The successful issuance demonstrates the strong niche investor base SBI has created for itself in offshore capital markets
According to the list of financial creditors as of October 2018, SC Lowy Primary Investments has an exposure of about Rs 900 cr in Essar Steel on account of loans assigned by HDFC Bank and Axis Bank
SBI has concluded the standalone issuance of fixed rate senior unsecured notes in two tranches of $850 mn for 5 years
Various services offered by the bank, including ATM transaction and cash deposits, come at a cost, but the charges have been kept low in the larger interest of customers, he added
SBI said the bonds are in the nature of debentures of face value of Rs 1 million each
The country's largest lender SBI is running pilot projects to disburse agricultural loans digitally and expects to roll out the services very soon, a top official said Tuesday. "We are doing some pilot projects. We have tied-up with some players for settlement of payments. Also the digital land records of farmers are available," SBI MD (Retail & Digital Banking) P K Gupta said on the sidelines of an event here. When asked about the time-line for the launch of the services, he said as the pilot projects are on already, the bank hopes to provide such services soon. Speaking at the Inclusive Finance India Summit 2018, Gupta said there are lot many fin-tech players presently and many states also have the land records of the farmers, so it will help in providing digital loans to farmers using technology.
Remarks come days after Nitin Gadkari blamed the Reserve Bank for 'complicating' project finance and asked the central bank to aid infrastructure creation
The lender has kept deposits rates unchanged for other maturities
Both funds are targeting closure of fund in the second half of next financial year (2019-20)
Axis Bank and ICICI Bank saw credit growth rise 11-13%
The bank said consent of the shareholders will be sought to issue equity shares for an amount not exceeding Rs 200 billion
The case against prime accused Harshad Mehta was 'abated' after he died in 2001
The big chill will come if SBI's $36 bn in advances to small and midsize enterprises are stressed, which may well happen if shadow lenders are forced to cut back their own exposure to these borrowers
While the Rs 9.4 bn net profit was supported by an exceptional income of Rs 15 bn, advances grew 9.3% and asset quality improved
Bank will issue 41,159 non-convertible, taxable, redeemable, subordinated, unsecured debt instruments
The govt release the Consumer Price Index for October on November 12
Hitachi will contribute to the development and expansion of digital payments service in India by creating an online platform
Business Standard conducted a poll asking readers if SBI's decision to lower its daily cash withdrawal limit is justified. Here are the results
SBI is part of a consortium of banks that funded the three power producers -- Tata Mundra, Adani and Essar
SBI also received approval for an enabling resolution for raising equity capital