SBI looking to revive corporate lending this year: Chairman Rajnish Kumar

The SBI chairman hopes to register an overall credit growth of 10% in the current year

State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Friday said the bank is looking for some good opportunities in corporate lending in the current year as it was now in a position to revive the credit growth in a risk militated way. 

"While the lending pattern is still on the consumer loan side and SME (small and medium enterprises) is showing a good pickup, we do expect the same in corporate credit also because, now, more or less, we have put our house in order. So, we are looking for some good lending opportunities. This year, our corporate lending will