Market Size: The Indian banking system consists of 27 public sector
banks, 22 private sector banks, 44 foreign banks, 56 regional rural banks,
1,589 urban cooperative banks and 93,550 rural cooperative banks, in addition
to cooperative credit institutions. Bank credit grew at 12.64 per cent year-on-
year to Rs 85.511 lakh crore (US$ 1,326.78 billion) on May 11, 2018 from Rs
75.91 lakh crore (US$ 1,131.47) on May 12, 2017.
India has the highest number of bank branches in the world. According
to IMF data for 2015 there are over 1.2 lakh bank branches in India, followed by
China and Colombia with over 95,680 and 94,074 bank branches respectively.
RBI data for the June 2016 quarter shows India now has over 1.3 lakh bank
branches
Despite this feat, India has far fewer banks compared to its population
size. There only 13.54 bank branches per 1 lakh adults. Colombia, with 257.69
bank branches per 1 lakh adults, tops this list. Among our neighboring
countries, Sri Lanka has better reach with nearly 18.58 bank branches per 1
lakh people. China, Pakistan and Nepal have around 8 bank branches per 1
lakh people, and Myanmar has the least with just 3.3. India has 42.54 bank
branches per 1,000 sq km. China, given its vast geographical size, has just
over 9.5 bank branches per 1,000 sq km.
Banks are required to provide all the forms (opening a bank account,
obtaining a cheque book, etc.) to their customers in three languages- Hindi,
English, and an appropriate regional language.
REVENUE SOURCES OF BANK:
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