keep risks in mind, even though people tend to ignore the risk but that shouldn't happen. "We had envisaged YONO only as a retail solution and initially it was thought to replace internet banking but when we launched it, we thought that it should be much more than that, (as) it serves all banking and financial needs today. We're working on YONO 2.0 where it should be made more modular and faster in terms of processing," Khara said. Stating that YONO has 80 million registered users today with almost 10 million users logging in at the platform each day, he said in many respects, it would be a record of sorts across the globe. Last year, the platform
On Wednesday, India's largest lender SBI raised Rs 7,500 crore ($894.1 million) through 15-year tier II bonds, with a 10-year call option at 7.42 per cent coupon
Fraud uncovered after numerous complaints on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal
State Bank of India (SBI) will strive to become the most valued financial institution and also increase its net profit, the lender's new Chairman, C S Setty said on Wednesday as he asserted that this is India's decade. Soon after taking charge of the nation's largest bank, Setty assured employees that all efforts would be made to grow SBI into the 'Best Bank' in the country. As of today, he said in his message, SBI proudly serves over 50 crore customers, with market leadership positions across products and has achieved 1 per cent Return on Assets on arguably the country's largest balance sheet. "Since the start of this decade, our global rank among banks has moved up 35 positions from 52 to 17 in terms of market capitalization," he said thanking his predecessors. "It is now our turn to build on this foundation, to grow SBI into the 'Best Bank' in the country. "We have to strive to become the most valued financial institution, increase our net profit to reach new milestones, reinfo
Tewari said that the deposit and credit gap is expected to correct next year as per the SBI's research
The lender will focus on accounts under a government scheme called 'Jan Dhan', or people's wealth, that provides access to various financial services to low income groups, Tewari said
May look at another round of Tier II bond issuance as yields soften
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty on Wednesday assumed charge as Chairman of the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI). He succeeds Dinesh Khara, who superannuated from services of the bank at the closing of business hours on Tuesday, SBI said in a regulatory filing. Prior to becoming chairman, Setty was the senior-most managing director of the bank. As per the convention, the chairman is appointed from a pool of serving managing directors of SBI. Usually, the senior-most managing director becomes chairman of the bank. Setty, who also headed various task forces/committees formed by the Government of India, had earlier looked after the bank's retail and digital banking portfolio. A Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers, Setty began his career with SBI in 1988 as a Probationary Officer. Across a career spanning over three decades, he has rich experience in corporate credit, retail, digital and international banking and