Assignment-1: Banking and Insurance
Assignment-1: Banking and Insurance
HDFC
HDFC Bank was amongst the first to receive an 'in-principle' approval
from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a bank in the private
sector from Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
(HDFC), in 1994 during the period of liberalization of the banking
sector in India. HDFC India was incorporated in August 1994 in the
name of 'HDFC Bank Limited'. HDFC Bank , one amongst the firsts of
the new generation, tech-savvy commercial banks of India, was set up in
august 1994 after the Reserve Bank of India allowed setting up of Banks
in the private sector
. The Bank was promoted by the Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited, a premier housing finance company (set up in
1977) of India.
HDFC Bank, has a network of over 684 branches spread over 316 cities
across India. All branches are linked on an online real-time basis.
Customers in over 120 locations are serviced through Telephone
Banking. The Bank also has a network of about over 1605 networked
ATMs across these cities.
SBI
State Bank of India (SBI) is India's largest commercial bank. SBI has a
vast domestic network of over 9000 branches (approximately 14% of all
bank branches) and commands one-fifth of deposits and loans of all
scheduled commercial banks in India.The State Bank Group includes a
network of eight banking subsidiaries and several non-banking
subsidiaries offering merchant banking services, fund management,
factoring services, primary dealership in government securities, credit
cards and insurance.
Loans
Education loan
Car loan
Home loan
Medi-Plus loan
TERM DEPOSITS
Flexibility in choosing the amount one wish to invest and the maturity period.
RECURRING DEPOSIT:-
Recurring deposit refers to a little investment by an investor to meet his financial goals of future.
Recurring deposit provides the element of compulsion to save at high rates of interest, wide
choice in period of deposit.
Features:-
Flexibility in period of deposit with maturity ranging from 12 months to 120 months.
Low minimum monthly deposit amount.
One can start a Recurring Deposit with SBI for a monthly instalment of Rs.100/- only.
DEPOSITS
CARDS
ONLINE INVESTEMENT
Loans
Personal loan
Education loan
Car loan
Home loan
Property loan
Some of the HDFC deposit products are:-
A Savings Account for everyone with a host of convenient features and banking channels to
transact through. So now you can bank at your convenience, without the stress of waiting in
queues.
CARDS :-
HDFC Bank offers a variety of cards to suit your different transactional needs. One can use these
cards for shopping, traveling or any other type of payments. These cards are of many types and
used for different purpose.
1. Credit cards: - Credit Cards give a smart way to shop, and offer flexibility and
convenience in managing finances. HDFC credit cards provide a lot of exciting offers
like low interest rate and high cash and credit limit.
2. Travel cards: - Travel cards give a flexibility to travel around the world. One can pay in
currency of various countries for traveling with the help of this card.
3. Debit Card: - this is a most common card. This can be used for shopping, billing of
electricity and telephony.
Loans:-
HDFC provides various loan schemes. It is a no. one home loan and car loan provider. Along
with this it provides personal and education loan.
Assets
Cash & Balances with RBI 21,652.70 29,076.43 51,534.62 55,546.17 61,290.87
Balance with Banks, Money at Call 22,907.30 22,892.27 15,931.72 48,857.63 34,892.98
Advances 261,641.53 337,336.49 416,768.20 542,503.20 631,914.15
Investments 162,534.24 149,148.88 189,501.27 275,953.96 285,790.07
Gross Block 7,424.84 8,061.92 8,988.35 10,403.06 11,831.63
Accumulated Depreciation 4,751.73 5,385.01 5,849.13 6,828.65 7,713.90
Net Block 2,673.11 2,676.91 3,139.22 3,574.41 4,117.73
Capital Work In Progress 79.82 141.95 234.26 263.44 295.18
Other Assets 22,380.84 25,292.31 44,417.03 37,733.27 35,112.76
Total Assets 493,869.54 566,565.24 721,526.32 964,432.08 1,053,413.74
Key Financial Ratios of State Bank of India ------------------- in Rs. Cr. -------------------
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Assets
Cash & Balances with RBI 2,650.13 3,306.61 5,182.48 12,553.18 13,527.21
Balance with Banks, Money at Call 1,823.87 3,612.39 3,971.40 2,225.16 3,979.41
Advances 25,566.30 35,061.26 46,944.78 63,426.90 98,883.05
Investments 19,349.81 28,393.96 30,564.80 49,393.54 58,817.55
Gross Block 1,290.51 1,589.47 1,917.56 2,386.99 3,956.63
Accumulated Depreciation 582.19 734.39 950.89 1,211.86 2,249.90
Net Block 708.32 855.08 966.67 1,175.13 1,706.73
Capital Work In Progress 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Other Assets 1,330.57 2,277.09 3,605.48 4,402.69 6,356.83
Total Assets 51,429.00 73,506.39 91,235.61 133,176.60 183,270.78
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SBI is the largest and oldest bank of India. Its major stocks are held by government of
India. So this bank enjoys the trust of its Customers a lot.
SBI offers flexible tenures of loan repayment.
SBI group, which has over 10,000 branches, is planning to add another 3,000 branches.
It is also set to become the largest issuer of debit cards and is the second largest credit
card issuer.
Comparison
PERIOD OF DEPOSIT
SBI – Flexibility in period of deposit with maturity ranging from 6 months to 10 years.
HDFC - The minimum period is 6 months, and thereafter-in multiples of 3 months.
DEFAULT PAYMENT
Delayed monthly installments in SBI attract minimal penalty at the rate of Rs. 1.50/- for
every Rs. 100/- per month for deposits up to 5 years and Rs. 2/- per Rs. 100/- in case of
longer maturities. Installments payable in multiples of Rs.10/-.
MATURITY PERIOD
SBI – Minimum maturity period is 46 days.
HDFC – Minimum maturity is 91 days.
1. Strengths
Convenience to reach-It is the oldest bank of the country. Having nationwide coverage,
each and every part of the country has at least one branch.
Minimum amount required to open the account: For SBI it is only Rupees100 to open
the account making RD account more affordable.
Minimum period for renewing the account: It is not necessary to renew the account in
multiples of 3 as in case of HDFC.
Reputation: Having the reputation of being the India’s largest branch is the biggest
strength of HDFC.
2. Weakness
Lack of automation in all the branches, hindering the facility of any -where accessibility.
3. Opportunities
Maintaining strong Customer Relationship with the customers so that their government
sector image can be changed.
Through automating its each and every branch, it can take better advantage of its
nationwide coverage.
4. Threats
Opening Banking Sector for FDI pose major threat for Nationalized Banks. Its major
competitors are HDFC and ICICI
HDFC
1. Strengths
2. Weakness
3. Opportunity
Should aim at nationwide coverage specially the small towns and villages.
Introducing more flexibility in Minimum amount required to open the account and period
of renewal.
4. Threats
All the new private sector banks and nationalized banks that are moving towards
Customer Orientation. Major competitor is SBI and PNB.
CONCLUSION:
The gap between SBI and the rest of the bank is so wide that SBI comes out as number
one on almost all counts. This includes assets, branch network, ATM network, number of
employees, and size of profits. The only place that HDFC Bank has been able to upset the
monolith has been in the area of market capitalization.
One reason why SBI has lagged in market cap despite its size has been its inability to
unlock value from its various businesses. However, there are signs that this is changing
and the bank is making attempts to realize the value of its investments in the life
insurance and asset management business.
SBI and HDFC are both India’s largest banks. Their growth means India’s growth. And
by this competition customers will be benefited and Indian economy will get a boost.