Indian Banking Industry: Challenges And Opportunities

The banking industry in India has a huge canvas of history, which covers the traditional bankingpractices from the time of Britishers to the reforms period, nationalization to privatization of banksand now increasing numbers of foreign banks in India. Therefore, Banking in India has beenthrough a long journey. Banking industry in India has also achieved a new height with thechanging times. The use of technology has brought a revolution in the working style of the banks.Nevertheless, the fundamental aspects of banking i.e. trust and the confidence of the people onthe institution remain the same. The majority of the banks are still successful in keeping with theconfidence of the shareholders as well as other stakeholders. However, with the changingdynamics of banking business brings new kind of risk exposure.In this paper an attempt has been made to identify the general sentiments, challenges andopportunities for the Indian Banking Industry. This article is divided in three parts. First partincludes the introduction and general scenario of Indian banking industry. The second partdiscusses the various challenges and opportunities faced by Indian banking industry. Third partconcludes that urgent emphasis is required on the Indian banking product and marketingstrategies in order to get sustainable competitive edge over the intense competition from nationaland global banks.This article is a small seed to existing branch of knowledge in banking industry and is useful forbankers, strategist, policy makers and researchers.