by Suman Gupta
Mumbai, November 21, 2022: Under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, State Bank of India Chairman, Shri Dinesh Khara donated 2 Cardiac life-saving ambulances to Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar’s “The Art of Living” and Maratha Mandir’s “Babasaheb Gawde Charitable Hospital in Vile Parle (East). The function took place at the Circle’s office in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai.
The initiative was well appreciated by both the NGO/Hospital and also by general customers of the bank. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Dinesh Khara, Chairman, SBI reiterated the bank’s commitment to support the underprivileged. We are hopeful that these ambulances will help the people – in need to access immediate medical attention. At SBI, we constantly endeavour to contribute towards the welfare of the society, he added.
The function was attended by the Chief General Manager (CGM) of Mumbai Metro Circle, Shri G. S. Rana along with Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, CGM – Maharashtra Circle, Smt. Joohi Smita Sinha and Shri. Manoj Kumar Sinha, General Managers of SBI.
About State Bank of India:State Bank of India is the largest commercial bank in terms of assets, deposits, branches, customers, and employees. SBI has 22,309 branches and 65,796 ATMs / ADWMs in India with 66,757 BC outlets. As on September 30, 2022, the bank has a deposit base of over Rs. 41.90 lakh crore and advances of more than Rs. 30 lakh crore. It is also the largest mortgage lender in the country which has so far fulfilled the home buying dreams of over 30 lakh Indian families. SBI commands a market share of 32.9% and 19.2% in home loans and auto loans respectively. The number of customers using internet banking and mobile banking stand at 107 million and 54 million respectively. With SBI’s digital strategy right on track – the bank witnessed 63% of new savings accounts opened through the integrated digital and lifestyle platform YONO in FY23. SBI observed 23,200 new digital savings bank accounts being opened per day via YONO in the quarter ended September 2022. YONO, which has 5.44 crore registered users, witnessed 72.75 lakh customer visiting YONO Shop & Order in Q2 FY23. SBI also has the highest number of followers on Facebook and Twitter amongst all banks worldwide.
