State Bank Of India

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has extended the banking hours at all its branches in Maharashtra on April 4 for the convenience of customers, post three days of holidays. The banks were shut on April 1 on account of annual closing of bank accounts and also on April 2 and April 3 due to public holidays.

The bank has registered a rise of 30.24% in its net profit at Rs 2910.06 crore for third quarter ended December 31, 2014 under review as compared to Rs 2234.34 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income of the bank has increased 12.07% at Rs 43783.91 crore for Q3FY15 as compared Rs 39067.91 crore for the corresponding quarter previous year.