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A Study

of Strength of appealof selected

Value Added Banking

Services inRanchi City

SUBMITTED BY:

AmitDubey

Nupur

MayankKumar Choudhary

DivyaAgarwal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3. LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction to Banking Sector

Introduction to SBI

4. REFERENCES

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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RESEARCH DESIGN:

The methodology for the research study is descriptive and is as follows:

Research Approach: Quantitative research

Objectives:

The main objective of our project is:

To study the strength of appeal of selected value added banking services in the Ranchi

City

To know in which service quality dimension the bank is performing well and in which

dimension it needs improvement.

To know customers requirements or expectation for service. .

Sampling:

Following sampling is designed in order to execute the survey.

Sample size: 100 SBI customers

Universe: SBI Customers all around the world

Population: SBI Customers in Ranchi City

Sample: based on quota sampling

Quotas will be made on the basis of income groups

Data Collection Method:

Data Collection Tool

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Secondary data: Various websites, articles from magazines and news papers, books

will be used for collecting secondary data.

Primary data: The primary data will be collected by us by designing structured

questionnaire with the relevant question to the project study and research.

Type of questionnaire: Structured questionnaire.

BENEFICIARIES OF PROJECT:

Beneficiary of this project is to the bank, to improve the customer

satisfaction in the dimension in which they are lagging.

Key findings and analysis will helpful to them for provide better

services to customers.

For researchers, to know the competitive advantage of both the

banks and their services.

HYPOTHESIS

Various e-banking value added services if provided by SBI to its

customers will provide a great appeal to the customer

Even if these services are provided at a cost Customers will be

ready to go for it

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INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

Our research deals with the problem of studying the strength of appeal of selected value

added banking services in the Ranchi City. For this purpose we have selected SBI as the bank

for which the research will be conducted.

We have selected four value added services on which the research will be conducted.

Following are the four services:

1. ATM (Automatic Teller Machine)

2. Net Banking

3. Phone Banking

4. Mobile Banking

A sample of 100 SBI customers will be selected and be given a questionnaire regarding these

four services. The responses of the respondents will be analysed to study the strength of

appeal of these four value added banking services.

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LITERATURE REVIEW

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A SNAPSHOT OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as the central bank of the country,

closely monitors developments in the whole financial sector.

The banking sector is dominated by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs). As at end-March

2002, there were 296 Commercial banks operating in India. This included 27 Public Sector

Banks (PSBs), 31 Private, 42 Foreign and 196 Regional Rural Banks. Also, there were 67

scheduled co-operative banks consisting of 51 scheduled urban co-operative banks and 16

scheduled state co-operative banks.

Scheduled commercial banks touched, on the deposit front, a growth of 14% as against 18%

registered in the previous year. And on advances, the growth was 14.5% against 17.3% of the

earlier year.

State Bank of India is still the largest bank in India with the market share of 20% ICICI andits two subsidiaries merged with ICICI Bank, leading creating the second largest bank in

India with a balance sheet size of Rs. 1040bn.

Higher provisioning norms, tighter asset classification norms, dispensing with the concept of

past due for recognition of NPAs, lowering of ceiling on exposure to a single borrower and

group exposure etc., are among the measures in order to improve the banking sector.

A minimum stipulated Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) was introduced to strengthen the

ability of banks to absorb losses and the ratio has subsequently been raised from 8% to 9%. It

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is proposed to hike the CAR to 12% by 2004 based on the Basle Committee

recommendations.

Retail Banking is the new mantra in the banking sector. The home loans alone account for

nearly two-third of the total retail portfolio of the bank. According to one estimate, the retail

segment is expected to grow at 30-40% in the coming years.

Net banking, phone banking, mobile banking, ATMs and bill payments are the new buzz

words that banks are using to lure customers.

With a view to provide an institutional mechanism for sharing of information on borrowers /

potential borrowers by banks and Financial Institutions, the Credit Information Bureau

(India) Ltd. (CIBIL) was set up in August 2000. The Bureau provides a framework for

collecting, processing and sharing credit information on borrowers of credit institutions. SBI

is a promoter of the CIBIL.

The RBI is now planning to transfer of its stakes in the SBI, NHB and National bank for

Agricultural and Rural Development to the private players. Also, the Government has sought

to lower its holding in PSBs to a minimum of 33% of total capital by allowing them to raisecapital from the market.

Banks are free to acquire shares, convertible debentures of corporate and units of equity-

oriented mutual funds, subject to a ceiling of 5% of the total outstanding advances (including

commercial paper) as on March 31 of the previous year.

The finance ministry spelt out structure of the government-sponsored ARC called the Asset

Reconstruction Company (India) Limited (ARCIL), this pilot project of the ministry would

pave way for smoother functioning of the credit market in the country. The government will

hold 49% stake and private players will hold the rest 51%- the majority being held by ICICI

Bank (24.5%).

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REFORMS IN THE BANKING SECTOR:

The first phase of financial reforms resulted in the nationalization of 14 major banks in 1969

and resulted in a shift from Class banking to Mass banking. This in turn resulted in a

significant growth in the geographical coverage of banks. Every bank has to earmark a

minimum percentage of their loan portfolio to sectors identified as priority sectors. The

manufacturing sector also grew during the 1970s in protected environs and the banking sector

was a critical source. The next wave of reforms saw the nationalization of 6 morecommercial banks in 1980. Since then the number scheduled commercial banks increased

four-fold and the number of banks branches increased eight-fold.

After the second phase of financial sector reforms and liberalization of the sector in the early

nineties, the Public Sector Banks (PSB) s found it extremely difficult to complete with the

new private sector banks and the foreign banks. The new private sector banks first made their

appearance after the guidelines permitting them were issued in January 1993. Eight new

private sector banks are presently in operation. These banks due to their late start have access

to state-of-the-art technology, which in turn helps them to save on manpower costs and

provide better services.

During the year 2000, the State Bank of India (SBI) and its 7 associates accounted for a 25%

share in deposits and 28.1% share in credit. The 20 nationalized banks accounted for 53.5%

of the deposits and 47.5% of credit during the same period. The share of foreign banks

( numbering 42 ), regional rural banks and other scheduled commercial banks accounted for

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5.7%, 3.9% and 12.2% respectively in deposits and 8.41%, 3.14% and 12.85% respectively in

credit during the year 2000.

CLASSIFICATION OF BANKS:

The Indian banking industry, which is governed by the Banking Regulation Act of India,

1949 can be broadly classified into two major categories, non-scheduled banks and scheduled

banks. Scheduled banks comprise commercial banks and the co-operative banks. In terms of

ownership, commercial banks can be further grouped into nationalized banks, the State Bank

of India and its group banks, regional rural banks and private sector banks (the old / new

domestic and foreign). These banks have over 67,000 branches spread across the country.

