Icici Bank CBR
Icici Bank CBR
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Company Based Research
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Harshad Sutar (20201)
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Index
Table of Contents
1) Introduction to the Industry / Company
a) Overview of the Industry – this should include ........................................................................ 1
i) Major players in the space / Competitors ............................................................................ 1
ii) Scope & Impact of the Industry on Indian Economy ........................................................ 2
b) Company Background (as per headings given) ......................................................................... 6
i) Group Companies ................................................................................................................... 8
ii) Promoters / Senior Executives like Chairman & Managing Director, CEO, etc. ......... 9
iii) Hierarchy / Organisational Structure ................................................................................ 10
iv) Products & Services ............................................................................................................. 10
v) Geographical Spread ............................................................................................................ 10
2) Economics
a) List the factors on which the demand for the product depends upon. ................................. 11
b) Study the impact of COVID on the demand of your company. ........................................... 11
c) List the factors on which the supply of the product depends upon. .................................... 12
d) Study the impact of COVID on the supply of your company. ............................................. 13
e) Suggest Strategies how the company can increase the revenue of the company by
manipulation of prices ................................................................................................................ 14
f) Identify the market structure in which the company is operating ......................................... 14
g) Discuss the cost-effective strategy followed by your company
i) Economies of scope .............................................................................................................. 15
ii) Economies of scale ............................................................................................................... 15
h) Discuss the pricing strategy followed by the company based on the.
i) Competitors of the allocated company .............................................................................. 15
ii) Market structure ................................................................................................................... 16
3) Finance
a) Develop Transaction analysis of your company based on business activities .................... 17
b) Analysis of the CAGR on sales and Profit and the impact of major expenses on Profit ... 19
c) Reading of the Balance sheet of different sectors.
i) Identifying key Financial Performance Indicators. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm .......................................... 19
ii) Identify the Solvency position of the company. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm .......................................... 20
iii) Identify the Profitability Position of the company. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm .......................................... 22
iv) Identify liquidity position of the company. Compare it with industry representative
benchmark and three competitors of the firm ................................................................... 24
v) Identifying Cost centres and Profit Centres of the company ......................................... 25
vi) Identifying the breakeven point of the company / Product ............................................. 26
4) Marketing
a) Identification of product portfolio............................................................................................. 27
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In the evolution of this strategic industry spanning over two centuries, immense
developments have been made in terms of the regulations governing it, the ownership structure,
products and services offered and the technology deployed. The entire evolution can be classified
into four distinct phases.
1. Phase I- Pre-Nationalization Phase (prior to 1955)
2. Phase II- Era of Nationalization and Consolidation (1955-1990)
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3. Phase III- Introduction of Indian Financial & Banking Sector Reforms and Partial
Liberalization (1990-2004)
4. Phase IV- Period of Increased Liberalization (2004 onwards)
Major Players in the Banking Sector
A) Reserve Bank of India:
Reserve Bank of India is the Central Bank of our country. It was established on
1st April 1935 accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. It
holds the apex position in the banking structure. RBI performs various developmental and
promotional functions.
B) Commercial Banks:
Commercial bank is an institution that accepts deposit, makes business loans and
offer related services to various like accepting deposits and lending loans and advances to
general customers and business man.
C) Public Sector Banks:
Currently there are 12 nationalized banks in India. The public sector accounts for
75 percent of total banking business in India and State Bank of India is the largest
commercial bank in terms of volume of all commercial banks.
D) Private Sector Banks:
The private-sector banks in India represent part of the Indian banking sector that is
made up of both private and public sector banks. The "private-sector banks"
are banks where greater parts of stake or equity are held by the private shareholders and
not by government.
List of Private Sector Banks is:
2. Bank of Punjab (actually an old generation private bank since it was not 1993
founded under post-1993 new bank licensing regime)
3. Centurion Bank Ltd. (Merged in Bank of Punjab in late 2005 to become 1994
Centurion Bank of Punjab, acquired by HDFC Bank Ltd. in 2008)
4. Development Credit Bank (Converted from Co-operative Bank, now DCB 1995
Bank Ltd.)
5. ICICI Bank (previously ICICI and then both merged; total merger 1994
SCICI+ICICI+ICICI Bank Ltd)
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E) Foreign Banks:
A foreign bank with the obligation of following the regulations of both its home
and its host countries. Loan limits for these banks are based on the capital of the parent
bank, thus allowing foreign banks to provide more loans than other subsidiary banks.
Foreign banks are those banks, which have their head offices abroad. CITI bank,
HSBC, Standard Chartered etc. are the examples of foreign bank in India. Currently India
has 46 foreign banks.
F) Regional Rural Bank (RRB):
The government of India set up Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on October 2, 1975.
The banks provide credit to the weaker sections of the rural areas, particularly the small
and marginal farmers, agricultural labours, and small entrepreneurs. There are 56 RRBs in
the country. NABARD holds the apex position in the agricultural and rural development.
G) Co-operative Bank:
Co-operative bank was set up by passing a co-operative act in 1904. They are
organized and managed on the principal of co-operation and mutual help. The main
objective of co-operative bank is to provide rural credit.
The cooperative banks in India play an important role even today in rural co-
operative financing. The enactment of Co-operative Credit Societies Act, 1904, however,
gave the real impetus to the movement. The Cooperative Credit Societies Act, 1904 was
amended in 1912, with a view to broad basing it to enable organization of non-credit
societies.
Three tier structures exist in the cooperative banking:
i. State cooperative bank at the apex level.
ii. Central cooperative banks at the district level.
iii. Primary cooperative banks and the base or local level.
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Market Size
The banking sector is nothing less than the backbone of any economy. This pertains to the
Indian economy as well, where the banking sector is displaying the potential for becoming the
5th largest banking industry globally by 2020. With a continued boost in banking performance
bolstered by numerous technological advancements, the Indian banking sector is likely to assume
the 3rd largest position in the world by 2025.
The banking industry holds pride in contributing nearly 7.7% to the national GDP. Besides
that, our banks are the prime employment generators for almost 1.5 million people in the country.
The Indian banking system consists of 12 public sector banks, 22 private sector banks, 46
foreign banks, 56 regional rural banks, 1485 urban cooperative banks and 96,000 rural cooperative
banks in addition to cooperative credit institutions. As of July 2020, the total number of ATMs in
India increased to 209,989 and is further expected to increase to 407,000 by 2021.
Public sector banks’ assets stood at ₹ 72.59 lakh crore (US$ 1,038.76 billion) in FY19.
