Theme :-
- State Bank of India’s five associate banks will be merged with SBI from 1st April, 2017. This is the biggest merger yet in the Indian banking industry.
Good :-
- With this move, SBI’s assets will be 37 lakh crore rupees with nearly 50 crore customer base. Hence SBI’s rankings will go up in global banking stage.
- Large international bank will be created in India.
- Costs of operations will be reduced. Profits will be increased.
- Consolidated SBI can secure a place in the global list of top 50 large banks.
- Internationally sourced funds and domestic deposits will be increased.
Bad :-
- Consolidated SBI will be too big, nearly four times to its next competitor. This will result in monopoly situation. Lack of competitive spirit may slow down the progress.
- If SBI faces financial crisis, state will not be capable to provide the required capital, because SBI will be too big.
- Due to its huge share in Economy, losses for SBI will have a significant negative impact on Indian Economy.
- Merger will be an expensive and herculean task.
- Future recruitment will slow down for the next 3 to 4 years.
- Customers of associate banks may lose personalized service, because of impersonal nature of SBI.
- Merger will deepen the problem of bad debts.
Conclusion :-
SBI merger with associate banks benefits Indian banking industry as well as Indian Economy. However the move has many challenges.
Your Turn…
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