The Indian banking industry is a mix of the public sector, private sector and foreign banks.

The private sector banks are again spilt into old banks and new banks.

Banking System in India

Reserve bank of India (Controlling Authority)

Development Financial institutions Banks

IFCI IDBI ICICI NABARD NHB IRBI EXIM Bank ISIDBI

Commercial Regional Rural Land Development Co-operativeBanks Banks Banks Banks

Public Sector Banks Private Sector Banks

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SBI Groups Nationalized Banks Indian Banks Foreign Banks

CURRENT BANKING SCENARIO OF INDIA:

As per the Advance Estimates of GDP for 2008-09 released by the Central Statistical

Organization on 9, February, 2009, the growth of GDP at factor cost (at constant 99-2000

prices) is estimated to grow at 7.1% during the year. The growth of GDP during 2007-08

(Quick estimates) was 9.0%.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that Indias gross domestic product

(GDP) growth will slow dramatically to 6.25% in the fiscal year to March, and to 5.25% inthe following year. This is well below the 9% growth in the year to March 2008 and even

lower than the governments prediction of 7.1% growth in 2008-09.

The average growth in the first three quarters of the fiscal year was 6.9%. This effectively

means IMF expects the economy to grow only 4.4% in the last quarter.

As per the above estimates, the growth rate for Agriculture, Industry and Services is

estimated to be 2.6%, 4.8% and 9.6% respectively in 2008-09. In the quick estimates for

2007-08, the corresponding growth rates for these three sectors were 4.9, 8.1 and 10.9%

respectively.

After growing at 5.0% in 2006 and 4.9% in 2007, IMF estimates global GDP growth to

decelerate to 3.7% in 2008 in the wake of the current financial crisis. The financial market

turbulence in developed economies following the US sub-prime mortgage crisis has reduced

financial leverage, lowered credit availability and negative wealth effects have emerged as

risks to consumption and growth in advanced economies, especially in the US. Continuing

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inflationary pressures from food and commodity prices as well as high and volatile crude oil

prices are other risks being faced by the global economy.

India continued to be one of the fastest growing economies of the world. During 2007-08, the

Indian economy grew at a robust pace for the fifth consecutive year. Real GDP growth,

estimated at 8.7% in 2007-08, is in tune with the average annual GDP growth of 8.7% in the

five year period 2003-04 to 2007-08. Agriculture and allied activities are estimated to grow

by 2.6% in 2007-08, which is in line with the average growth of 2.6% per annum during

2000- 01 to 2007-08. Food grains production touched a record high in FY08, with total food

grains production placed at 227.3 million tones, surpassing the target of 221.5 million tones

and recording an increase of 4.6% over the previous year. Industrial growth at 8.6% during

2007-08 has moderated somewhat against 10.6% in the previous year.

The services sector maintained its double-digit growth at 10.6% during 2007-08, higher than

the long term average of 8.9% (2000-01 to 2007-08). Within services, transport and

communications and financial services recorded double-digit growth for the last two years

and are expected to maintain the growth momentum. Trade and hotels showed higher growth

of 12.1% in 2007-08 against 11.8% growth in 2006-07. Another positive feature

underpinning growth is the sharp rise in the rate of savings and investment in recent years,

which rose to 34.8% and 35.9% respectively in 2006-07.

Towards the close of the fiscal year, higher inflation rate was noticed due to rise in global

prices of food, metals and crude oil. Inflation based on WPI declined from 6.4% at the

beginning of the fiscal year to a low of 3.1% by mid-October 2007, partly reflecting

moderation in the prices of some primary food articles and manufactured products.

After hovering around 3% during November 2007, inflation began to edge up from early

December 2007 to touch 7.4% by 29 March 2008, mainly reflecting hardening in prices of

primary articles such as fruits and vegetables, oilseeds, raw cotton and iron ore, as well as

fuel and manufactured products such as edible oil/oil cakes and basic metals, partly due to

international commodity price pressures. However, fiscal and monetary measures are being

taken to contain inflation and maintain high growth.

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Despite Rupee appreciation, exports continued to show a healthy growth, rising by 23% in

dollar terms during 2007-08 against 22.6% in the previous year. Overall exports growth was

driven by petroleum and crude products, gems and jewellery, iron ore, non-basmati rice,

cotton, transport equipment, etc. While Indias exports to USA, its single largest trading

partner, showed deceleration, exports to UAE and China remained robust. In the same period,

imports increased by 27.0% against 24.5%, mainly due to higher oil imports; non-oil imports

were led by capital goods, chemicals and related products, edible oils, gold, silver and pearls,

precious and semiprecious stones. Due to higher growth in imports than exports, the trade

deficit widened by 35.5% to US$ 80.4 bn during 2007-08 from US$ 59.3 bn in the previous

year.

The overall stance of RBIs monetary and credit policy during the year was to ensure price

stability and financial system stability along with continuation of the growth momentum,

emphasis on credit quality and credit delivery including financial inclusion. During 2007-08,

the Bank Rate, Repo and Reverse Repo rates were kept unchanged. To manage the liquidity

in the economy, RBI raised the Cash Reserve Ratio four times: in April, August and

November 2007 from 6% to 7.50%. In line with liquidity tightening, PLRs and deposit rates

of major banks were hiked during the year. While lending rates rose to 12.25-12.75% from

12.25- 12.50%, deposit rates (for more than one year maturity) rose to 8.25-9.0% from 7.5-

9.0% in the previous financial year. However, in the month of February 2008, to keep up the

growth momentum in the economy, some banks announced cuts in their PLR and interest rate

on housing loans below Rs.20 lakh.

The tight monetary policy followed by RBI to control inflation and money supply had a

Moderating impact on credit growth, which increased by 21.6% in 2007-08 against 28.1% in

2006-07. Deposit growth also moderated to 22.2% in 2007-08 from 23.8% in 2006-07.

For the current year, despite slowdown in the major economies of the world, the Indian

economy will continue to grow at 8-8.5% driven by investment. Due to a number of fiscal

and monetary measures taken by the Government and RBI to put a check on prices, inflation

is expected to come down to 5-5.5% by March 2009.

Need for a revolutionary approach towards privatization

Nationalized banks such as State Bank Of India (SBI), though pygmies in the international

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banking market, are banking behemoths of India. They have branches spread over the entire

length and breadth of the country. SBI in particular is all-pervasive enjoying a sprawling

network of 9000 branches. Its blue and white shingle is visible to the smallest hamlet. It has

assets understood to be worth about Rs2,22,500 crore ($52 billion). SBI has a very

conservative approach to accounting particularly when it comes to declaration of its assets.

