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SBI partners AISECT for nationwide roll-out of electronic toll collection
29 Dec 2016
The project will use SBI’s rechargeable FASTag that allows automatic deduction of toll charges to allow people to pass through the toll plaza without waiting for cash transaction across 370 toll plazas on the national highways
SBI slashes bulk deposit rates by up to 1.9%
24 Nov 2016
At 3.85 per cent the revised rate of interest on 180-210-day fixed deposits is lower than rates on savings accounts, which currently stands at a minimum of 4 per cent
Demonetisation: SBI chief sees normalcy in 10 days
16 Nov 2016
With incremental deposits of more than Rs300,000 crore collected by banks across the country, SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya says that interest rates will fall on loans and deposits
SBI blocks 6 lakh debit cards over security breach
20 Oct 2016
State Bank of India has blocked six lakh debit cards following a security breach that occurred in a non-SBI ATM network and will replace these with new ones
SBI looks to raise $1.5 bn through overseas debt
24 Aug 2016
SBI board approves merger of 3 associate banks, BMB
18 Aug 2016
The merger of all five associate banks and the newly-created Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with SBI will create a banking behemoth with combined assets of over Rs37,00,000 crore
Bank staff strike work to protest mergers, privatisation and rising NPAs
29 Jul 2016
The bank unions are against the government's decision to allow State Bank of India to merge its associate banks with itself
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