During FY16-FY20, credit off-take grew at a CAGR of 13.93%. As of FY20, total credit
extended surged to US$ 1,936.29 billion.
During FY16-FY20, deposits grew at a CAGR of 6.81% and reached US$ 1.90 trillion by
FY20. Credit to non-food industries increased 3.3% y-o-y, reaching US$ 1.26 trillion on February
28, 2020 and US$ 1.42 trillion on March 13, 2020.
Government Initiatives
As per Union Budget 2019-20, the Government proposed fully automated GST refund
module and an electronic invoice system that will eliminate the need for a separate e-way
bill.
Under the Budget 2019-20, Government proposed ₹ 70,000 crore (US$ 10.2 billion) to the
public sector banks.
Government smoothly carried out consolidation, reducing the number of Public Sector
Banks by eight.
As of September 2018, the Government of India made Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana
(PMJDY) scheme an open-ended scheme and added more incentives.
The Government of India planned to inject ₹ 42,000 crore (US$ 5.99 billion) in public
sector banks by March.
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Until the late 1980s, ICICI primarily focused its activities on Project finance, providing
long-term funds to a variety of industrial projects. ICICI Bank was incorporated in 1994 as a part
of the ICICI group. ICICI Bank’s initial equity capital was contributed for 75.0% by ICICI and for
25.0% by SCICI Limited, a diversified finance and shipping finance lender of which ICICI owned
19.9% at December 1996. Pursuant to the merger of SCICI into ICICI, ICICI Bank became wholly-
owned subsidiary of ICICI. Effective March 10, 2001, ICICI Bank acquired Bank of Madura, an
old private sector bank, in an all-stock merger.
ICICI Bank Introduced concept of branding in the Indian banking industry. Process, People
and Physical evidence – brought to life by ICICI. Product Innovation – Put the ‘customer first’ in
the true sense. Cash on the celebrity fever – Introduced the concept of brand ambassadors.
Introduction of DSA’s and DST’s. Unleashed the power of the internet – introduced the concept
of net banking and e-mail marketing. First bank to focus on retail banking as a driver for growth.
Comprehensive data center availability & data protection solutions.
ICICI Bank is a second largest private sector bank in India offering a diversified portfolio
of financial products and services to retail, SME and corporate customers. The Bank has an
extensive network of branches, ATMs and other touchpoints. It is at the forefront of leveraging
technology and offering services through digital channels like mobile and internet banking.
VISION
To be the trusted financial services provider of choice for our customers, thereby creating
sustainable value for our stakeholders
MISSION
To grow our risk-calibrated core operating profit by:
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They offer deposit, credit and other financial products and services to individuals,
households and small businesses across India, through digital channels and extensive branch
network spanning urban and rural areas. We also offer select products like deposits and remittances
to non-resident Indians, and local market offerings in select international geographies.
WHOLESALE BANKING
They offer financial solutions to large and medium sized companies and their business and
channel partners, and to financial and government/public sector entities. The product offerings
include deposits, long-term finance, working capital, trade, cash management, transaction banking
and treasury management. In addition to their network in India, they leverage their international
presence to meet the cross border requirements of their clients.
TREASURY
There treasury operations comprise management of the Bank’s liquidity, government
securities portfolio and interest rate risk, proprietary trading, and foreign exchange and derivative
solutions for clients.
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Group Companies
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Board of Directors
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1. Retail Banking
2. Wholesale Banking
3. Project Finance & Special Asset Management
4. International Business
5. Corporate Center
TOP Level consists of BOD, Chairman, CEO, CFO, MD
Middle Level Zonal Heads, Senior General Manager
Lower Level Branch Manager
Hierarchy Levels
1. Apex Level - Branch Manager, Bank Manager
2. Functional Level - Technical Experts, Data Analyst
3. Operational Level - Cashier, Data Entry Operator
Geographical Spread
ICICI Bank Limited is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company
with its registered office in Vadodara, Gujarat and corporate office in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It
offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail
customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialized subsidiaries in the areas
of investment banking, life, non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. The bank
has a network of 5,275 branches and 15,589 ATMs across India and has a presence in 17 countries.
ICICI Bank is one of the Big Four banks of India. The bank has subsidiaries in the United
Kingdom and Canada; branches in United States, Singapore, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Qatar, Oman,
Dubai International Finance Centre, China and South Africa; as well as representative offices in
United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. The company's UK subsidiary has
also established branches in Belgium and Germany.
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2.Economics
a) List the factors on which the demand for the product depends upon.
Following are the Factors affecting Demand of the ICICI Bank Products:-
The rate of interest on loans
The number / value of monetary transactions that we expect to carry out
The extent to which we also want to hold other financial assets, such as bonds, property,
saving (this is also influenced by the rate of interest) – this is known as the speculative
motive for holding money
Changes in GDP
The extent to which it is possible to use debit cards / credit cards i.e. the pace of financial
innovation
The extent to which we might have to pay out large unexpected payments, for example,
for i.e. the precautionary motive
The rate of anticipated inflation
Income of the people – As income raises people will able to take loan as they are capable
to repay it.
Economic Stability
Education Facility- In retain section, Education Loan will be taken if the Education
Facility is available.
Infrastructure – The Infrastructure performs a big role in retail loans for example, Car
loan will be taken place in area where the Road Infrastructure in present.
Substitute Product- Rate of Interest for loan and Rate of Return on Savings of substitute
banks will affect the demand.
b) Study the impact of COVID on the demand of your company.
India’s second largest private banks appeared to have come through the first round
impact of the Covid-19 crisis with minor cuts and bruises, even though the fallout of any
extended slowdown in the economy remains uncertain. Most large private banks reported an
improvement in their net profit for the July-September quarter and a more modest increase in
bad loans than feared. Collection efficiency for most lenders improved and some returned to
growing their books selectively. To be sure, a truer picture of the Covid hit to banks will only
emerge over the next few quarters as special dispensations provided by the Reserve Bank of
India start to wind down.
Major private sector lenders such HDFC Bank Ltd., Axis Bank Ltd. and ICICI Bank
Ltd. have reported a sequential improvement in their gross non-performing assets ratio. The
headline gross NPA ratio, however, doesn’t capture all the stress on bank balance sheets. Loan
Growth Inching Up the second quarter of the current financial year also saw lenders like ICICI
Bank, Induslnd Bank and Yes Bank refocusing on growth, at least in their retail portfolios.
ICICI Bank reported a quarter-on-quarter loan growth of 3.32% in the three months
ended September, with total loans rising to ₹ 6.52 lakh crore. In the quarter ended March, the
quarter-on-quarter loan growth stood at 1.5%. Disbursals in the bank’s mortgage book had
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risen to beyond pre-Covid levels, while auto loans have rebounded to levels seen before mid-
March.
