Role of Indian Banks in the Growth of the Indian Economy

Public Bank will always keep the bank services provided by them up to date. Let’s say some other banks are having some sort of saving programs which of course will benefits their customers, Public Bank will try to think of an even better saving programs to make sure that they are always providing the best to their customers. For example, during a certain seasons like Chinese New Year, there will be some new saving programs for the customers or discount for loans to buy houses, cars or any other allowed properties. This will then causes the people to choose Public Bank first when it comes to saving and loaning as they are providing all these programs that other banks do not or a better programs and services than the other banks. Hence, Public Bank will always think of new ideas on how to improve their services that will be provided to their customers in the very effective way and also try not to be the same with the services of other banks normally provided so that it becomes a unique and a win for them. People that are under certain ages will also have a higher chance to get a loan to buy properties as well. If necessary, they Public Bank will also update their policies to make sure that it are easy to follow and understand when it comes to providing the bank services to their

There are various categories of banking; these include retail banking, directly dealing with small businesses and persons. Commercial and Corporate banking which offers services to medium and large businesses (Koch & MacDonald 2010). Private banking, deals with individuals, offering them one on one service. The last category is investment banking. These help clients to raise capital and often invest in financial markets. Most global banking institutions provide all these services combined. With all these institutions in existence within the same localities and offering similar services, there is a need to regulate the industry so as to protect the consumer and provide fair working environment for all banks (Du & Girma, 2011).

The sector offers a considerable barrier to new entrants due to the high capital required to establish a new bank. As banking is professional services type required high creditability, strong brand presence is the key obstacle for newcomers.

A bank is an institution that facilitates financial transactions between the parties. Amongst its standard operations are accepting deposits from the customers, lending money as loan (cite). The major source of income for banks is interest income which is earned on loans given to the customers, business firms and corporations. This very nature of it makes banking institutions so crucial for economic development of any country. Strong banking operations and fundamentals paves the way for higher customer and investor confidence in the company.

A variety of new trends and innovations have expand in banking industry. Some are positive and negative, but some show a mix of plus and minus. Government has been really concern and increasingly keeping eyes on these case, especially after 2008 financial crisis.

An efficient banking system and well functioning capital market, capable of mobilizing the savings &channeling them to productive uses, are essential if the efforts at economic restructuring are to succeed. While both the banking systems and capital markets have shown impressive growth in the volume of operations. Unless major reforms were initiated it was difficult to

Private banking industry has changed in a very basic way, driven by many key factors such as: free competition systems, modern developments in information technology (in particular, developments of the internet), and changing demographics. Private banks now operate in an environment shaped by increasing and shifting regulations, and in markets influenced by the uncontrolled situations of the world economy and geopolitical issues.

In this article author Alka Sharma discuss about the economic reforms that took place in Indian financial sector. This type of reforms has gaining more importance as financial intermediaries and also help in opening new opportunity for growth and development of various financial services. As a result of this new reforms there is a shift in financial services from quantitative to qualitative services. Financial institution is highly

Banking in today’s era is in process of upgrading itself by joining the wave of latest technologies and trends. Currently, it is in the midst of chaos and disruptions and is in process of reshaping its business models to alienate the traditional processes. The driving force for Banks to adopt such changes can be a. Changing customer needs, b. Optimization of cost and Banking Operations, c. Digitization and Automation, d. Streamlining of complex and lengthy processes and e. New competitors in the industry.

The structure of the banking industry has undergone sweeping changes in the past two decades. In response to heightened competition from non-bank financial firms enabled by technological progress among

institutions. It has accommodated the financial needs of the government, public enterprises and private sectors (Khan, 1995; Khan and Khan, 2007). Public sector dominancy, among others, lead to inefficiency in the banking sector (Haque, 1997). The economic efficiency of the banks remained low that led to low savings and investment in the private sector which resulted in low growth

With every new govt. banking sector gets new policies for its operation. Thus it has to cope with the changing principles

The banking industry of the 21st century operates in a complex and competitive environment characterized by these changing

The organisation of the rest of the paper is as follows. Section 2 briefly discusses the present banking sector in Sri Lanka. Section 3 reviews relevant literature. In this section, more emphasis is given to discuss the banking efficiency

Singh Jagwant (1993) in his book is concerned with trends and changes in productivity with particular emphasis on employee and branch productivity in the Indian banking industry. It determines the level of productivity and its growth during the period 1969-85. The 22 public sector banks i.e. banks of the SBI group and 14 nationalised in 1969 have been taken up for the study. The study attempts to make cross-sectional and intertemporal analysis on the basis of 17 indicators. The indicators have been divided into 3 categories which measure labour productivity, branch productivity and financial productivity. T-scores have been used for giving ranking to the banks. The ranking of the banks reveal that most significant improvement in the ranking was achieved by Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. From the SBI group the performance of State Bank of India was better.