Probably modesty does not permit the bank to exhibit its strengths. In particular, it has real

estate properties some of which are heritage sites all over the country. These are estimated to

collectively command a value of Rs.30,000 crores. This, it is believed, does not get reflected

in its book of accounts.

SBI enjoys a monopoly of the government business. The Reserve Bank of India owns about

60% of the banks equity. To its credit, SBI mobilized $4.2 billion through the Resurgent

India Bonds (RIB) issue in just 3 months down the post-Pokhran sanction period. This was

the difficult time when the international credit rating agencies had downgraded the country.

SBI, time and again, does a rescue act in the forex market to contain any volatility of the

rupee.

SBI was formed under the SBI Act in 1955 with the takeover of Imperial Bank and

amalgamation of Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay, and Bank of Madras. The government

mopped up around 93% of the equity, leaving 7% to private ownership. By this act the

equity of RBI cannot be diluted below 55%.

SBI enjoys a pool of best managerial talent, assured government business, a countrywide

network of branches and strong brand credibility in the Indian market.

But, that numero uno position is sliding with the entry of sleeker private and foreign banks

into the Indian Banking scene. The bank is continuously restructuring itself and for this, they

even hire the services of foreign consultants but the pace has to be hastened.

With the government offering an assured business, nationalized banks and State Bank of

India in particular should not take a complacent view. They should evolve service-intensive

products and make their employees customer-friendly. With competition from private and

foreign banks knocking at the door, the banks should realize, size is no more an insurance

against the onslaught of competition from sleek private and foreign banks. A revolutionary

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approach to privatize ownership is the need of the hour.

Virtual Banking:

SBI has yet to computerize its operations and network all its branches. The computers

currently available serve only to relieve the burden of the clerical staff of maintaining

manual ledgers and not to penetrate into areas of customer service. ATMs, Anytime-

Anywhere, round the clock and telephone banking is still a far cry. These computers at the

best remain only as desk ornaments. With the New Telecom Policy (NTP) almost in place,

telecom sector will soon be revolutionized. E-commerce, telephone banking, consumer

banking, Internet banking, insurance et al are waiting just around the corner. At least in

major metros, virtual banking will soon take-over from the brick-mortar banks.

Privatization and Credit disbursement:

Talks about privatization of the banks ownership have been initiated but the SBI act of

1955 does not permit RBIs ownership to be diluted to below 55%. This act is outdated and

needs to be re-addressed. However, efforts have been initiated by SBI to privatize its non

banking subsidiaries like SBI Caps, SBI Gilts, SBI Funds Management, where SBIs

holding is about 85% of the equity. But the pace has to be hastened so that investments thus

released can migrate to more important areas like development of new technologies and

products in customer service and service intensive areas. Privatization also helps to

professionalize the banks day-to-day operation, which will allow the management more

freedom in decision making during credit disbursement.

To aid privatization and effect a better price realization, the bank is attempting to change

over its accounting and reporting procedures to comply with US GAAP norms. This is a

prerequisite for trying out the ADR route, as it is known that US market is by far the

undisputed biggest market and can offer the best price. At the moment, the SBI stock is

undervalued at Rs.240 whereas experts expect Rs.300 would be a more realistic value.

Action on this front at blitzkrieg pace is the need of the hour.

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Manpower Retraining and not Retrenchment:

As a hangover of the past socialistic mindset, all the nationalized banks have excess

workforce. This is indeed a hot potato for the management of many enterprises and is

therefore being handled with kid gloves. In India, it is everyones worry to look at business

as a source of employment, while making money is secondary. In this ocean of manpower,

every institution does have its share of highly skilled and talented manpower, which

contribute to asset building. It is the semi skilled manpower having outdated skills, which

form the excess baggage. All banks must invest in re-training the manpower so that they can

migrate from the areas that will be vacated by computerization. The level of Non-

Performing-Assets (NPAs) is still at very high levels and to start with, some of this excess

manpower can cover areas of debt recovery.

At the same time, one should also take note of the flight of talent from these nationalized

banks to newly set-up private and foreign banks. And, it is these new banks top officials

after migrating from the government banks are targeting at the top corporate clients and thus

poaching into the corporate business, which has been the mainstay of the nationalized banks.

This will soon become a problem of serious proportion unless the banks initiate steps to

stem the flow. It is difficult, to exclusively address the problem of excess manpower by

schemes such as voluntary retrenchment scheme (VRS) because while attempting to remove

dead wood, talent also takes an exit. Many industries have faced this problem. Also it will be

over simplicity to state that the salaries should be raised because that will only start a wage

war. Instead, the banks should involve the services of international consultants specialized in

this field and take a holistic view of the problem. Retraining and Rationalization of

manpower commands higher priority over Retrenchment of manpower.

New Products and New technologies:

Nationalized banks have generally been preoccupied with treasury business. The new

product areas that require greater penetration are personal banking, housing finance,

consumer durable finance, auto-finance, internet banking, insurance, telephone banking et

al. Development of these new areas call for heavy investments and this cash - flow can only

generated by privatization. In addition, surplus manpower once retrained can be absorbed in

the new ventures.

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All nationalized banks and SBI in particular has the advantage of vast network of branches

and can therefore carry the new business to the remotest corner, but to make this presence

felt the banks have to move at blitzkrieg pace.

BANKING IN THE NEW MILLENIUM

The banking environment has suddenly become quite challenging after the sub prime crisis

that surfaced last year and which has resulted in an unprecedented global liquidity crunch.

The flattening of the world has dramatically impacted both the dynamics and the pace ofglobal banking business. Mergers, acquisitions, consolidation, expansion, diversification of

lines of business, shifting customer orientation and the changing regulatory environment are

building up the pressure for banks to explore new possibilities by abandoning the familiar and

embracing the unconventional. Competition is compelling banks to be agile and innovate

everyday. In this milieu, what really enables banks to build a lasting competitive advantage is

the ability to continuously innovate, achieve differentiation and respond quickly to dynamic

business challenges.

The banking sector has witnessed wide ranging changes under the influence of the financial

Sector reforms initiated during 2008. The approach to such reforms in India has been one of

gradual and non-disruptive progress through a consultative process. The emphasis has been

on deregulation and opening up the banking sector to market forces. The Reserve Bank has

been consistently working towards the establishment of an enabling regulatory framework

with prompt and effective supervision as well as the development of technological and

institutional infrastructure. Persistent efforts have been made towards adoption of

international benchmarks as appropriate to Indian conditions. While certain changes in the

legal infrastructure are yet to be effected, the developments so far have brought the Indian

financial system closer to global standards.

