State Bank of India

India’s largest bank plans to raise 250 billion rupees in share sale

The fundraising plan comes as local bank shares are trading at record highs, with the sector seen as relatively shielded from tariff-related turmoil

State Bank of India will not stop lending to ongoing Adani projects that are nearing completion, but will exercise caution when disbursing loans to ensure all terms and conditions are being met.

Indian banks review Adani exposure in wake of US bribery allegations

INDIAN banks are reviewing their Adani exposure and whether they need to tighten due diligence, eight bankers said on Thursday (Nov 28), after the group’s billionaire founder Gautam Adani was indicted...

State Bank of India's net profit rose 28 per cent to 183.31 billion rupees (S$2.9 billion) compared with 143.3 billion rupees a year ago.

State Bank of India beats Q2 profit view but lending margin shrinks

STATE Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, beat second-quarter profit estimates on Friday (Nov 8), helped by higher non-interest income but its lending margin shrank.

SBI, which has more than 22,500 branches in India, is joining global and domestic players flocking to grab a share of managing India’s growing pile of wealth.

India’s biggest lender deploys 2,000 bankers to woo the wealthy

STATE Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, is making a renewed push into wealth management as the number of people getting richer surges.

State bank of India's net profit rose to 206.98 billion rupees (S$3.4 billion) in the quarter ended Mar 31, from 166.95 billion rupees a year ago.

India’s SBI forecasts steady credit growth after quarterly profit beat

STATE Bank of India on Thursday (May 9) reported record fourth-quarter profit that beat estimates on strong loan demand, and forecast credit growth for the current fiscal year to keep the same pace as...

SBI had been asked to share names of the donors, the beneficiaries and the amounts with the independent Election Commission of India (ECI) by Mar 6 and the poll panel was directed to make it public by Mar 13.

India’s top court orders SBI bank to share political donors’ names by Tuesday

INDIA’S Supreme Court on Monday (Mar 11) rejected a plea by government-run State Bank of India (SBI) for more time to make public names of individuals and companies who donated billions of rupees to p...

State Bank of India (SBI) net profit is at a record 168.84 billion rupees (S$2.7 billion) for the quarter ended Jun 30.

State Bank of India Q1 profit nearly triples to all-time high

STATE Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, on Friday (Aug 4) reported a near three-fold jump in first-quarter profit, led by a surge in net interest income, healthy loan growth and lower provi...

SBI’s gross non-performing assets (NPA) ratio – a key metric of asset quality – has fallen to 2.78 per cent from 3.14 per cent in the previous quarter and 3.97 per cent a year ago.

India’s top lender SBI posts record Q4 profit

STATE Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, on Thursday (May 18) reported a more than 83 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit, led by a sharp drop in provisions on bad loans and healthy...

SBI’s total exposure was 0.9 per cent of its total loan book, or around 270 billion Indian rupees, chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara has said.

Adani crisis unlikely to pose credit risk for Indian banks: rating agencies

THE exposure of Indian banks to the embattled Adani Group is not enough to impact their credit profiles, two rating agencies said on Tuesday (Feb 7), weeks after a US short-seller report unleashed a b...

SBI surged 70 per cent last year as analysts turned bullish, though concerns about bank exposure to the embattled Adani Group have slammed the sub-index in the past two weeks.

India’s top lender SBI smashes estimates with record Q3 profit

STATE Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, on Friday (Feb 3) said its third-quarter profit surged 68.5 per cent to a record high, boosted by better interest income and a drop in bad loan...