Merger of Banks:
1. Union Cabinet decided to merge all the remaining five associate banks of State Bank Group with State Bank of India in 2017.
2. After the Parliament passed the merger Bill, the subsidiary banks have ceased to exist.
3. Five associates and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank have become the part of State Bank of India (SBI) beginning April 1, 2017.
4. This has placed State Bank of India among the top 50 banks in the world.
5. The five associate banks that were merged are State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT).
6. The other two Associate Banks namely State Bank of Indore and State Bank of Saurashtra had already been merged with State Bank of India.
7. After the merger, the total customer base of SBI increased to 37 crore with a branch network of around 24,000 and around 60,000 ATMs across the country.