The Repo rate had an indirect effect on home loan interest rates under the MCLR-based
system of lending as the marginal cost of funds includes the cost of borrowing. Under the
RLLR model, any change in the repo rate has a direct impact on home loan interest rates. The
RBI has reduced the repo rate by 115 basis points since February. The reduction has come on
the back of a 135-basis-point cut last year. The triple-digit cut in repo rate has led to a decline
in home loan rates, making homeownership cheaper. Low-interest rates coupled with
depressed real estate prices have made the Covid-19 pandemic an ideal time to buy your dream
home.
With low take off of real estate right now, if one has sufficient savings for margin
money, it might just be the right time to get your dream home at a negotiated price that would
suit your budget. Home loan rates are now moving southwards with each month passing by. A
house on discounted rates with lower interest rates on loans is an ideal combination.
The Indian economy would be impacted by this pandemic with contraction in industrial
and services output across small and large businesses, said the private sector lender. Private
sector lender ICICI Bank said business momentum re-bounded sharply in the second quarter.
Its retail loan book grew 6% sequentially during July-September and 12.8% year-on-year. The
bank’s management said that disbursement in housing loans during the second quarter crossed
pre-pandemic levels while auto loans remained the same. Credit card spends also recovered to
85% of pre-covid levels. The growth in small and medium enterprises (SME) loans was strong
with the lender disbursing ₹10,600 crore under the Emergency Credit Linked Guarantee
Scheme (ECLGS). Gross NPA as a percentage of total assets stood at 5.17% at the end of
September quarter compared with 6.37% in the previous quarter. The bank added fresh bad
loans worth ₹3,017 crore at the end of September quarter, of which retail loans
comprised ₹1,749 crore and corporate and SME loans made up for ₹1,268 crore. The
management added that trends in collections across the loan portfolio in September and
October were close to pre-covid levels and in line with or better than expectations. The demand
resolution for retail EMI and credit card portfolio was about 97% of pre-covid levels in
September.
All these factors including lower provisioning, profit from sale on investment in its
subsidiary, and higher net interests’ income helped the bank report a record growth in profit in
the second quarter. Net profit rose six-fold year-on-year to ₹4,251 crore for the quarter ended
30 September.
All this numbers are indicating that the demand for the financial services has increased
majorly in retail section loans. The Repo rate by the reserve bank was set at 4 % and Reverse
Repo Rate is at 3.35%. Which leads to low interest rate on home, car or any other loans which
depends on RLLR model. Because of which the demand for loan has increased after the initial
month of lockdown. And by the latest update this rates from RBI will be unchanged as it will
make easy availability of cash to pull a lid on market rates well into the next year. The GDP
contraction is also raising from estimated 9.5% to 7.5% for FY 2020.
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c) List the factors on which the supply of the product depends upon.
Factors affecting the supply of the product is as follows:-
The supply of money in a modern economy and financial system is determined by three
key factors:
Open market operations – this is effectively the same as Quantitative Easing. The
Central Bank buys government bonds, effectively creating money
The “reserve requirement” imposed on banks – this is the % of deposits made by
customers at the bank that the bank must keep hold of rather than lending it out
The Repo rate set by the Reserve Bank of India – the rate of interest will influence how
many households and businesses are willing and able to borrow. Most money in a
modern economy is created by commercial bank lending so the rate of interest ultimately
does have a bearing on the supply of money
d) Study the impact of COVID on the supply of your company.
The supply is depend upon systemic liquidity which is abundant, the economic
weakness caused by the pandemic and uncertainty regarding normalization will impact
banking sector loan growth, revenues, margins, asset quality and credit costs.
Given the bank’s core operating profitability, liquidity and capital adequacy, the bank
believes it is well-placed to absorb the impact of the challenges in the environment. The bank
would look at further strengthening the balance sheet as opportunities arise. The bank will
closely monitor the evolving scenario and calibrate its business based on the assessment of risk
and profitability said the FY20 annual report of the bank.
As the demand is slowly rising because of low interest rates but because of low rate of
return on savings the money is not coming back in the bank so it will create a shortage of
liquidity for bank in future there for ICICI Bank is raising capital.
As part of its capital raising plans for the current fiscal year, the second largest private
sector lender earlier this month informed about the board's decision to raise up to ₹15,000 crore
in core capital through various routes.
Before this in June, it sold 3.96 per cent stake in its general insurance subsidiary ICICI
Lombard General Insurance for ₹2,250 crore and 1.5 per cent in life insurance subsidiary for
around ₹840 crore with an aim to strengthen the balance sheet.
In 2018-19, the bank had sold 2 per cent of its shareholding in ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance Company and made a net gain of ₹1,005.93 crore on this sale. The bank, which
raised ₹15,000 crore in August to bolster its capital ratios, has set aside ₹8,772 crore of
provisions for any potential covid impact.
The private sector lender said it would continue its focus on re-engineering business
processes and enhancing customer convenience leveraging technology, with digital banking
having received further impetus amid the constraints on traditional ways of working imposed
by the pandemic-related lockdowns.
Despite the challenging time, ICICI Bank said it is seeing opportunities to grow and
strengthen its franchise and it is using these opportunities to further accelerate the digital
journey of the bank and its customers.
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The bank is seeing increased utilization of its digital channels and platforms by its
customers and has ensured that the IT infrastructure is able to handle any unexpected surge in
digital transactions. The bank continues to monitor the situation in the country and would 'take
necessary steps to ensure safety of its people and continuity of its business operations
e) Suggest Strategies how the company can increase the revenue of the
company by manipulation of prices
The ICICI Bank Products for Accounts and Deposits category, the return interest rates
should increase so people will get attracted to save their money in Saving Accounts and Fixed
Deposits. But for the loan products, if the rate of interest is decreased than the substitute
products then people will chose ICICI Bank Service over its competitors.
The Changed Interest rates is the major factor to attract the customers. Along with that
the return policy terms, ease of documentation will also perform an important role. The Digital
Transformation of Banking services which is boost by Covid 19 will be a crucial factor to
increase the revenue. The banking from remote location is what everyone is seeking for in the
pandemic time and this requirement is only filled my providing digital platforms for
personalized banking. The firm should build its digital platforms so strong that less physical
contact with the customer will required.
f) Identify the market structure in which the company is operating
Literature suggests a decrease in banking concentration in India over the decade of the
1990s, with the market being Monopolistically Competitive, and a lowering of concentration
ratios up to 2009. 27 Some studies seem to comment on the slow rate at which the bank
concentration has decreased between years 2001-2009. There is a monopoly power of large
banks in India. The cohesive behavior of the players of industry and their decision affect the
entire industry as well as the Indian economy. Indian Banking Sectors have major 5 banks
which accounts for almost 50 % market share. The Top 5 Banks crating a monopolistic
competition. In Public Sector it is SBI and in Private HDFC, ICICI, Axis Bank are leading.
