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Fintech the way forward for Indian banking, payment system: SBI MD
Giving the example of SBI, he said, 91 per cent of jobs are being done digitally now, which was unthinkable 35 years ago.
“We believe that this 91 per cent will become 100 per cent. For a bank like State Bank of India, and other banks obviously, everything is going to move digitally. There is no doubt about that. Penetration of smartphones is also going to increase,” he said at a virtual conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Going forward, he said, branches are going to become nothing but distribution points like what has happened in Europe and other places
Dinesh Khera selected by BBB to be next SBI Chairman
“Keeping in view their performance in the interface and their overall experience, the Bureau recommends Khera for the vacancy of chairman in SBI while Challa Sreenivasullu Setty as the candidate on the reserve list for the said vacancy,’’ said BBB.
ICICI Bank uses space images for farm loans to cut costs
BENGALURU: India’s ICICI Bank Ltd has begun using satellite images of farmland to help assess farmers’ credit-worthiness, a move the bank says is helping cut travel costs and make faster lending decisions in a world hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Indian government keen to speed up stake sale in four banks
India currently has a dozen public sector banks in addition to IDBI, in which the government owns 47.11% while the state-owned insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corp owns a 51% stake.
Class-action suit planned as HDFC Bank is accused of misleading investors
“Rosen law firm is preparing a securities lawsuit on behalf of HDFC Bank shareholders,” the global investor right law firm said in a statement on its website.
Bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana crosses 40-crore mark
In view of the runaway success of the scheme, the government in 2018 enhanced the accident insurance cover to ₹2 lakh, from ₹1 lakh for new accounts opened after August 28, 2018.
Besides, the overdraft limit facility was also doubled to ₹10,000.
The government also shifted the focus on accounts from “every household” to “every unbanked adult”.
Over 50 per cent of the Jan Dhan account holders are women and the government as part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana remited ₹1,500 per account in three equal monthly installments to support the poor during the COVID-19 crisis.
About 84,545 bank fraud cases reported during 2019-2020, says RBI,in reply to RTI
it may be noted that total number of frauds reported to have been committed by staff, as reported by Scheduled commercial banks and Select FIs during FY 2019-20 is 2,668 and amount involved therein is Rs 1,783.22 cr,” the central bank said.
Facebook’s WhatsApp to partner with more Indian banks in financial inclusion push
WhatsApp will also expand pilot projects with banking and other partners to cover financial services such as pensions and insurance.
“Our collective aim over the next two to three years should be to help low-wage workers and the unorganised, informal economy easily accesses three products – insurance, micro-credit and pensions,” Abhijit Bose, WhatsApp’s India head told a fin-tech summit
SBI Gen Insurance appoints PC Kandpal as MD & CEO
Kandpal,DMD SBI,is a seasoned banker and has more than 33 years of experience with SBI.His stint at SBI involves experience in both retail and international banking, human resource, technology and learning and development. He also had a stint in SBI Mutual Fund as the Chief Operating Officer
Pushan Mahapatra,the former MD & CEO has been appointed as Director-Strategic Investments & Digital Initiatives and continues to be Whole Time Director, SBI General Insurance.
India plans to reduce number of state-owned banks to just five: sources
The first part of the plan would be to sell majority stakes in Bank of India, Central Bank of India,Indian Overseas Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab & Sind Bank, leading to an effective privatisation of these state-owned lenders, a government official said.