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BANKING ACTIVITIES:

Banks' activities can be divided into retail banking, dealing directly with individuals; business

banking, providing services to mid-size business; corporate banking dealing with large

business entities; private banking, providing wealth management services to High Net Worth

Individuals; and investment banking, relates to helping customers raise funds in the Capital

Markets and advising on mergers and acquisitions. Banks are now moving towards Universal

Banking, which is a combination of commercial banking, investment banking and various

other activities including insurance.

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS:

Technology has brought about strategic transformation in the working of banks. With years,

banks are also adding services to their customers. The Indian banking industry is passing

through a phase of customers market. The customers have more choices in choosing their

banks. With stiff competition and advancement of technology, the service provided by banks

has become more easy and convenient.

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Internet Banking (E-Banking)

Internet banking (or E-banking) means any user with a personal computer and a browser can

get connected to his banks website to perform any of the virtual banking functions. In internet

banking system the bank has a centralized database that is web-enabled. All the services that

the bank has permitted on the internet are displayed in menu. Any service can be selected and

further interaction is dictated by the nature of service. The traditional branch model of bank isnow giving place to an alternative delivery channels with ATM network. Once the branch

offices of bank are interconnected through terrestrial or satellite links, there would be no

physical identity for any branch.

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Internet banking in India

The Reserve Bank of India constituted a working group on Internet Banking. The group

divided the internet banking products in India into 3 types based on the levels of access

granted. They are:

Information Only System : General purpose information like interest rates, branch

location, bank products and their features, loan and deposit calculations are provided in

the banks website.

Electronic Information Transfer System : The system provides customer- specific

information in the form of account balances, transaction details, and statement of

accounts.

Fully Electronic Transactional System : This system allows bi-directional capabilities.

Transactions can be submitted by the customer for online update. This system

requires high degree of security and control

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) : ATM is designed to perform the most important

function of bank. It is operated by plastic card with its special features. The plastic

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card is replacing cheque, personal attendance of the customer, banking hours

restrictions and paper based verification.

Credit Cards/Debit Cards: The Credit Card holder is empowered to spend wherever

and whenever he wants with his Credit Card within the limits fixed by his bank. CreditCard is a post paid card. Debit Card, on the other hand, is a prepaid card with some

stored value.

Smart Card : Banks are adding chips to their current magnetic stripe cards to

enhance security and offer new service, called Smart Cards. Smart Cards

allow thousands of times of information storable on magnetic stripe cards.

Core Banking Solutions

Core Banking Solutions is new jargon frequently used in banking circles. The advancement

in technology especially internet and information technology has led to new way of doing

business in banking. The technologies have cut down time, working simultaneously ondifferent issues and increased efficiency. The platform where communication technology and

information technology are merged to suit core needs of banking is known as Core Banking

Solutions. Here computer software is developed to perform core operations of banking like

recording of transactions, passbook maintenance, interest calculations on loans and deposits,

customer records, balance of payments and withdrawal are done.

Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

RTGS is an electronic settlement system of Reserve Bank of India without involvement of

papers. To facilitate an Efficient, Secure, Economical, Reliable and Expeditious System of

Fund transfer and clearing in the Banking sector throughout India. Real time gross settlement

systems (RTGS) are a funds transfer mechanism where transfer of money takes place from

one bank to another on a "real time" and on "gross" basis.

Electronic Clearing Service

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Electronic Clearing Service is another technology enhancement happened in the banking

industry. The customer willing to use this facility is required to fill in the mandate form from

the corporate/any utility service institution for ECS mode of credit and debit. The customer

needs to prepare the payment date and submit it to the sponsor Bank and after that

everything happened electronically. So customers can there by make payments as well as

receive all incomes electronically.

Mobile banking

Mobile banking (also known as M-Banking, mbanking, SMS Banking etc.) is a term used for

performing balance checks, account transactions, payments etc. via a mobile device such as a

mobile phone.

BASEL II: HOW GEARED ARE BANKS??

BASEL II is a new capital adequacy frame work applicable to scheduled commercial banks in

India, as mandated by the RBI. The Basel capital accord (BASEL II) guideline promulgated by

the BIS to establish Capital adequacy requirements and supervisory standards for banks and

structured by three pillars.

In a nut-shell, BASEL II

Provide effective assessment method

Incorporates Sensitivity to banks.

Makes better business standards

Reduce losses to the banks

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The 3-Pillar Approach of BASEL II

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The BASELII is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive, sophisticated and risk sensitive

approach for banks to calculate regulatory capital. The basic objective of BASEL II is to

create an international standard

CAMEL: TOOL FOR MEASURING THE PERFORMANCE

OF BANKS

An international bank-rating system where bank supervisory authorities rate

institutions according to six factors. The six factors are represented by the acronym

"CAMELS." The six factors examined are as follows:

C - Capital adequacy : Reflects the overall financial condition of a bank & also

the ability of the management to meet the need for

additional capital.

A - Asset quality : To ascertain the component of non performing assets as

a percentage of the total asset

M - Management quality : To measure the efficiency of the management

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E - Earnings : To assess the quality of income generated by core

activity

L - Liquidity : To measure the ability of a bank to meet the demand

from demand deposits in a particular year

On the Basis of CAMEL rating Top Ten Banks in Performance

During 2008-2009

Public sector Banks Private sector Banks Foreign Banks

Bank of India Karur vysya bank Shinhan bank

Corporation Bank Yes bank Abu Dhabi commercial

bank

Union Bank of India City Union Bank Mashreqbank P S C

Andhra bank Tamil Nadu Mercantile

Bank

Antwerp Diamond bank N

V

State bank of Patiala South Indian bank Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

U F J

Bank of Baroda Federal Bank Calyon Bank

Indian Overseas Bank Jammu & Kashmir Bank Krung Thai Bank Public Co.

State Bank of Hyderabad Dhanalakshmi Bank State Bank of Mauritius

Punjab & Sind Bank Karnataka Bank Bank of America National

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Trust

Indian Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Mizutto Corporate Bank

Banking Review-2009

NPAs rise for Private Banks, stable for PSBs

Gross NPAs movement of banks in Q1 has shown an interesting trend

Gross NPAs of all Private Banks that we have covered have seen a sequential riseHowever, asset quality of most PSBs remained stable, with flat to lower Gross NPAs

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NIMs of most banks saw a sequential decline

Decline was largely due to PLR cuts by banks towards the end of Q4FY08Most banks have, however, raised their PLRs and deposit rates by 100-150bps in

June08 and Q1FY09

NIMs should see a marginal improvement in Q2 on account of PLR hikes

However, as deposit re-pricing kicks in with a lag effect, NIMs may again come under

pressure.

