While the value of the bids by NBCC and Suraksha grouo could not be ascertained, two other shortlisted players - Kotak Investment and Cube Highways - did not submit bids.

Phishing is one of the most cyber frauds in India so leading banks like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank now prominently display advisories on their websites to alert customers.

In the previous fortnight ended January 18, deposits had increased by 9.69 percent to Rs 119.86 lakh crore and credit grew by 14.61 percent to Rs 93.32 lakh crore.

They used to be called sneaky or hidden fees. But while all banks clearly list fees for sundry services like SMS alerts, ATM transactions and reward points redemption in their respective charges schedules, they are easy to miss.

According to Arvind Gupta, the ICICI Bank-Videocon Group quid pro quo loans whistleblower, SBI's \"financial adventurism will expose public funds to a serious NPA risk\" and, hence, calls for \"serious reconsideration\"

Tepid earnings by some more companies and foreign fund outflows also dampened trading sentiments, brokers said. After opening on a positive note, the BSE Sensex advanced to hit an intraday high of 36,465.40 points in opening trade, driven by a firming trend at other Asian markets.

Only ITC and HDFC from the top-10 list suffered losses in their market capitalisation

ICICI had filed an application with the DRAT to recover defaulted loan dues from Subhiksha, but it was dismissed as the bank failed to produce certificates along with the computer-generated bank statements.

Analysts said investor sentiment was bullish ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy meeting outcome, scheduled for Thursday.