9. Problem of Stressed Assets Plaguing Banks
•Between August and December 2015, RBI has inspected Advances portfolio of all Banks and asked them to clean up balance sheets by March 2017, extending to March 2018.
•Gross NPA of listed Banks rose by 6.44% in Sep’16 quarter, lower than 8.87% in June’16 quarter but went up to 16.6% in June 2017 before coming down to 1.35% in Sept’17 quarter.
•Rise in Net NPA in June’16 quarter was 9.13%, which got reduced to 4.81% in Sep’16 quarter.
•This trend did see quarterly ups and downs in 2017-18, but we witnessed further enhancement in NPA levels. Stressed assets reportedly have crossed Rs 8.5 lakh crores mark in December 2017 quarter.
10. Banks are Embracing Advanced Analytics in Addition to Orthodox Business Intelligence Solutions
•Banks are leveraging advanced analytics to study transaction pattern of customers and mitigate risk associated with fraud.
•Banks will derive benefits out of transaction pattern to formulate business strategy and make vital decisions.
•Increased compliance is likely to help in avoiding potential monetary and reputation damages.
•Banks save on operating costs by reducing TAT of various activities and optimizing channel usage.
11. Banks are Focusing on Financial Inclusion and Awareness for Business Growth and Customer Engagement
•Financial inclusion and awareness provide Banks the opportunities to increase their business and create a sustainable business model.
•Banks need to develop an innovative service delivery using digital technology to target unbanked and under-banked segments.
•Discernible challenges for Banks would be coming from Payment Banks and the SFBs.
•Banks would need to leverage both branch and alternate channels to effectively reach out to customers and increase effectiveness of their financial inclusion and financial awareness initiatives.
12. Entry of Specialized Banks
•Banking Landscape has changed forever with likely entry of one-and-a-half-dozen new entrants.
•10 Small Finance Banks and 8 Payment Banks have/would commence(d) operations in 2017-2018.
•New entrants will intensify competition, particularly in un-banked and under-banked areas with new products and higher interest, thereby contributing to the RBI objective of Financial Inclusion.
•One Payment Bank was offering 7.25% interest on savings account and free talk time to a limited extent.
Keep watching this space for more updates on Trends in Banking!
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