Credit spreads saw a decline after a long time

After a long time, the sector saw a decline in credit spreads (Yield on advances Cost

of deposits)

Decline in credit spreads was largely due to inability of most banks to raise PLR in Q1

even as interest rates were rising

BOB, IOB, Corpbank and BOI saw substantial fall in yields on credit book, resulting

in compression of credit spreads

Canbank, PNB, Union Bank saw sequential improvement in credit spreads in Q1

CASA saw a mixed trend

Among Public Sector Banks (PSBs), SBI, Canara and Union saw marginal

improvement in CASA on YoY basis

Others like BOB, BOI, OBC saw a decline on YoY basis

Among private banks, AXIS bank lost out due to CBOP merger, ICICI Bank saw

improvement both on YoY and sequential basis

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Overall credit growth was robust

Among PSBs BOI, BOB, SBI and IOB saw above 30% growth. Canbank, Union and

PNB were more moderate at 16-20%

Among Private banks, except for ICICI, most showed above 40+% growth

Even for ICICI, consolidated book (including overseas book) grew 20% YoY

Credit growth has been very robust at 26% inQ1 against 24.6% last year

Banks which witnessed high credit growth

Axis, AXIS Bank and Yes Bank among private

BOB, BOI and SBI among PSBs

SBI showed a robust growth across all segments, except for mortgages

International credit grew 46% YoY

SME credit grew 23% YoY

Mid Corporate credit grew 31% YoY

Home Loans grew 17% YoY

Axis among the private banks and BoI amongst

PSBs continues to deliver high NII growth

Credit growth of ICICI, Canara, Union, PNB, OBC was lower than the average

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Key Points:

Supply

Liquidity is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Demand

India is a growing economy and demand for credit is high though it could be cyclical.

Barriers to entry

Licensing requirement, investment in technology and branch network.

Bargaining power of suppliers

High during periods of tight liquidity. Trade unions in public sector banks can be anti

reforms. Depositors may invest elsewhere if interest rates fall.

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Bargaining power of customers

For good creditworthy borrowers bargaining power is high due to the availability of large

number of banks

Competition - High

There are public sector banks, private sector and foreign banks along with non banking

finance companies competing in similar business lines.

RECENT TRENDS

I. Universal Banking

Universal banking refers to Financial Institution offering all types of financial

services under one roof. Thus, for example, besides borrowing and lending for

the long term, the Development Financial Institutions will be able to

borrow/lend for the short-term as well.

Impact on FDI:

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Two key aspects of the business are affected. The institution can have access

to cheap retail deposits and the breadth of its advances increase to include

short-term working capital loans to corporates. The Institution has greater

operational flexibility. Also they can now effectively compete with the

commercial banks.

Indian Scenario:

In India the five FDIs that are frontrunners in the race to

convert to Universal Bank are:

1. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India

(ICICI)

2. Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)

3. Export Import Bank (EXIM Bank)

4. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)

5. Industrial Investment Bank of India (IIBI)

ICICI is already a virtual bank with subsidiaries like ICICI

Bank engaged in banking business. Thus with clearing of legal

hurdles it just has to work out the modalities to formally call

itself a universal bank.

Similarly other FDIs are charting out aggressive plans to stay

ahead in this race.

Also recently Bank of Baroda, a commercial bank has indicated

its intention to convert to a Universal Bank.

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II. RBI Norms:

The norms stipulated by RBI treat FDIs at par with the existing commercial

banks. Thus all Universal banks have to maintain the CRR and the SLR requirement

on the same lines as the commercial banks. Also they have to fulfill the priority sector

lending norms applicable to the commercial banks. These are the major hurdles as

perceived by the institutions, as it is very difficult to fulfill such norms without

hurting the bottomline

Effect on the Banking Sector:

However, with large Term lenders converting into Commercial banks, the

existing players in the industry are likely to face stiff competition, lower bottom line

ultimately leading to a shakeout in the industry with only the operationally efficient

banks will stay into the business, irrespective to the size.

III. Mergers & Acquisition

The Indian Banking Sector is more overcrowded then ever. There are 96

commercial banks reporting to the RBI. Ever since the RBI opened up the sector to

private players, there have been nine new entrants. All of them are growing at a

scorching pace and redefining the rules of the business. However they are dwarfed bymany large public and old private sector banks with a large network of branches

spread over a diverse geographical area. Thus they are unable to make a significant

dent in the market share of the old players. Also it is impossible to exponentially

increase the number of branches. The only route available for these banks is to grow

inorganically via the M & A route. Hence the new banks are under a tremendous

pressure to acquire older banks and thus increase their business.

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Most of the institutionally promoted banks have already gobbled smaller banks. ICICI

Bank has acquired ITC Classic, Anagram Finance and Bank of Madura within a

period of two years. AXIS Bank has merged Times Bank with itself. UTI bank had

almost completed its merger with Global Trust Bank before it ran into rough weather.

Also Nationalised Banks like Bank of Punjab, Vyasa Bank are wooing IDBI Bank for

a merger. Among foreign banks, Standard & Chartered Bank has acquired ANZ

Grindlays Banks Asian and Middle East operations

The above happenings clearly indicate that the M & A scenario in the Indian banking

sector is far from over. Strong banks will continue to takeover weak and inefficient

banks to increase their size.

IV. Multiple Delivery Channels

Today the technology driven banks are finding various means to

reduce costs and reach out to as many customers as possible spread over adiverse area. This has led to using multiple channels of delivery of their

products.

1. ATM (Automatic Teller Machine):

An ATM is basically a machine that can deliver cash to the customers

on demand after authentication. However, nowadays we have ATMs

that are used to vend different FMCG products also. An ATM does the

basic function of a banks branch, i.e., delivering money on demand.

Hence setting of newer branches is not required thereby significantly

lowering infrastructure costs.

Cost reduction is however possible only when these machines are used.

In India, the average cash withdrawal per ATM per day has fallen from

100 last year to 70 this year. Though the number of ATMs has

increased since last year, it is not in sync with the number of cards

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issued. Also, there are many dormant cardholders who do not use the

ATMs and prefer the teller counters. Inspite of these odds, Indian

banks are increasing the number of ATMs at a feverish pace. These

machines also hold the keys to future operational efficiency.

2. Net Banking:

Net banking means carrying out banking transactions via the Internet.

Thus the need for a branch is completely eliminated by technology.

Also this helps in serving the customer better and tailoring products

better suited for the customer

A customer can view his account details, transaction history, order

drafts, electronically make payments, transfer funds, check his account

position and electronically communicate with the bank through the

Internet for which he may have wanted to visit the bank branch.

Net banking helps a bank spread its reach to the entire world at a

fraction of the cost.

