Banks are turning their focus towards customer service, convenience and brand trust, and not merely on the interest rates to boost deposit growth. At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit on the ‘Bank deposits sahi hai?’ heads of private sector banks — Rakesh Sharma, MD & CEO, IDBI Bank; V Vaidyanathan, MD & CEO, IDFC First Bank; R Subramaniakumar, MD & CEO, RBL Bank; and Prashant Kumar, MD & CEO, Yes Bank, discussed challenges in mobilising deposits in a panel discussion with Tamal Bandyopadhyay, Business Standard consulting editor. Edited excerpts:
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