The SBI’s home loan portfolio had reached 5.61 trillion yen as of the 31st of March, marking an 11.5 percent increase from the previous year.
Following the merger of Housing Development Finance Corp. (HDFC) and HDFC Bank, the chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), Dinesh Khara, informed shareholders on Wednesday that the bank is taking initiatives to compete with the combined power of HDFC and HDFC Bank.
The State Bank of India (SBI) is the most prominent mortgage lender in the country. Our current share of the home loan market among scheduled commercial banks is 35.3%; we are highly aware of the HDFC-HDFC Bank merger and are taking the required preparations to compete with the newly formed competition “Khara stated this during the bank’s 67th annual general meeting. “tition,”
In April, HDFC Bank and HDFC stated that they would be working together to create a consolidated business that would be more competitive and give access to a captive client base so that goods could be cross-sold to those customers. It is anticipated that the merger would be finalised in eighteen months, subject to regulatory and other clearances. The completion of the merger will result in a major widening of its advantage over private sector counterparts ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, in terms of total loans.
At the moment, HDFC Bank is currently participating with HDFC in the provision of mortgage loans. According to the terms of the agreement, HDFC Bank is in charge of selling house loans, while HDFC is responsible for approving and disbursing loan funds. In exchange for the transactions, HDFC Bank receives a sourcing fee, and it also has the opportunity to buy up to seventy percent of the loans once they have been fully disbursed. The loan book of the amalgamated business was at 17.9 trillion rupees as of the 31st of December, putting it a significant distance ahead of ICICI Bank’s 8.14 trillion and Axis Bank’s 6.65 trillion. At the end of December, SBI’s overall loan portfolio was worth 26.64 trillion yen.
As of the end of December, mortgages would account for 33 percent of the total loan book of 17.9 trillion dollars, which is equal to 5.9 trillion dollars, as stated in the disclosures that were made as part of the announcement of the merger. As of the 31st of December, the total amount of house loans held by SBI was 5.4 trillion yen.
The SBI’s home loan portfolio had reached 5.61 trillion yen as of the 31st of March, marking an 11.5 percent increase from the previous year. SBI’s house loan book currently accounts for 23.87 percent of the company’s total advances, up from about 1 trillion yen when it was first established in 2011. According to the most recent annual report that the bank published, during the fiscal year 2021-22, the institution issued close to 1.46 trillion yen in mortgage loans and other loans relating to the industry.
“The process of further digitising the entirety of the home loan journey has reached an advanced level. In-house digital platforms like Yono and Online Customer Acquisition Solution/Retail Assets Acquisition Solution are being heavily marketed as resource tools with the goal of increasing our market share and maximising our home loan company “According to the annual report provided by SBI.
The bank is also speeding up its digital agenda, which includes extending the range of functionality and accessibility of the Yono app by utilising sophisticated analytics. Khara was mentioned in the SBI’s annual report as saying that in order to improve the lender’s market penetration and reach, the bank would investigate the possibility of forming partnerships with non-banking financial firms and financial technology companies that are mutually beneficial. As of the end of March, the SBI had a total of 22,266 branches, more than 68,000 business correspondents, and more than 65,000 automated teller machines, with 12,872 of those machines being able to handle both deposits and withdrawals.
As part of the company’s commitment to be prepared for the future, it was reported in March by Mint that SBI is preparing to establish a distinct digital organisation and would update its mobile app, which it will then rename Only Yono.
According to the annual report, as of the 31st of March, Yono had 48.35 million registered users, had witnessed 111.74 million downloads, and established 26,000 new digital savings bank accounts per day.