3. Phone Banking:

This means carrying out of banking transaction through the telephone.

A customer can call up the banks helpline or phone banking number to

conduct transactions like transfer of funds, making payments, checking

of account balance, ordering cheques, etc,. This also eliminates thecustomer of the need to visit the banks branch.

4. Mobile Banking:

Banks can now help a customer conduct certain transactions

through the Mobile Phone with the help of technologies like

WAP, SMS, etc,. This helps a bank to combine the Internet and

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telephone and leverage it to cut costs and at the same time

provide its customer the convenience.

Thus it can be seen that tech savvy banks are tapping all the

above alternative channels to cut costs improve customer

satisfaction.

V. VRS (Voluntary Retirement Scheme):

VRS or the Golden Handshake is picking up very fast in the

recent times due to the serious attention of the government towards

overstaffing in the banks, especially among the public sector banks.

The government had also cleared a uniform VRS framework for the

sector giving the banks a seven months time frame to cut flab. The

scheme was open till 31st march, 2001.

Though many banks had announced different VRS schemes it

involved an outflow of huge sums of money. This could have had an

adverse impact on the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR). Hence the RBI

allowed the banks to write off the VRS expenses over a period of 5

years.

CHALLENGES:

Liberalization process has increasingly exposed Indian Industry to

international competition and banking being a service industry is also not an

exception. Banking Sector in India too faces same challenges at local,national and international level.

Indian Banks, functionally diverse and geographically widespread,

have played a crucial role in the socio-economic progress of the country after

independence. However, the growth led to strains in the operational efficiency

of banks and the accumulation of non-performing assets (NPAs) in their loan

portfolios.

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Banks face increasing pressure to stand out from the crowd. On the

Internet, this means offering your target customers an increasingly broader

range of services than your competitors and that too in unique way.

All this has resulted in a challenge to managers of banks to develop the

right mix of acquired and internally grown IT applications which suits

customers expectations.

Banking sector reforms and liberalisation process raised many

challenges before Indian Banks and for sustainable development it has become

necessary to face these challenges effectively:

Intense Competition: The RBI and Government of India kept banking industry open

for the participants of private sector banks and foreign banks. The foreign banks were

also permitted to set up shop on India either as branches or as subsidiaries. Due to this

lowered entry barriers many new players have entered the market such as privatebanks, foreign banks, non-banking finance companies, etc. The foreign banks and

new private sector banks have spearheaded the hi-tech revolution. Heavy weight

foreign banks with huge base, latest technology innovative and globally tested

products are spreading their wings and wooing away customers form other banks. For

survival and growth in highly competitive environment banks have to follow the new

Guru Mantra of prompt and efficient customer service, which calls for appropriate

customer centric policies and customer friendly procedures.

Technological Up gradation: Already electronic transfers, clearings, settlements

have reduced translation times. To face competition it is necessary for banks to absorb

the technology and upgrade their services.

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However use of High-Tech sophisticated technology leaves the predominantly rural,

poor and even illiterate mans in the lurch to which the level of automation and

efficiency of services are immaterial.

Privacy and Safety: Among the most important aspects, of savings, i.e., safety

liquidity and profitability, safety has to be accorded top most priority. The safety

aspect assumes more significance in the emerging scenario as the economic loss

caused internationally by these types of crimes might risk area and any lacunae is

safety would result in erosion of confidence and the same might possibly paralyse the

entire network. The areas among other things, which might endanger security in e-

banking can be:

Changes in input data such as changing the amount in ledges, increasing the

limits in accounts or face value of cheaques. Though these trends could be

detected consequently, prevention is a major problem with these types of

crimes.

Use of stolen or falsified cards in ATM machines.

Computer forgery could be committed by way of gaining access to

other account, deliberate damage through viruses on data stored in computers.

In this case, same criminals might gain entry into the computers and cause

damage to the system. This apart, another through which security and privacy

are maintained. If a hacker has found out the password, he can cause havoc to

the entire network. Also, if the password is stolen money could be transferred

from one account to another.

Software privacy is another area of potential danger faced by the

banking industry. In this the entire software could be stolen. If this is done, the

hackers could operate a parallel network.

Human Resources Management: In the recent past the human resource Policies in

banks were mainly guided by the comcept of permanent employment and its

necessary concomitants of creating career paths, terminal benfits, etc. for the

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employees. In todays fast-changing world of employee mobility both horizontally

and vertically and value systems, the public sector banks need to hire the right talent

at market related compensation and to shed surplus manpower/staff. Thus many banks

are going for URS schemes to reduce the burden of excessive staff. Schemes like

VRS are going to change the nature of workforce with many senior and experienced

persons opting for it.

The key elements that shall provide a competitive edge to banking sector will not be

physical assets but knowledge assets and information. Therefore, banks must

understand how to retain knowledge based employees and prevent them to migrating

to some other organisation. Banks must believe in people, customer orientation, and

continuous improvement of excellence. Therefore it becomes necessary for banks to

encourage all employees to take risks and work towards continuous improvements

and breakthroughs.

Successful banks overcoming the challenges will be those that harness technology in a

customer friendly yet cost effective way. This requires enormous internal and external

management and the crux of the solution lies in blending human resources with

information technology.

E merg i ng Issues i n I nternational Sc e nar i o:

B an k i ng and Fin a nc i al Sector R eform

Withtheevolvingglobalscenarioatthebackground,letusnowdiscuss

thechallengesandopportunities facing the financialsectoraround theglobe.

Thepresent trend towards financial sector liberalization and globalisation,

especially with respect to the EMEs has resulted in a overall trend

towards conglomeration, internationalisation and dollarisation in the financial

systems

ofmany of the countries notably the EMEs. Such trends have important

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implications for financial sector regulation. I would like to highlight the

main issuesinthisrespect:

It also needs tobe recognised that in recent times, there hasbeen

growing concern worldwide about the need for preserving financial

stability. This is true in the Indian context as well where the erstwhile

Government- dominated financial system was, so to speak, imparting

stability under rigid regulation, possibly at the cost of efficiency. In this

context, thepursuit of financialstabilityinIndia,viewedfromthestandpoint

of banking system, has sought to (a) ensure uninterrupted financial

transactions and (b) maintain confidence in the financial system amongst

all stakeholders.

When we talk of the major features of international banking

scenario,thefollowingobservationscomeimmediatelytomind.

First, the structure of the industry. In the worlds top 1000banks,

there are many more large and medium-sized domestic banks

from the developed countries than from the emerging

economies. Illustratively, according to The Banker 2004, out of thetop 1000banks globally, over 200 are located inUSA,justabove100

in Japan, over 80 in Germany, over 40 in Spain and around 40 in the

UK.EvenChinahasasmanyas16bankswithin the top 1000, out of

which, as many as 14 are in the top 500. India, on the other hand,

had20bankswithin the top1000outofwhichonly6werewithin the

top 500 banks. This is perhaps reflective of differences in size

of economiesandofthefinancialsectors.