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below 50Lakhs it is 3.25% and for above 50 Lakhs it is 3.75%. Where the Axis and HDFC
have 3.50% for below 50Lakhs amount and 4% for above 50 Lakhs amount. For the Business
loan the current rates, HDFC Bank offers a lower interest rate of 15.65% on Business Loan
when compared to ICICI Bank which offers a Business Loan at 16.49%. Here ICICI is
bidding on its continent and fast services. Which is more digitalized than any other
competitors. iMobile application is providing 200 services at one stop. Digital channels
accounted for over 86% of the saving accounts transaction in FY-2019, iBizz- Mobile app
for current account customers, Eazypay- One-stop solution for merchants to collect payment
from their customers
ICICIStack launched in FY2020 is the most comprehensive digital infrastructure
available in the banking industry which enables millions of retail customers, merchants,
retailers, professionals, fintechs, startups, e-commerce players and corporates to continue
uninterrupted banking services digitally, without visiting any bank branch. ICICIStack offers
nearly 500 services that cover almost all banking requirements of customers in one place.
The list includes digital account opening, loan solutions, payment solutions, investments and
insurance solutions.
This is the pricing strategy for ICICI Bank as compare to its competitors. ICICI is so
strong at its customer and Digital services in retail, corporate and rural section that’s why
despite of slight lower return on savings ICICI is holding their ground and increasing their
market size.
ICICI Bank is first bank who has announced the launch of a fully digital mode of
payment at leading retail stores. Called ‘ICICI Bank Cardless EMI’ (Equated Monthly
Instalments), the facility enables lakhs of its pre-approved customers to buy their favorite
gadgets or home appliances just by using their mobile phone and PAN in lieu of wallet or
cards.
ii. Market structure
The pricing decisions or the decisions related to interest and fee or commission
charged by ICICI or any other Banks are found instrumental in motivating or influencing the
target market. The RBI and the IBA are concerned with regulations. The rate of interest is
regulated by the RBI and other charges are controlled by IBA. The Repo rate by the Reserve
bank is linked to the retail as well as banking services by the banks. The pricing policy of a
bank is considered important for raising the number of customers’ vice- versa the accretion
of deposits. Also the quality of service provided has direct relationship with the fees charged.
Thus while deciding the price mix customer services rank the top position which is a strength
of the ICICI Bank. The banking organizations are required to frame twofold strategies. First,
the strategy is concerned with interest and fee charged and the second strategy is related to
the interest paid on savings. Since both the strategies throw a vice- versa impact, it is
important that banks attempt to establish a correlation between two. It is essential that both
the buyers as well as the sellers have feeling of winning. Because the RBI is the monitoring
authority as per the market structure therefore ICICI is set its prices as per the guidelines and
emphasis on the customer experience which impacts its pricing.
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3.Finance
a) Develop Transaction analysis of your company based on business activities.
ICICI Bank is a financial service firm which provide and secure your money by
offering different saving plans and mutual funds and providing loan for retail, Agriculture and
Business. ICICI bank’s Business transactions are actually a money transactions.
The Core Business Activities of ICICI Bank are as follows:
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The small and medium enterprises (SME) portfolio comprises exposures to companies
with a turnover of up to $ 2.50 billion. The business banking portfolio comprises small business
customers with an average loan ticket size of $ 10.0-15.0 million.
InstaBIZ is the country’s first comprehensive and only digital banking platform for
self-employed segment and MSMEs. It provides a bouquet of comprehensive solutions in ‘one
single place’. It allows customers to avail over 115 products and services in a digital and secure
manner. The range of services available on InstaBIZ include instant overdraft facility (up to $
1.5 million) and business loans, easy bulk collection and payments of funds through multiple
digital modes and automatic bank reconciliation.
ICICIStack offers nearly 500 services that cover almost all banking requirements of
customers in one place. ICICI Bank launched India’s largest and fully digital API (Application
Programming Interface) Banking portal enabling partners to integrate various payment and
product solutions in a few days. The portal consists of 250 APIs, the maximum number of
virtual APIs put together by any Indian bank. ICICI Bank launched WhatsApp Banking to
enable retail customers to undertake a slew of banking requirements from their home at a time
when they are advised to stay indoors in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
The Bank launched the Cardless Cash Withdrawal facility which allows customers to
withdraw cash from its ATMs without using the debit card. The customers can withdraw cash
from over 15,000 ATMs of the Bank by simply raising a request on the mobile banking app,
iMobile. Launched in association with TranzLease, an automobile leasing and mobility
Solutions Company, SMART EMI is the next-gen auto loan facility that enables customers to
drive a new car home at lower cost and higher convenience.
For the Wholesale Banking Group, the underlying theme followed was 'Ecosystem
Banking for a Corporate' wherein the corporate relationship manager services a corporate and
its entire network of employees, dealers, vendors and all stakeholders with a complete suite of
banking products.
The Bank also developed specific solutions for commodity board ecosystems through
its Digi-Commodity offering. This platform enables digital collection of auction proceeds and
auto reconciliation of outstanding invoices, all the while allowing for deal-wise settlement
across multiple stakeholders. More than 8,000 stakeholders are regularly using this platform.
b) Analysis of the CAGR on sales and Profit and the impact of major expenses
on Profit
The Compound annual growth rate on net profit is 0.68% from FY-2016 to FY-2020.
And for the same period, the Compound annual growth rate on sales is 9.4%. The major
expenditures are Interest Expended, Payments to and provisions for Employees, Depreciation,
Depreciation on Leased Assets, Operating Expense (excluding Employee Cost &
Depreciation). The Total operating Expenses is increased by 75.33% from FY-2016 to FY-
2020. Every Expenditure Head is increased over the period. Interest Expected increased by
31.38%. Payments to and provisions for Employees has increased by 61.40% because from
FY-2016 to FY-2020 ICICI Bank employee base increased. Depreciation increased by 41.98%.
And other operating expenses increased by 79.18%.
