A lot of cleanup has happened in the corporate sector, Kumar said
The largest public lender reported a net profit of Rs 944.9 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, and Rs 2,312.2 crore in Q1FY20
A capital-constrained economy like India can't afford a jungle raj in finance
SBI and lnsurance Australia Group (IAG) currently own 70 per cent and 26 per cent, respectively, in SBI General Insurance
SBI has invited online applications from candidates for appointment as specialist cadre officers (SCO) in the state-run bank on a regular basis
Further, fund managers say the markets could continue to remain polarised as growth companies are likely to fetch a premium, especially when the economy is going through a trough
SBI has lowered rates on fixed deposits by 10 basis points for '1 year to less than 2 years' maturity with effect from October 10, 2019
See uptick in retail loan book; expect 10-12% credit growth this festive season
India's largest bank by assets, State Bank of India (SBI) and the sole stock to hang on to this elite list was evicted last week, with its market-cap out falling below that of Bajaj Finance
According to June 2019 data, SBI witnessed 11.62 per cent year on year growth in the corporate loan book
SBI will use repo rate as the external benchmark to price all new floating-rate loans for MSMEs, housing and retail loans and credit for medium-sized enterprises from today
SBI also said that a 5 bps concession will be given to women borrowers under each category of loans.
Profitability may take further hit on policy rate cut of 25-40 bps
Banks in India are not wholesale-funded entities as in developed markets, but deposit-taking. Only a percentage of their books is linked to borrowing at the repos window
The loans, which would essentially be for priority sector, would be on a fully-automated platform
Higher initial payout is an entry barrier, but interest burden will fall and more tax benefit can be availed of
The bond was floated at 6.99%, around 86 bps higher than the three-year govt bond yield, to be followed by a Rs 15,000 crore bond issue in two weeks
Following the share sale, SBI's stake in SBI Life will fall from 62.1 per cent to 57.6 per cent
SBI plans to raise up to Rs 3,465 crore by offloading up to 4.5 per cent stake in SBI Life to comply with the minimum public shareholding norms.
State Bank of India reduced interest rates on time deposits across all maturities