Second, the share of bank asset in total financial sector

assets. In most emerging markets,banking sector assets comprise well

over80percentof total financial sector assets, whereas these figures

are much lower in developed economies. Thus, Banking Sector

reforms are ofparamount importanceinmanyemergingmarkets.

Third, industry concentration, measured by the percentage

of a countrys banking sector assets controlled by the largest

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banks. In most emerging market economies, the five largest

banks (usually domestic) account for over two-thirds of bank assets.

These figures tend to be much lowerindevelopedeconomies.

The four th factor is the growing internationalization of

banking operations. Internationalization, defined as the share of foreign-

ownedbanksintotalbankassets,is increasingfast inemergingeconomies

fromverylow levels not too long ago.

The phenomenon of internationalisation hasprimarilybeen

polarized on medium- to high-income countries, likely owing to

attractive risk-return investment opportunities for foreignbanks in

such countries. However, foreign banks are often viewed to be

cherry-picking host country corporations, leaving domestic banks

with less creditworthy customers, increasing the overall risk of

domestic bank portfolios. Additionally, increased competition arising

outof foreignbankentry could prompt domestic state-owned banks

to venture into high-risk areas inan attempt to maintain their

franchise value.

Fifthly, financial sectors across the globe has witnessed

increased conglomeration to survive in a milieu of financial

liberalization and technological improvements. Globalization of clients

of major financial instruments who, in turn, demand global access to

services and a wide product mix has also been a contributory factor.

The growth of such conglomeration has raised the possibility of

vulnerabilities including systemic risk due to contagion and the possibility

of opportunities for regulatory and supervisory arbitrage.

Further, the growing dollarisation, especially in Latin America

and transition economies raises several vulnerabilities in the financial

system, salient among thembeing (a) diminished role of centralbanks to

act as lenders of last resort, (b)possibilityof dollar depositsbeing subject to

runs since such deposits are usually close substitutes for deposits

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abroad or dollars cash and (c) limited ability of centralbanks to raise the

interestrateondollardeposits toactas interest ratedefensesagainstdeposit

withdrawals.

The global banking scenario is going to be influenced by

implementationoftheBaselIIAccord. ItseemsatthispointthatBaselIImaybe

beneficial to many of the EMEs including India. While the Pillar I of the New

Accord signifies a refinement of existing capital chargeby making it more

correlated with the credit risk of thebanks assets and an extension of the

capitalchargesforrisksnotconsideredinthecurrentAccord,suchasinterest rate

risk in thebankingbook, and operational risk, Pillar II, which focuses on the

supervisory reviewprocess, aims to ensure that a banks capitalposition is

consistent with its overall riskprofile. Finally, Pillar III aims at encouraging

banks to disclose information in order to enhance the role of market

participantsinmonitoringbanks

The recent survey by the IMF on the implementation of financial

sector regulation in 36 Fund member countries3 based on the Financial

Sector Assessment Programmes (FSAPs) completed over the period

2000-03 reveals the following interesting points about the global financial

system. On the positive side, there has been relatively high level of

implementation with respect to legal foundations , rationalisation of the

licensingprocess and minimumentrystandardsinmostcountries.

In terms of regulatory weaknesses, recent evidences point out to a

numberofdeficienciesincluding;

(i) Theproblemsassociatedwithregulatoryforbearance.

(ii)Deficiencieshavebeenobserved in theoversightofcountry risk, issues

ofconnectedlendingandcorporategovernancepractices.

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(iii)Deficiencieshavebeenobserved in respectof thedesign/implementation

ofconsolidatedsupervision.

(iv)With regard to financial integrity and development of safety net, the

observeddeficienciesmainly relate to timelinessofdisclosure,protection

of minority shareholders, accounting and auditing procedures and

proceduresfororderlywindingupoffailedinsurersandsecuritiesfirms.

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INTRODUCTION TO SBI

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S T A T E B A N K OF IN DIA

State Bank of Indias operating profit and net profit for Q209 surged

54.5% and 40.2% yoy, respectively, exhibiting a strong performance.

Advances growth to slow down: SBI recorded a handsome 37% yoy growth in

advances, translating into an 18% sequential growth in the first half. However, this

momentum is likely to decelerate considerably in the second half of 2008-09.

Robust rise in deposits: State Bank of Indias deposit base surged

28% yoy and its CASA ratio improved from 39.45% to 39.71% over the same period.

On a quarterly basis, the banks deposits grew by 10.3%.

Improvement in the credit-deposit ratio: The Banks credit-deposit ratio

increased from 68.9% in Q208 to 73.8% this quarter. This was following a

robust 37% yoy increase in advances, which exceeded the 28% growth in deposits

over the same period.

Increase in the NII and NIM: SBIs net interest income (NII) increased by 45% yoy

to reach Rs. 54.6 bn.

Profitability: The Ban k s ROE declin ed fro m 17.38 % for H1 08 to 14.63% for

H109. The return on assets (annualized), however, increased from 0.99% in

Q208 to 1.13% in Q209.

The State Bank of India, the countrys oldest Bank and a premier in terms of balance

sheet size, number of branches, market capitalization and profits is today going through a

momentous phase of Change and Transformation the two hundred year old Public

sector behemoth is today stirring out of its Public Sector legacy and moving with an

agility to give the Private and Foreign Banks a run for their money.

The bank is entering into many new businesses with strategic tie ups Pension Funds,

General Insurance, Custodial Services, Private Equity, Mobile Banking, Point of Sale

Merchant Acquisition, Advisory Services, structured products etc each one of these

initiatives having a huge potential for growth.

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The Bank is forging ahead with cutting edge technology and innovative new banking

models, to expand its Rural Banking base, looking at the vast untapped potential in the

hinterland and proposes to cover 100,000 villages in the next two years.

It is also focusing at the top end of the market, on whole sale banking capabilities to

provide Indias growing mid / large Corporate with a complete array of products and

services. It is consolidating its global treasury operations and entering into structured

products and derivative instruments. Today, the Bank is the largest provider of

infrastructure debt and the largest arranger of external commercial borrowings in the

country. It is the only Indian bank to feature in the Fortune 500 list.

The Bank is changing outdated front and back end processes to modern customer

friendly processes to help improve the total customer experience. With about 8500 of its

own 10000 branches and another 5100 branches of its Associate Banks already

networked, today it offers the largest banking network to the Indian customer. The Bank

is also in the process of providing complete payment solution to its clientele with its over

8500 ATMs, and other electronic channels such as Internet banking, debit cards, mobile

banking, etc.

