Shares of PSU banks rallied heavily on Wednesday following Modi government’s plan to recapitalise the lenders with a huge capital size of Rs 2.11 lakh crore. The stocks of all the listed state-run banks on the PSU bank index of NSE traded in green today with a maximum rise of up to 40%. About Rs 7,300 crore worth of shares exchanged hands on the Nifty PSU Bank index within an hour trade which is Rs 2,300 crore (approx) short of Rs 9,600 crore turnover of Nifty as at 10:17 am. India’s largest bank by asset size and loan book — State Bank of India — jumped as much as 24.56% to hit the 52-week high of Rs 316.95.

The ongoing rounds of nonperforming loan resolutions initiated by the Reserve Bank of India hold the key to the State Bank of India's credit profile, said Moody's Investors Service.

"The resultant haircut on SBI's assets will likely show a substantial impact. Our scenario analysis concludes that SBI can absorb haircuts of up to 50-55 per cent, while maintaining a common equity Tier 1 ratio of above 9.5 per cent at the end of March 2019," it said in a report.

Canara Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the gainers as State Bank of India (SBI) lost market share in debit card spends between April and August, slipping to below its pre-demonetisation level. According to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), SBI’s share in debit card spends slipped to 29.88% in August from 31.27% in April. This is below the bank’s October 2016 share of 29.96%. SBI clocked debit card spends worth Rs 10,582.86 crore in August, down from Rs 11,720.73 crore in April.

More than 24,000 branches and 42 crore customers make the State Bank of India the goliath of all banks by sheer size and physical presence but its new chairman Rajnish Kumar is worried about the competition from nimble fintech companies.

“Today, the risk is the disruption that is caused by the technology ,“ Rajnish Kumar, chairman, State Bank of India told ET in an interview. “We have to be very alert to this challenge. Protecting the turf and meeting the challenges from all the new fintech companies is the priority .“

Mumbai: Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the ratings on State Bank of India’s local and foreign currency deposits of Baa3/P-3 apart from affirming the Baa3 rating on its senior unsecured debt issued through its London branch and the Baa3 rating on its medium term note programme. While retaining the ratings on Monday, the global ratings agency noted that since the merger of its associate banks in April, SBI’s asset quality deteriorated significantly, which is also due to the economic disruptions since last November.

The Odisha government’s Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India have signed an MOU for integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber treasury. The MoU is a landmark initiative by the state government to facilitate revenue collection from citizens through digital banking platform, an official said. The SBI e-Pay is the payment aggregator service wing of the bank which will facilitate on line payment of government dues by the customers of any public/ private sector banks by using the payment gateway of SBI.

State Bank of India (SBI) will now give short-term working capital demand loans (WCDL) called the SME Assist to small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) equivalent to 80% of their input credit for a period of nine months, at a concessional rate of interest. The new facility will be available to 1.6 million SME customers that the bank services across the country.

New Delhi, Oct 9 () Reliance Industries and SBI promoted payments bank is in the process of finishing regulatory requirements and have not fixed any timeline for starting operations, an official said today.

"We have not really yet finalised (the launch date). It is not question of time, there are regulatory requirements, we will have to complete that. When that is over, we will start," a bank official told on the condition of anonymity.

A new era of credit appraisal is dawning on the nation's biggest lender, when it comes to funding small-scale companies. The State Bank of IndiaBSE 0.45 % is now assessing the borrower based on their bank statements instead of the balance sheet.

"We are now evaluating a company's ability to repay the loan based on their cash flow," said a senior SBI executive. "For this, we draw analysis from their bank statement of one year and collaborate it with their balance sheet."

To clean its books the country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is selling portfolio of 24 non-performing assets (NPAs) to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and finance companies. The total outstanding for 24 accounts is about Rs 3,554 crore, according to a document prepared for sale transactions.

The top accounts include Jai Balaji Industries (Rs 873 crore), MSP Metalics (Rs 554 crore) and Shiva Textfab Ltd (Rs 531 crore).

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