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SBI plans to put automated system to cut zero balance account cost

06 Dec 2013 Evaluate

State Bank of India (SBI), country’s largest public sector lender is reportedly planning to put an automated system that would reduce the cost on zero balance saving accounts which are adding to higher cost but not improving the bank's CASA ratio. The bank has been opening a lot of free saving bank accounts as part of financial inclusion and carry a cost. The bank is trying to take out the manual intervention to slash cost. The bank's CASA ratio is under pressure since the last three quarters of the current financial year. CASA ratio in September quarter was 43.58% against 44.95% in the same quarter last year.

State Bank of India has reported 35.07% fall in its net profit at Rs 2375.01 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared to Rs 3658.14 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income of the bank has increased by 12.88% at Rs 37199.92 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 32953.47 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

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