Public Sector Banks in India

Public Sector Banks in India refers to those banks in which the Government equity / shareholding is more than 50%. At present, there are 22 Public Sector Banks in India of which 21 are scheduled commercial banks while one viz. India Post Payment Bank is a payment bank. These along with their current government equity […]

Types of Banks

There are several types of the banks worldwide. Some important types of the Banks world-wide are as follows: Central Banks Central Banks, also known as Reserve Banks or Monetary Authorities are generally the top banking institution of a country with responsibilities such as managing currency, foreign exchange, money supply, interest rates etc. of that country. […]

What is Bancassurance?

Bancassurance is a term which means selling of insurance products through banks. Various banks and insurance companies enter into a partnership and the banks then sells the company’s insurance products to its clients. It is a win-win situation for both the parties as the bank earns non-interest income in form of fee amount from the […]

Payment Banks

About 40%-50% of India’s 1.25 billion population is eligible to open a bank account, but is still unbanked . In the Union Budget 2014-2015, the finance minister Arun Jaitley announced that RBI will create a framework for licensing small banks and other differentiated banks. The objective of differentiated banks was to serve the niche interests […]