Award Categories
2021
*based on ratings of employees who have worked
in the company in the year 2020
Categories are based on Indian employee count of respective companies. Ranks are awarded by Standard Competition ranking method.
9 Best Banking Companies
Mega companies category
more than 50,000 employees in India
#1 HDFC Bank
The Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited or HDFC was among the first financial institutions in India to receive an “in principle” approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a bank in the private sector. This was done as part of RBI’s policy for the liberalization of the Indian banking industry in 1994. HDFC Bank was incorporated in August 1994 in the name of HDFC Bank Limited, with its registered office in Mumbai, India. The bank commenced operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995. As of March 31, 2021, the Bank had a nationwide distribution network of 5,608 branches and 16,087 ATMs in 2,902 cities/towns.
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#2 ICICI Bank
The Bank continue to achieve profitable growth in its business, strengthen its franchise and invest in building capabilities for the future. The Bank continued to grow its core operating profit less provisions led by a 360º customer-centric approach and exploring opportunities across ecosystems and micromarkets, within the guardrails of compliance and risk management. The Bank’s efforts towards building a sustainable business continued to be anchored by the principles of 'Return of Capital', 'Fair to Customer, Fair to Bank' and 'One Bank, One Team, One ROE'.<br /><br />The Bank has further sharpened its approach to enhance relationship management across markets using Virtual Relationship Management (VRM). VRM is a cloud-based AI-powered platform providing a one-stop ecosystem for robust relationship building with customers and thereby improving the efficiency of relationship managers. The platform helps in relevant and meaningful customer interaction with the help of service and solution-based engagement.<br /><br />As our customer engagement deepened, the Bank aimed to further enhance digital delivery of products and services, offering comprehensive banking solutions with a sharp focus on efficiency and risks. As our customer engagement deepened, the Bank aimed to further enhance digital delivery of products and services, offering comprehensive banking solutions with a sharp focus on efficiency and risks. With a focus on responsible and sustainable growth, the Bank continuously endeavours to maintain effective governance, a strong risk culture and robust enterprise risk management framework.
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#3 Axis Bank
<p>Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. The Bank offers the entire spectrum of financial services to customer segments covering Large and Mid-Corporates, MSME, Agriculture and Retail Businesses. The Bank has a large footprint of 4,050 domestic branches (including extension counters) with 11,801 ATMs & 4,917 cash recyclers spread across the country as on 31st March, 2019. The overseas operations of the Bank are spread over nine international offices with branches at Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai (at the DIFC), Colombo and Shanghai; representative offices at Dhaka, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and an overseas subsidiary at London, UK. The international offices focus on corporate lending, trade finance, syndication, investment banking and liability businesses.</p>
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Large companies category
10,001 to 50,000 employees in India
#1 Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. The bank focuses on its strengths in a Corporate Bank newly created in 2019, a leading Private Bank, a focused investment bank, and asset management. We provide banking services to companies, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals. Deutsche Bank was founded in 1870 to accompany German businesses into the world. We’ve worked across borders ever since. We have established strong bases in all major emerging markets, and therefore have good prospects for business growth in fast-growing economies, including the Asia Pacific region, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America. In Europe, we are well placed to benefit from the aforementioned resilient conditions in our home market, Germany, and from continued strong levels of corporate activity in the euro zone.
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#2 Yes Bank
YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector bank is a high quality, customer centric and service driven Bank. Since inception in 2004, YES BANK has grown into a ‘Full Service Commercial Bank’ providing a complete range of products, services and technology driven digital offerings, catering to corporate, MSME & retail customers. YES BANK operates its Investment banking, Merchant banking & Brokerage businesses through YES SECURITIES and its Mutual Fund business through YES Asset Management (India) Limited, both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Bank. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has a pan-India presence across all 28 states and 9 Union Territories in India including an IBU at GIFT City, and a Representative Office in Abu Dhabi.
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#3 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
<p>Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) Limited is among the leading small finance banks in the country. As a mass market bank, it remains committed to serve the unserved and underserved segments through financial and digital inclusion. We are now a one-stop destination for financial services and offer personalised customer experience to our wide customer base. With technology as a key enabler, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank continues to expand its reach and enhance customer experience. The strengthened digital interfaces, across regions and languages has empowered our customers to seek timely and easy access to finance; at all times. This has further enabled the Bank to deepen its customer connect across diverse locations. As a ‘Responsible Bank’ we stay invested in creating a sustainable social impact through community development and financial literacy initiatives.</p><p>Ujjivan Financial Services Limited (UFSL) commenced operations as an NBFC in 2005, with the mission to provide a full range of financial services to the ‘economically active poor’ who were not adequately served by financial institutions. On receipt of License from RBI, UFSL set up Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) and USFB commenced its Banking operations from February 1, 2017. We are a ‘scheduled bank’ included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and a listed Entity. Our IPO in 2019 was oversubscribed 170 times, and it was widely considered to be the best IPO in the last four years across the banking and financial services sector.</p><p> The Bank has a Pan-India presence, with over 89 lakh customers, 752 banking touchpoints across 326 districts, 26 states and Union Territories, Our convenient alternative channels and digital footprint across internet banking, mobile application, tablet-based origination and phone banking among others, provide 24x7 access to full services of the Bank.</p>
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Mid-Sized companies category
1,001 to 10,000 employees in India
#1 Equitas Small Finance Bank
<p>Equitas Small Finance Bank is an active member of our community where we live and work, and as a strong philanthropic partner, we persistently enable individuals, families, businesses, and the society in their financial aspirations with seamless banking services. We take responsibility to be a good neighbour, and are committed to our legacy of giving back to our community.</p><p> </p><p>With our extensive branch network, wide array of banking products and services and community development investment capabilities, we ensure our ability to positively influence the economic well-being of our geographic region. We, at Equitas, are here to provide high-quality banking services to all economic segments within our community.</p>
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#2 Standard Chartered
We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. And we’re on a journey to innovate and transform, with the employee experience at the heart of our evolution. We question the status quo, love a challenge, and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before.
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#3 Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank is a proud solitary Small Finance Bank from Varanasi. Established in 2009 with the mission to empower the low-income group financially, it has reached to new heights today. The objective of our bank is 'Ummeed' - giving hope to customers for fulfilling their dreams and needs. Over the years, we have extended our services to 112 Districts of 11 States. Today we boast a Customer Base of more than 15 Lakh satisfied customers with 400 Banking Outlets. In today's time where technology is reshaping the world, we aim to encourage people excluded from the formal banking sector until now to start banking with our affordable and accessible banking services. Our focus is to provide services that are process centric, technology enabled and people oriented resulting in reliable, scalable and sustainable institution facilitating socioeconomic change. We also have an initiative called Utkarsh Welfare Foundation which works in the areas of Financial Literacy and Inclusion apart from Health Initiatives.
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How is a company classified as Mega, Large, Mid-Sized, Small, and Startup?
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