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By the Comparison with Industry benchmark and competitors ICICI is not crossing the
Industry benchmark in most of the parameter except Total Interest Income in which Y-on-Y
growth is very high then industry benchmark which is 23.1%. In all other factors such as Total
assets, Total advances, Total deposits, and Total Operating Profit ICICI Bank is doing
competitive progress but ICICI Bank is lacking in all factors by Private Sector Topper HDFC
Bank. And the Axis Bank is also giving tough competition to ICICI. But ICICI is performing
much better than Kotak Mahindra Bank. In all ICICI is seen to be the second largest developing
Bank with competitive growth rate.
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ii. Identify the Solvency position of the company. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm
Solvency Position Comparison with Competitors and Industry
Banks Debt Equity Ratio Non-Performing Assets (NPA) Capital Adequacy Ratio
Ratios
Industry
0.07 0.06 0.08 3.06% 1.70% 1.25% 15.57% 15.55% 16.66%
Representative
SBI Bank 0.05 0.06 0.06 5.73% 3.01% 2.23% 12.6% 12.72% 13.13%
HDFC Bank 0.06 0.05 0.13 0.40% 0.39% 0.36% 14.82% 17.11% 18.52%
ICICI Bank 0.04 0.06 0.06 4.77% 2.06% 1.41% 15.84% 15.09% 16.11%
Axis Bank 0.13 0.06 0.08 3.40% 2.06% 1.56% 16.57% 15.84% 17.53%
Kotak Ma. Bank 0.05 0.05 0.06 1.00% 1.00% 0.71% 18.00% 17.00% 18.00%
The Solvency position of ICICI Bank is analyzed on the bases of Debt Equity ratio,
Non-Performing Assets (NPA) Ratios, and Capital Adequacy Ratio. With this ratios I
compared ICICI with the competitors and calculated Industry benchmark.
Debt Equity Ratio: - The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s total
liabilities by its shareholder equity. The ratio is used to evaluate a company's financial
leverage. It is a measure of the degree to which a company is financing its operations through
debt versus wholly-owned funds. More specifically, it reflects the ability of shareholder equity
to cover all outstanding debts in the event of a business downturn. A high debt/equity ratio is
often associated with high risk; it means that a company has been aggressive in financing its
growth with debt. For ICICI Bank Debt Equity Ratio is lowest as compare to Industry
benchmark and competitors. This represents that ICICI is with Low risk.
Non-Performing Assets (NPA) Ratios: - Reserve Bank of India defines NPA as any advance
or loan that is overdue for more than 90 days. Banks are required to classify nonperforming
assets into one of three categories according to how long the asset has been non-performing:
sub-standard assets, doubtful assets, and loss assets. A sub-standard asset is an asset classified
as an NPA for less than 12 months. It is calculated by dividing Gross NPA minus Specific loan
loss provisions by Net advances. The NPA ratio reflects the quality of the bank’s loan and can
have a major influence on future profitability and survival of the bank. A Higher NPA ratio
represents a lower quality of assets. The NPA ratio of ICICI Bank has decreased over last 3
years which is a great sign for bank but as compare to the competitors it is still high and also
exceeds calculated Industry benchmark. HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank has good NPA
Ratio as compare to ICICI Bank. As per last 3 years trend we can predict that it will decrease
for the future.
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Capital Adequacy Ratio: - The Capital Adequacy Ratio set standards for banks by looking at
a bank’s ability to pay liabilities, and respond to credit risks and operational risks. A bank that
has a good CAR has enough capital to absorb potential losses. CAR is the ratio of capital funds
to the risk weighted assets where capital funds consist of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capitals. CAR is
prescribed by banking regulatory authorities to ensure that banks have a necessary capital to
absorb unexpected losses. Though the minimum level of CAR prescribed by the RBI for Indian
banks is 9% most of the banks have their CAR in excess of 9%. The CAR is further divided
into Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital. Tier 1 capital represents the core capital and is more permanent
than Tier 2 capital. ICICI Bank also performing well in Capital Adequacy Ratio, it is greater
than RBI minimum 9%. For FY-2020 CAR of ICICI Bank as compare to competitors is low.
HDFC Bank has highest CAR of 18.52%.
The Solvency Position of ICICI Bank is strong as per the analysis on the basis of Debt
to equity, Non-Performing Assets (NPA) Ratios, Capital Adequacy Ratio.
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iii. Identify the Profitability Position of the company. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm
Profitability Position Comparison with Competitors and Industry
Banks Net Interest Ratio Net Profit Ratio EPS (Basic) Return on Equity
2017- 2018- 2019- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2017- 2018- 2019-
2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020
Industry
Representa 3.37% 3.46% 3.60% 11.26 11.97 13.61 6.50% 7.75% 9.12%
tive
SBI Bank 2.16% 2.40% 2.48% (2.96) 0.35 5.63 (7.67) 0.97 16.23 (3.78) 0.48% 7.74%
%
HDFC 4.3% 4.3% 4.3% 21.79 21.29 22.86 71.73 83.33 49.84 16.88 14.53 15.45
Bank % % %
ICICI Bank 3.23% 3.42% 3.73% 12.4 5.91 11.27 10.56 5.23 12.28 6.6% 3.2% 7.1%
Axis Bank 3.44% 3.43% 3.51% 0.6 8.5 2.59 1.13 18.20 5.99 0.53% 8.09% 2.43%
Kotak Ma. 3.74% 3.73% 3.96% 24.46 23.78 25.71 32.70 37.78 44.73 12.28 12.46 12.89
Bank % % %
The Profitability position of ICICI Bank is analyzed on the bases of Net Interest
Margin/Ratio (NIM), Net Profit Ratio, Basic Earnings per Share (EPS), and Return on Equity
(ROE) Ratio. With this ratios I compared ICICI with the competitors and calculated Industry
benchmark.
Net Interest ratio: - A bank accepts deposits paying a certain rate of interest on such deposits.
It lends the money to borrowers charging a certain rate of interest. NIM is the difference
between interest income and interest expenses of the bank as a percentage of average interest
earning assets. Higher the NIM Higher the Profitability of the bank. For ICICI Bank the NIM
is increasing from last 3 years and for FY-2020 the NIM is greater than industry benchmark.
And as compare to competitors ICICI has less NIM than HDFC but it is competitive with Axis
and Kotak Mahindra bank.
Net Profit Ratio: - The net profit margin percentage is the ratio of after tax profits to net sales.
It reveals the remaining profit after all costs of production, administration, and financing have
been deducted from sales, and income tax recognized. As such, it is one of the best measures
of the overall results of a firm, especially when combined with an evaluation of how well it is
using its working capital. The significance of NPM is come only when we compare it with
other firm. Here if we compare the NPM of ICICI Bank it improved for FY-2020 as compared
to last year. But it is less than HDFC and Kotak Mahindra bank. It indicates that ICICI Bank’s
cost is higher than the competitors. But the cost is raised because of investment of bank in
digital moods. And the ratio will increase in coming years.
