8. Indian Banking: Strength & Weaknesses Major Strength Areas Regulatory Systems Economic Growth Rate Technological Advancement Risk Assessment Systems Credit Quality
9. Area to be geared up for future Growth. Diversification of markets beyond big cities Size of banks HR Systems Banking Infrastructure Labour Inflexibilities High Transaction Costs
10. Company Introduction Founded --1853 Headquarters -- London Key people -- JohnPeace(Chairman) Industry -- Banking Products -- Financial Services Operating Profit -- $15184 m (2009) Profit before taxation -- $5151 m (2009) Employees -- 77326 (2009) Branches - 1700 (world) - 90 (India) - 3 (Punjab) Head quarters in India - Mumbai CEO in India - NeerajSwaroop
13. The new millennium has brought with it two of the largest acquisitions in the history of the bank with the purchase of Grind lays Bank from the ANZ Group and the acquisition of the Chase Consumer Banking operations in Hong Kong in 2000. Standard Chartered Completes Acquisition Of American Express Bank For $823 Million