SBI gets GOI nod for acquisition of SBICI Bank

30 Jul 2011 Evaluate

State Bank of India (SBI) has received an approval from the Government of India (GOI) for acquisition of SBI Commercial and International Bank (SBICI Bank). The government had issued the 'Acquisition of SBICI Bank Order 2011' vide order dated July 29, 2011. The said order has been issued pursuant to sub-section (2) of Section 35 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955). In terms of the said order, the entire undertaking of SBICI Bank stands transferred to and vests in the State Bank of India from the date of publication in the Gazette, i.e. from July 29, 2011.

SBICI Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI, which was set up in 1994 after taking over the Indian operations of the erstwhile Bank of Credit & Commerce International (BCCI), which went into liquidation in 1991. SBICI Bank has only two branches, both in Mumbai.

Recently in April this year, State Bank of India had opened its 25,000th ATM and the 9,000th semi-urban branch. The 25,000th ATM was located at south Mumbai's Girgaon, the 9,000th rural, semi-urban (Rusu) branch was at Sundargarh in Orissa's Bhubaneswar circle. It was also planning to deploy 10,000 ATMs every year over the next three years.

The State Bank Group had 25,000 ATMs, out of which SBI alone had 20,087. SBI Group had put up as many as 13,596 ATMs. SBI's ATM network processes over 7.5 million transactions a day, disbursing nearly Rs 1,500 crore in cash. The bank had issued over 90 million debit cards and enjoys a market share of over 38%.  Of the 13,500 plus SBI branches, as much as 67% are located in rural and semi-urban areas. From June 2006 to March 2011, more than 3,400 branches were opened by SBI alone. The State Bank Group now has 18,181 branches. In FY11, SBI opened 1,040 branches, including the merged branches of State Bank of Indore.

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