Case Study Sip
Case Study Sip
BANKING INDUSTRY
Punjab National Bank is one of the oldest banks in India having a virtual
presence in every important center of the country. The bank caters to a
wide variety of audience through spectrum of services including
corporate and personal banking, industrial finance, agricultural finance
and international finance.
Also being the, India’s first swadeshi bank, Punjab National Bank
commenced its operations on april12,1895 from Lahore with an
authorized capital of Rs 2lacs and working capital of Rs 20000. During
the long history of the bank, 7 banks have merged with PNB. Domestic
business of the bank is over 10lacs crore and the bank continues to
maintain its forte in low cost CASA deposits. The banks focused attention
on improving the asset quality resulted into decline in GNPA and NNPAs
by Rs 8886crore and Rs 13009crore respectively over march’18. As on
31 december’18, PNB is having 3 overseas branches in Hongkong, Dubai
and offshore banking unit in Mumbai and representative office at
Dubai(UAE). Also the bank stands at second position in number of
outstanding debit cards in the industry and number of outstanding credit
cards among all PSBs. To follow up the bank opened its first digital
branch- PNB DIGIHUT at head office, Dwarka and the concept is being
replicated at other major centers. Recently the bank has tied up with one
of the biggest E-commerce players “AMAZON” for providing lucrative
deals to the customers. There is a growing awareness that banks cannot
excel at every activity and that it may be easier and cheaper to outsource
non core activities. However, the threat of disintermediation in the
payments industry is both real and imminent, taking profits away from
traditional incumbent financial institutions.
In the previous year, the industry saw growth in the teens, though still
under performing the wider Indian stock market. Punjab National Bank
lags the pack with its earnings falling by more than half over the past year,
which indicates the company has been growing at a slower pace than its
banking peers. However, the future seems brighter as it expects an
industry beating growth rate of 73.65% in the upcoming year. Going
forward, the bank will continue to make efforts to maintain momentum in
recoveries in NPA accounts, augment CASA deposits and drive the
progress with focus on leveraging big and artificial intelligence.
[SOURCE: www.pnbindia.com, www.moneyworks4me.com, simplyway.st]