Best Banks of India

Updated : Mar 22, 2024

GIFT City need to be benchmarked to global IFSCs, says Ashish Chauhan of NSE

Ashishkumar Chauhan, MD & CEO of NSE believes that the regulatory framework of GIFT City especially those related to the speed of execution must be benchmarked to similar special zones of Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore or London

Experts said that the small banks and the payment banking sector have a wealth of opportunities to offer but everything depends on the technology they are deploying and the products they are building.

Updated : Jan 13, 2023

BT Banking & Economy summit: Here's how COVID-19 altered India's small finance banks' landscape

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the wealth of opportunities within the payments and small banks segment. Experts decode a few of them and how the sector benefitted from them.

India which underwent a turbulent time of two-and-half years of the COVID-19 pandemic realised the importance of the less developed regions when people migrated from metros to these cities.

Updated : Jan 13, 2023

BT Banking & Economy summit: From Dharavi to BIMARU, finance experts urge banks to look beyond metros

While banks in India were successful in coming out of the turbulent COVID-19 pandemic, it’s time to decode where they will see the next set of growth from.

Updated : Dec 30, 2014

Our ambition is to attain largest medium-size bank stature, says YES Bank CEO

Rana Kapoor, Managing Director and CEO of YES Bank speaks on the achievements and growth of the bank since its launch. He says that, qualitatively, bank has done exceptionally well. Despite the domestic and global challenges the bank has been able to achieve a compounded growth rate of 24-25 per cent in last five years.

Updated : Dec 30, 2014

UCO Bank strongly believes in technology says chairman Arun Kaul

Arun Kaul, chairman and managing director of UCO Bank tells about the different operations his bank carries out and why the bank relies heavily on technology.

Sanjeev Mittal, Country Head, The Bank of Nova Scotia

Updated : Nov 20, 2013

'The Bank of Nova Scotia will continue to be client driven'

Sanjeev Mittal, Country Head, The Bank of Nova Scotia, shares with Business Today the bank's strategy to leverage its global strengths and offer the same to clients in India.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

'Axis Bank has more holistic offerings for customers today'

Shikha Sharma, MD & CEO, Axis Bank, shares how the lender strives to meet the needs of customers across the board with different offerings.

Vishwavir Ahuja, MD and CEO, Ratnakar Bank

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

'Ratnakar Bank looks to compete with mainstream lenders'

Vishwavir Ahuja, MD and CEO, Ratnakar Bank, shares the management's plan to transform the bank's services and enhance its reach across board.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

Young staff an enormous advantage for IDBI Bank, says MD

MS Raghavan, CMD, IDBI Bank, shares the bank's strengths, including holding on to corporate financing despite converting into a commercial bank.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

JPMorgan Chase has a phenomenal opportunity in India: Kalpana Morparia

Kalpana Morparia, CEO, JPMorgan Chase, tells Business Today why India offers more opportunities than challenges.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

Semi-urban and rural India offer big opportunity to banks: Aditya Puri

Aditya Puri, MD & CEO, HDFC Bank, which is the winner in Large Banks category of Business Today-KPMG Best Banks survey talks about the lender's plans to expand in rural India.

Kaku Nahate, Country Head, Bank of America

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

We are optimistic about the future in India, says Bank of America

Kaku Nahate, Country Head, Bank of America, talks about it put its global presence and expertise gained to good use in India, including working with regulators to develop India's capital markets.

Updated : Nov 19, 2013

Asset quality at HSBC is very important, says India CEO

Stuart Milne, CEO, HSBC India, shares why the lender is a 'conservative' organisation when it comes to narrowing down on customers across sectors.

Updated : Nov 27, 2012

What is driving Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ's growth?

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd emerged the best in terms of growth among small-sized banks in the 2012 BT-KPMG Best Banks Study. Michihiro Enomoto, its Regional Executive for India, says that it is focusing on becoming one of the premier foreign financial institutions in India.

V.A. Joseph, Managing Director and CEO of South Indian Bank

Updated : Nov 27, 2012

The journey of South Indian Bank

Speaking about the history of South Indian Bank,  Managing Director and CEO V.A. Joseph, says since the bank started its operations from Thrissur it is always desirable that its headquarter remains in that place.

Updated : Nov 27, 2012

The core values driving Dhanlaxmi Bank

Dhanlaxmi Bank handles the accounts of over 3,000 temples and hundreds of churches in Kerala. Managing Director and CEO, P.G. Jayakumar, speaks about its core values.

Updated : Nov 26, 2012

Catholic Syrian Bank focusing on service differentiation

V.P. Iswardas, Managing Director and CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank, says whatever be the processes or technology, it should be supplemented with quality customer service.

Updated : Nov 26, 2012

NPA situation a concern but not alarming: RBI chief

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao speaks about the central bank's concern over the rise of non-performing assets in the banking system.

Kalpana Morparia, CEO of JP Morgan India

Updated : Nov 26, 2012

JPMorgan aims to double the number of clients in 5 years

JPMorgan Chase Bank emerged the best overall performer among small-sized banks in the 2012 BT-KPMG Best Banks Study.  Kalpana Morparia, CEO of JP Morgan India, says the bank is very excited about the growth prospects in India.

Updated : Nov 26, 2012

How Deutsche Bank built a strong balance sheet in India

Deutsche Bank, led by CEO Ravneet Gill in India, was the best mid-sized bank in terms of quality of assets in the 2012 BT-KPMG Best Banks Study. He sheds light into the bank's risk management systems.

Updated : Nov 26, 2012

DBS Bank banking on superior customer service

DBS Bank, led by General Manager & CEO Sanjiv Bhasin in India, was the best mid-sized bank in terms of productivity and efficiency in the 2012 BT-KPMG Best Banks Study. He says that the bank is constantly improving its processes to offer better customer service.