Best Banks 2015

Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, Yes Bank (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

Steady Ascent

Till recently, it was focusing on the corporate and commercial lending side of the business that has seen it rake up a balance sheet size of Rs 1.36 lakh crore in merely 11 years of operations.

Vishvawir Ahuja MD & CEO, RBL Bank (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

The bank is looking to grow 10 per cent above the industry average. "Our investors expect it," says Managing Director and CEO Vishwavir Ahuja who has managed to transform the erstwhile Ratnakar Bank into the country's fastest-growing small bank.

From left: Aditya Puri, MD & CEO; Paresh Sukthankar, Deputy Managing Director; and Kaizad Bharucha, Executive Director (Photo: Rachit Goswami)

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

Best In Class

The bank has been using the developments in the digital world to streamline operations. It has been investing a lot in data warehousing, social media linkages, data analytics and mobile-based innovations.

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

Enter the challengers

Payments banks will penetrate the remotest villages - possibly with a lot of help from the mobile phone. Their success will depend on how they approach the market and their value propositions.

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

A long Road Ahead

In the past four years, the gross NPAs of banks have climbed up from 2.36 per cent to 4.3 per cent of total assets to Rs 3,23,344 crore.

Updated : Feb 6, 2016

India's Best Banks

Updated : Feb 4, 2016

India's Best Banks: Full Rankings

Business Today-KPMG survey on India's best banks.

SBI's Rural Self-employment Training Institute at Kendrapara, Odisha

Updated : Feb 1, 2016

Beyond Opening Accounts

India's largest bank is using technology and banking correspondents in a big way to take financial services to remote areas.

Updated : Jan 29, 2016

Innovation-Led

One of the innovations, Mobile banking, has seen impressive growth. The proof is in the numbers. The bank clocked Rs 15,775 crore in mobile transactions for the full year 2014/15.

Updated : Jan 27, 2016

New Turf War

Payments banks have thrown their hats in the ring to take on an established banking industry on the back of innovations and first-mover advantage. Will the banks be able to counter with equal zeal?