Buoyed by impressive net interest income margins, State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, hopes for better than expected performance for the third quarter (October-December) of the current financial year.

Buoyed by impressive net interest margins, State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender hopes to post better than expected performance for the third quarter (October-December period) of the current fiscal.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest state-owned lender, today said its profit this fiscal will surpass that of last year, and announced plans to expand operations overseas through subsidiaries including one in Australia.

Country's largest lender State Bank of India has decided to waive guarantees and annual service fees on loans given to small and medium businesses, guaranteed under the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust scheme.

The State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, will name and shame 'wilful' defaulters and put their pictures in newspapers to get them to pay up, a leading business daily said on Saturday.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, today said it has an exposure of Rs 4,500 crore in the telecom companies whose licences have been cancelled by the Supreme Court in connection with 2G scam.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country's top lender, is not worried about loans to telecom companies, whose licences have been cancelled, going bad as they may bid again, its deputy managing director Santosh Nair said.

The deputy governor will meet eight to 10 banks this month to get details on bad and restructured loans, a Reuters report suggests.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, said interest rates may ease before the central bank reduces the policy rates, as higher rates have started hurting the industry.

State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, could ease lending rates even before the RBI cuts rates, its Chief Financial Officer Diwakar Gupta said.

India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) is looking to expand its presence in the Gulf region, a senior bank official said.

State Bank of India , the country's biggest lender, will need to raise more funds beyond the $1.6 billion assured by the government to meet rising demand for loans in an expanding economy, Chief Financial Officer Diwakar Gupta said.

State Bank of India (SBI) is trading higher by 3% at Rs 2,050 after the government agreed to infuse Rs 7,900 crore into the bank through a preferential issue.

Country's largest lender SBI today said the government has approved capital infusion of Rs 7,900 crore in the bank, a development that will help the lender to increase its business activities.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s biggest lender, said it could revive international fundraising plans in three-four months, a sign it believed the euro zone crisis might be easing.

State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, said it could revive international fundraising plans in 3-4 months, in a sign it believed the euro zone crisis might be easing.

Indian banks may reduce lending rates for select sectors including those that are seeing higher demand for credit and lower level of defaults, chairman of State Bank of India, the country's top lender, said on Tuesday.

Debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines can come out of the crisis with the infusion of capital as it is still a "good brand", its largest creditor State Bank of India (SBI) said today.

State Bank of India, the country's biggest lender, is not considering selling the bad loans of Kingfisher Airlines and still has faith the beleaguered carrier will turn around, Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri told reporters.

The comfort level of lenders with Air India is "complete and total," Pratip Chaudhuri, chairman of State Bank of India, the leader of the consortium of lenders to the state-run carrier said on Thursday.