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Basic (EPS): - Earning per share are the net income available per equity share. The basic EPS
is calculated by dividing the net profit or loss for the period available to equity shareholders
by the weighted average number of equity share outstanding during the period. The Ratio helps
in evaluating the prevailing market price of the share. Higher earnings per share translate into
a higher market price because it indicates better performance and prospects of the company.
ICICI Bank’s Basic EPS has increased more than 2 times than previous year and as compare
to the competitors it is also performing well. As we can see the earning per share of HDFC and
Kotak Mahindra is high because of Market Value per share is close to greater than 3 times than
ICICI Bank. Therefore ICICI is also performing well in stock market.
Return on Equity: - The return on equity relates to owners’ equity, and is expressed as a
percentage. ROE is a measure of financial performance calculated by dividing net
income by shareholders' equity. Because shareholders' equity is equal to a company’s assets
minus its debt, ROE is considered the return on net assets. ROE is considered a measure of the
profitability of a corporation in relation to stockholders’ equity. A good rule of thumb is to
target an ROE that is equal to or just above the average for the peer group. The ROE of ICICI
bank is increased from previous year. But as compare to industry benchmark it is following
short. HDFC and Kotak Mahindra has good ROE than ICICI Bank.
If we analyze overall profitability Position of ICICI Bank then it is performing well
over the year but lacking behind the pears such as private sector largest HDFC bank and Kotak
Mahindra Bank. The Axis Bank is below on profitability factor with ICICI Bank. The
profitability Position of the ICICI bank is predicted to increase in current and upcoming year
as they have built a strong digital platform for Banking.
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iv. Identify the liquidity position of the company. Compare it with industry
representative benchmark and three competitors of the firm
Liquidity Position Comparison with Competitors and Industry
Industry
Representative 0.078 0.086 0.086 13.978 15.558 15.21
Kotak Ma.
0.06 0.06 0.07 14.81 14.75 15.28
Bank
The short term solvency or liquidity position analysis with the Current and Quick
ratio. If we compare the Current Ratio of ICICI Bank year-on-year then there is slight decrease
for this year. A good current ratio should be in between 1.2 to 2, which means that the business
has 2 times more current assets than liabilities to covers its debts. A current ratio below 1
means that the company doesn't have enough liquid assets to cover its short-term liabilities.
But in banking sector if we see the deposits is coming as a liabilities and loans are coming as
assets and the deposits are larger than advances therefore the current ratio is less than 1. If we
compare ICICI with other competitors then we can see that ICICI is in better position than SBI
and HDFC, only Axis Bank is in slight good position for FY-2020. With the Industry
Representative Benchmark also ICICI is within a limit so by comparison with industry and
competitor the current ratio is good for ICICI Bank.
If we compare Quick Ratio then we can see that for last 3 years the quick ratio is
greater than ideal value 1. The quick ratio is calculated by dividing liquid assets by current
liabilities. The ideal Quick Ratio is 1: 1 and is considered to be appropriate. High Acid Test
Ratio is an accurate indication that the firm has relatively better financial position and
adequacy to meet its current obligation in time. ICICI Bank has less value of Quick Ratio than
Industry Benchmark and competitors but is much greater than Ideal value so there is no
problem for the short term solvency for the Bank.
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Fixed Cost: - Fixed Cost of ICICI Bank includes Payments to and provisions for employees,
Rent, taxes and lighting, Depreciation on Bank's property, and other expenses. The Total Fixed
Cost of ICICI Bank is ₹ 200,727,603 thousands for FY-2020.
Variable Cost: - Variable Cost of ICICI Bank includes Interest Expended, Advertisement and
publicity, Printing and stationery, Postages, courier, telephones. The Total Variable Cost of
ICICI Bank is ₹ 430,729,023 thousands for FY-2020.
Total Sales / Total Income: - The Total Interest income of ICICI for FY-2020 is ₹ 747,983,166
thousands.
The Break Even Sales for a year is calculated by dividing multiplication of fixed cost
and total income by the subtraction of total interest income and variable cost. By this
calculation we have got the break-even point is ₹ 473,251,087 thousands for the Financial Year
2020.
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4.Marketing
a) Identification of product portfolio.
ICICI Bank is working in 3 business areas 1) Retail, Rural and SME Banking, 2)
Wholesale banking, 3) Treasury. The product portfolio in ICICI Bank is explained as follows.
The products are classified in different product lines offered by ICICI Bank.
1. Accounts & 1) Saving account 2) 3-in-1 account 3) Salary Account 4) Pay Later
Savings By ICICI Bank 5) Pension Account 6) Defense salary Account 7)
Other Accounts
3. Tax 1) Online Tax Payment 2) Goods and Services Tax 3) Tax E-filling
4) Tax Solutions
7. Agri & 1) Instant Gold Loan 2) Agriculture Term Loan 3) Tractor Loan 4)
Rural Micro Banking 5) Farmer Finance 6) Agri Corporate
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All these and various other financial and banking services are provided by ICICI bank
in its product portfolio.
b) The year in which these products were launched.
Year wise product launches
Year of Products
Launch
1995 The Bank was incorporated on 5th January at Baroda. ICICI Bank
was promoted by ICICI and erstwhile SCICI Ltd. and received the
Certificate for Commencement of Business on 24th February. It does
banking business of all kinds.
2001 ICICI Bank and BPL Mobile have tied-up to launch a co-branded
credit card.
Interactive touch screen kiosk 'Sparsh' at its (ATM) centres and
branches allowing free access to its online services.
2004 Easy Deposit Card, which charges an interest of 0.99 per cent per
month.
New mobile phone banking service.
2005 Online Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme on July 01, 2005
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2012 ICICI Bank rolls out 25 electronic branches and launches many next
generation banking solutions.
First Electronic Toll Collection project on NH-1.
2017 Mera iMobile, India’s first mobile banking application for rural
customers
Money2India website and mobile application to enhance customer
experience
Cashback home loans
2018 InstaOD, the country’s first online and instant overdraft facility for
MSMEs
Swiggy partners with ICICI Bank to launch two digital solutions for
its delivery partners
Next generation features on ‘Eazypay’
Lending to MSMEs based on their GST returns
Co-branded credit card with Amazon
PayLater, an instant digital credit facility for small payments
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e) Identify the region in which the product /product line is not doing well.