With four national level Apex Training Colleges and 54 learning Centres spread all over

the country the Bank is continuously engaged in skill enhancement of its employees.

Some of the training programs are attended by bankers from banks in other countries.

The bank is also looking at opportunities to grow in size in India as well as

internationally. It presently has 82 foreign offices in 32 countries across the globe. It has

also 7 Subsidiaries in India SBI Capital Markets, SBICAP Securities, SBI DFHI, SBI

Factors, SBI Life and SBI Cards - forming a formidable group in the Indian Banking

scenario. It is in the process of raising capital for its growth and also consolidating its

various holdings.

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Throughout all this change, the Bank is also attempting to change old mindsets, attitudes

and take all employees together on this exciting road to Transformation. In a recently

concluded mass internal communication programme termed Parivartan the Bank rolled

out over 3300 two day workshops across the country and covered over 130,000

employees in a period of 100 days using about 400 Trainers, to drive home the message

of Change and inclusiveness. The workshops fired the imagination of the employees with

some other banks in India as well as other Public Sector Organizations seeking to emulate

the programme.

ABOUT SBI:

The State Bank of India, the countrys oldest Bank and a premier in terms of balance

sheet size, number of branches, market capitalization and profits is today going

through a momentous phase of Change and Transformation the two hundred year

old Public sector behemoth is today stirring out of its Public Sector legacy and

moving with an agility to give the Private and Foreign Banks a run for their money.

The Bank is forging ahead with cutting edge technology and innovative new banking

models, to expand its Rural Banking base, looking at the vast untapped potential in

the hinterland and proposes to cover 100,000 villages in the next two years.

It is also focusing at the top end of the market, on whole sale banking capabilities to

provide Indias growing mid / large Corporate with a complete array of products and

services. It is consolidating its global treasury operations and entering into structured

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products and derivative instruments. Today, the Bank is the largest provider of

infrastructure debt and the largest arranger of external commercial borrowings in the

country. It is the only Indian bank to feature in the Fortune 500 list.

The Bank is changing outdated front and back end processes to modern customer

friendly processes to help improve the total customer experience. With about 8500 of

its own 10000 branches and another 5100 branches of its Associate Banks already

networked, today it offers the largest banking network to the Indian customer. The

Bank is also in the process of providing complete payment solution to its clientele

with its over 8500 ATMs, and other electronic channels such as Internet banking,

debit cards, mobile banking, etc.

With four national level Apex Training Colleges and 54 learning Centres spread all

over the country the Bank is continuously engaged in skill enhancement of its

employees. Some of the training programes are attended by bankers from banks in

other countries.

The bank is also looking at opportunities to grow in size in India as well as

internationally. It presently has 82 foreign offices in 32 countries across the globe. It

has also 7 Subsidiaries in India SBI Capital Markets, SBICAP Securities, SBI

DFHI, SBI Factors, SBI Life and SBI Cards - forming a formidable group in the

Indian Banking scenario. It is in the process of raising capital for its growth and also

consolidating its various holdings.

KEY AREAS OF OPERATION:

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The business operations of SBI can be broadly classified into the key income generating

areas such as National Banking, International Banking, Corporate Banking, & Treasury

operations. The functioning of some of the key divisions is enumerated below:

a) CORPORATE BANKING

The corporate banking segment of the bank has total business of around Rs1,193bn.

SBI has created various Strategic Business Units (SBU) in order to streamline its

operations.

These SBUs are as follows:

Corporate Accounts

Leasing

Project Finance

Mid Corporate Group

Stressed Assets Management

b) NATIONAL BANKING

The national banking group has 14 administrative circles encompassing a vast

network of 9,177 branches, 4 sub-offices, 12 exchange bureaus, 104 satellite officesand 679 extension counters, to reach out to customers, even in the remotest corners of

the country. Out of the total branches, 809 are specialized branches.

This group consists of four business group which are enumerated below:

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Personal Banking SBU

Small & Medium Enterprises

Agricultural Banking

Government Banking

c) INTERNATIONAL BANKING

SBI has a network of 73 overseas offices in 30 countries in all time zones and

correspondent relationship with 520 international banks in 123 countries. The bank is

keen to implement core banking solution to its international branches also. During

FY06, 25 foreign offices were successfully switched over to Finacle software. SBI has

installed ATMs at Male, Muscat and Colombo Offices. In recent years, SBI acquired

76% shareholding in Giro Commercial Bank Limited in Kenya and PT Indomonex

Bank Ltd. in Indonesia. The bank incorporated a company SBI Botswana Ltd. atGaborone.

d) TREASURY

The bank manages an integrated treasury covering both domestic and foreign

exchange markets. In recent years, the treasury operation of the bank has become

more active amidst rising interest rate scenario, robust credit growth and liquidity

constraints. The bank diversified its operations more actively into alternative assets

classes with a view to diversify the portfolio and build alternative revenue streams in

order to offset the losses in fixed income portfolio. Reorganization of the treasury

processes at domestic and global levels is also being undertaken to leverage on the

operational synergy between business units and network. The reorganization seeks to

enhance the efficiencies in use of manpower resources and increase maneuverability

of banks operations in the markets both domestic as well as international.

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e) ASSOCIATES & SUBSIDIARIES

The State Bank Group with a network of 14,061 branches including 4,755 branches of

its seven Associate Banks dominates the banking industry in India. In addition to

banking, the Group, through its various subsidiaries, provides a whole range of

financial services which includes Life Insurance, Merchant Banking, Mutual Funds,

Credit Card, Factoring, Security trading and primary dealership in the Money Market.

1) Associates Banks:

SBI has seven associate banks namely

State Bank of Indore

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

State Bank of Mysore

State Bank of Patiala

State Bank of Hyderabad

State Bank of Saurashtra

All associate banks have migrated to Core Banking (CBS) platform. Single window

delivery system has been introduced in all associate banks. SBIs seven associate

banks are the first amongst the public sector banks in India to get fully networked

through CBS, providing anytime-anywhere banking to its customers to facilitate a

bouquet of innovative customer offerings.

2) Non-Banking Subsidiaries/Joint Ventures

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i) SBI Life:

ii) SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAP)

iii) SBI DFHI LTD

iv) SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. (SBICSPL)

v) SBI Funds Management (P) Ltd. (SBIFMPL)

vi) Human Resources

NON BANKING SUBSIDIARIES:

The Bank has the following Non-Banking Subsidiaries in India :

SBI Capital Markets Ltd

SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd

SBI Factors & Commercial Services Pvt Ltd

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REFERENCES

WEBSITES:

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