2. INTRODUCTION
Typical mass market banking in which
individual customers use local branches of
larger commercial banks.
Aims to be the one-stop shop for as many
financial services as possible on behalf of
retail clients
3. Retail banking sector is characterized by
three basic characteristics :
Multiple products
Multiple channels of distribution
Multiple customer groups
4. WHY RETAIL BANKING?
Changing customer demographic demands.
Higher penetration of technology.
Reduction of cost.
Market demands and challenges.
Needs of individual customers.
5. ADVANTAGES
Retail deposits are stable and constitute
core deposits.
They are interest insensitive and less
bargaining for additional interest.
Retail banking increases the subsidiary
business of the banks.
Retailbanking results in better yield and
improved bottom line for a bank.
Retailsegment is a good avenue for funds
deployment.
6. DISADVANTAGES
Designing own and new financial products is
very costly and time consuming for the bank.
This does not allow banks to exploit the
advantage of earning huge profits from single
customer as in case of wholesale banking.
Though banks are investing heavily in
technology, they are not able to exploit the
same to the full extent.
7. CHALLENGES OF RETAIL
BANKING
The issue of money laundering is very
important in retail banking. This forces all
the banks to consider seriously all the
documents which they accept while
approving the loans.
Banks are expected to take utmost care
to retain the on going trust of the public.
8. Customer service should be at the end all in
retail banking.
Innovative strategies to meet customer’s
needs and requirements in terms of services,
products etc.
Dependency on technology has brought IT
departments 'additional responsibilities
Security Level
9. The efficiency of operations would provide
the competitive edge for the success in
retail banking in coming years.
The customer retention is of supreme
important for the profitability in retail
banking business
Acute shortage of manpower talent of this
specific nature, modern banking professional,
for a modern banking sector.
10. LIST OF BANKS
State Bank of India
HDFC
ICICI Bank
Punjab National Bank
Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp(HSBC)
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Sundaram Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce
UTI Bank (AXIS Bank)
Punjab National bank(PNB)