ICICI Bank’s The Bank reports its operations under the following geographical
segments.
Domestic operations comprise branches in India.
Foreign operations comprise branches outside India and offshore banking units in
India.
If we compare the revenue from domestic operations to the revenue from foreign
operations then we find that domestic operations revenue is 26 times of foreign operations
revenue. Foreign business assets are also very less as compare to domestic market. Currently,
the Bank has subsidiaries in Canada and the United Kingdom; branches in Bahrain, China,
Dubai International Finance Centre, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and the
United States; and representative offices in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United
Arab Emirates.
ICICI bank is in developing stage for foreign market therefore as compare to domestic
business foreign business is not doing well.
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psychographic and demographic segmentation. With the evolution of the Internet in the early
21st century and many more people managing their own stock, bond and other investments,
ICICI Bank have expanded significantly into this sector. Again, banks can market investment
solutions to existing customers with bundled benefits. They advertise through local media,
but they may deliver more targeted messages through investment-related publications.
5) Agriculture and Rural
ICICI Banks Agriculture and rural banking is divided on the basis of geographic
segmentation and demographic segmentation as the products vary on the basis of agri
production of the particular area, financial wealth of the farmers, climatic conditions. The
products and schemes are different in different geographic areas. For example in Kerala and
Assam bank provide loans for tea farms. The target the segment by local advertising mediums.
6) SME
ICICI Bank offers its SME and business banking customers a wide spectrum of
solutions addressing their evolving business needs such as customized offerings, faster
turnaround time, and transaction convenience, timely access to capital and cross-border trade
and foreign exchange products. They segment this sector on their Income or we can say
turnover. Past records of the firm can divide them in different categories related to risk.
7) Wholesale Banking
ICICI Bank offer financial solutions to large and medium sized companies and their
business and channel partners, and to financial and government/public sector entities. They
prefer geographic and Demographic segmentation for whole sale banking sector. The product
offerings include deposits, long-term finance, working capital, trade, cash management,
transaction banking and treasury management. In addition to their network in India, They
leverage their international presence to meet the cross border requirements of their clients.
This is how ICICI Bank Identify its Target Segment which constitute total market.
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g) How are companies and marketers responding to the new challenges posed
by COVID?
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted several countries, including India. This resulted
in countries announcing lockdowns and quarantine measures that sharply stalled economic
activity. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced several measures to ease stress in
the financial system, including enhancing system liquidity, moratorium on loan repayments
for borrowers, asset classification standstill benefit to overdue accounts where a moratorium
has been granted and relaxation in liquidity coverage requirement, among others.
ICICI Bank’s Innovative and Digital products helped the bank in business continuity.
ICICI Bank’s technology emphasis have saved them from major damage to their business.
With the better digital services ICICI Bank Launched several new facilities to their customers
in this financial year. The following list will explain about the services and products ICICI
Bank launched for pandemic.
1) ICICI Appathon – API Banking: -
ICICI Bank announces the launch of an API Banking portal, consisting the maximum
number of virtual APIs (application programming interfaces) put together by any Indian bank.
It enables partner companies to co- create innovative customer solutions in a frictionless
manner and in a fraction of time usually taken for such integration, thereby significantly
increasing their productivity. APIs are a set of instructions, which enable third party
applications to communicate with the Bank’s various technology applications and collaborate
to bring in new customer propositions.
2) ibox: -
ICICI Bank announced the launch of a unique self-service delivery facility, enabling
its customers to collect their deliverables such as debit card, credit card, cheque book and
returned-cheques, from a branch close to their home or office, in a hassle free manner, anytime
any day. The Bank has introduced the facility, called ‘iBox’, at over 50 branches in 17 cities
in the country. This facility is especially useful for customers who are not available at home to
receive their package during working hours. Because of this facility the customers fell
covenant to follow social distancing.
3) ICICIStack: -
ICICI Bank on March 17, 2020 announced the launch of ‘ICICIStack’, a set of the
country’s most comprehensive digital banking services and APIs (Application Program
Interface) to ensure uninterrupted banking experience to customers of retail and business
including retailers, merchants, fintechs, large e-commerce firms, corporates at a time when
they are advised to stay indoors in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Many of the services
are first-in-the industry and are available instantly on the Bank’s mobile phone or internet
banking platform. ‘ICICIStack’ offers nearly 500 services that covers almost all banking
requirements of customers, in one place.
4) ICICI Bank launches banking services on WhatsApp: -
ICICI Bank announced the launch of banking services on WhatsApp to enable its retail
customers to undertake a slew of banking requirements from their home at a time when they
are advised to stay indoors in the wake of the nationwide lockdown to fight against corona
virus.
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5.Organizational Behavior
a) Write the mission, vision of the company, and draw the company
organizational structure.
Vision
To be the trusted financial services provider of choice for our customers, thereby
creating sustainable value for our stakeholders
Mission
To grow our risk-calibrated core operating profit by:
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Hierarchy Levels
o TOP Level consists of BOD, Chairman, CEO, CFO, MD
o Middle Level Zonal Heads, Senior General Manager
o Lower Level Branch Manager
1. Apex Level - Branch Manager, Bank Manager
2. Functional Level - Technical Experts, Data Analyst
3. Operational Level - Cashier, Data Entry Operator
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Attrition
20%
80%
Attrition Retention
d) Discuss the Wellbeing program adopted by the organization for dealing with
the Stress of employees?
ICICI Bank take various activities for the mental and physical health of its employees
so they can deal with the stress. One of the recent activity is #Be-Fit Session – is an umbrella
program that continues to drive an agenda of fitness across the bank and offers multiple health-
related options for employees including wearable fitness devices at discounted rates and
participation in activities such as Yoga and Zumba at work.
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, ICICI Bank took several steps to ensure continuity
in operations and minimal disruption to services for customers along with the safety of its
employees. Most of the Bank’s branches remained operational during the period with reduced
staff strength. To ensure safety of the front-line staff working at branches, the teams were
rostered across branches in a manner to minimize risk and exposure. Residential pin code
details of approximately 70,000 employees from across the Bank were analyzed to map
employees to branches thus minimizing local travel and exposure.
With a focus on ensuring health and safety of employees, ICICI Bank launched a
Covid-19 Helpline where employees could reach out for consultation with doctors pertaining
to Covid-19 concerns and symptoms. ICICI Bank also partnered with a testing lab approved
by the Government as a testing center, to provide for home testing for employees in Mumbai
and Pune. The Bank also encouraged employees to download and use the government
promoted 'Aarogya Setu' app which is a pan-India single source for contact tracking an
individual’s proximity to a Covid-19 infected person and also gives information on best
practices and medical advice.
