04-04-2017, 04:56 PM
The state-owned bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a corporation owned by the government with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. As of 2016-17, it had assets of ₹30.72 trillion (US $ 460 billion) and more than 14,000 branches, including 191 foreign offices in 36 countries, becoming the largest banking and financial services company in India by assets. Ranked 232 on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest corporations as of 2016.
The Bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding, in 1806, of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged into the other two "presidency banks" in British India, Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay, to form the Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became the State Bank of India in 1955. Bank of India in 1955, with the Central Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed the State Bank of India. In 2008, the government took over the holding of the Reserve Bank of India. State Bank of India is a banking giant and has a 20% market share in deposits and loans among Indian commercial banks.
SBI has been providing its services in India as one of the largest banking recruiting authorities. Banking job seekers know this bank as one of the largest recruits of test officers and special officers compared to other banks in India. In 2016, Google's search trends also indicated that SBI jobs is one of the most sought-after keywords compared to other banks.