All this initiative taken by the bank to reduce stress from their employee and provide
best environment for work. ICICI Bank won Business Today’s 'Best Company to Work For'
Award in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sector for the fourth year in a row in
fiscal 2020.
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e) What are the policies and techniques does the organization adopts to
motivate their employees?
ICICI Bank Provides different facilities to its employees by that they fell convenience
to do their work for that bank make various schemes which motivates its employees. The Bank
has a Travel Accompaniment Policy which allows women with young children to be
accompanied by their child and a caregiver during official travel with the cost borne by the
Bank. 'iTravelSafe', an app developed by the Bank, provides easy access to register an SOS
distress signal. To support employees during emergencies, the Bank has set up a Quick
Response Team (QRT) to respond to calls of distress by employees. Each QRT is a GPS-
enabled vehicle and carries medical equipment and a team of trained professionals to deal with
medical and safety emergencies.
In the Pandemic time to convey the appreciation on behalf of the Bank and maintain
the morale of employees who were discharging duties in a high risk environment, the senior
management of the Bank undertook e-visits to over 4,000 branches via digital mode and
interacted with the staff present there. A sentiment of care, gratitude and applause was shared
with teams. Numerous communications on guidelines on work from home and other
communications with respect to general and specific advisories on health and safety, IT
security concerns specific to a work from home scenario, and benefits and tie-ups initiated on
account of the Covid-19 crisis were shared on an ongoing basis to keep employees updated
with key developments.
ICICI Bank takes good care of its employees and they do appreciate the excellent and
brave work and provide an additional support by making a convenient workplace to motivate
their workforce for remarkable job. ICICI Bank won Business Today’s 'Best Company to
Work For' Award in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sector for the fourth year
in a row in fiscal 2020. The Bank’s overall ranking was fourth across all sectors. The award
was announced on the basis of a nationwide survey which Business Today magazine conducted
in collaboration with People Strong, an HR solutions company. The parameters covered work
environment, culture of inclusion, culture of innovation, communication, challenging work
opportunities, work life balance & flexibility, job security & company stability, leadership’s
commitment to business, career growth path, learning opportunities, fairness and objectivity.
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6.Social Media
a) How many followers, does ICICI Bank have on Twitter?
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3. Style
Beauty may be relative, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t clear aesthetic
principles to guide your website design. The best designs will align with their brands,
create positive impressions for visitors, be clean, and complement the content they’re
communicating. ICICI Banks website’s style align with its brand in terms of colors,
feel, graphics. The style consistent throughout the website. The style suit their target
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audience. The website give Orderly, Sparse, formal feel. Effective use of photos or
decorative touches which transfers message in more clear way.
4. Content
The two main considerations regarding content are readability and usefulness.
Readability is important because if your visitors can’t make out your content, whether
that’s because it’s too small or in a pale color or in an unreadable font, there’s no way
for your message to get across. Usefulness is just as important, however, because if
your content doesn’t matter to your reader, you lose him or her anyway. ICICI Bank’s
Website is also fulfilling all criteria for good content.
5. Search Optimization
There are many ways that the design of your website impacts search
optimization—as Search Engine Journal points out, “Search engine optimization and
social networking all start with strong website design.” Does your website have a lot
of graphics, for example? If so, search engines can’t see them. You need to add ALT
tags to your image descriptions in order for search engines to know what you’re
showing. ICICI Bank’s HTML is efficient and therefore the search ranking is high.
The Overall ranking on the basis of this 5 factors for website ranking, The ICICI Bank’s
website is really good and If have to score it then I will give 4.6/5 for the website.
e) Identify the digital platform on which your company’s presence is the
strongest. List down reasons as to why the company is choosing one platform
as compared to others.
The presence of the company is strongest on Facebook on which total 5,409,479 people
follow ICICI Bank’s page. On LinkedIn there are 1,684,888 followers, and on Twitter total
601,408 people follow ICICI’s Page. Lowest followers on Instagram which is 202,162
followers. From this numbers it is clear that ICICI Bank’s Presence on Facebook is strongest.
Then it is focused on LinkedIn. But if we see the post frequency then ICICI Bank Post almost
daily on twitter then the frequency is higher in Facebook and then LinkedIn.
Reasons for the more frequent post’s on twitter and Facebook then LinkedIn and
Instagram:-
Twitter is used by majorly professional persons and for ICICI Bank their business is
targeted to retail, wholesale and treasury so it is ideal platform to promote.
Then Facebook is most common social media platform which is used by general
people.
To creating awareness Facebook has maximum reach.
For the service sector, Twitter and Facebook is ideal platform because Instagram is
more attractive for fashion, automobile or manufacturing sector.
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f) On the basis of digital posts of your company, identify any future innovation
on that the company may likely to get in.
ICICI Banks Social Media Platform are promoting the launch of Cardless EMI - a fully
digital mode of payment that allows pre-approved customers to buy gadgets and home
appliances using only their mobile phone and PAN.
They can convert the high-value transactions into easy, no-cost monthly instalments by
simply putting their registered mobile number, PAN and OTP (received on mobile number) on
the PoS machine at the retail outlets. It enables one to make purchases in easy instalments
through a convenient OTP based approval process.
According to the press release, the ICICI Bank is the first in the industry to introduce a
fully digital, cardless EMI facility at retail stores. The Bank has tied up with Pine Labs, a
leading merchant commerce platform, to offer this facility across pan-India outlets of leading
retailers namely Croma, Reliance Digital, My Jio Stores and Sangeetha Mobiles. At these
stores, customers can avail the ‘Cardless EMI’ facility to purchase electronics from leading
brands like Carrier, Daikin, Dell, Godrej, Haier, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia,
Oppo, Panasonic, Toshiba, Vivo, Whirlpool and MI. The Bank will add many more brands as
well as retailers under this facility in near future.
g) What are the changes in the digital platforms of your company during the
last five years? If yes identify the reasons which led to this change.
Yes, there has been a significant change is happened on ICICI Banks digital platforms.
Overall banking sector has started digital transformation for their financial services and ICICI
Bank is the leader in delivering digital services. ICICI Bank has launched many digital apps
and services for the customers and for the promotion of this digital platform’s promotion Bank
started heavy promotions on social media earlier they are more focused on Facebook but after
the raising importance of twitter and LinkedIn they started to promote on all platforms.
Instagram is focused on customer engagement. Majorly they started relaying of digital
platforms then newspaper and magazines. This Major changes occurred in last 5 years in the
digital platforms of ICICI bank.
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