IDBI Bank to introduce financial planning services
By
siliconindia | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
New Delhi: In an attempt to diversify its business, IDBI Bank will start offering a host of financial services from home buying to retirement solutions among others under a new initiative.
A customer seeking to avail the services from IDBI Bank will be required to maintain a deposit to the tune of
10 lakh with the bank. "There are many aspects of financial planning, which are very complex. We want to step into this space and help our customers. We are going to start our financial planning services business by the end of December," IDBI Bank Chairman and Managing Director, Yogesh Agarwal told Financial Chronicle.
In the proposed planning scheme, the bank will also advise customers on the products they can look at for investment depending on the age, income and time horizon. Elaborating on the plans, C.S. Jain, Head of Personal Banking Group at IDBI Bank, said, "We will be catering to both long-term as well as short-term goals of our customers."
According to Jain, the short-term goals could be to manage finances in such a way that facilitates decisions such as buying of a car, house and finances for marriage, while long-term goals may include retirement planning and succession planning among others. Jain also said that the bank would seek to aggressively increase its retail business, including home loans and car loans.
10 lakh with the bank. "There are many aspects of financial planning, which are very complex. We want to step into this space and help our customers. We are going to start our financial planning services business by the end of December," IDBI Bank Chairman and Managing Director, Yogesh Agarwal told Financial Chronicle.
In the proposed planning scheme, the bank will also advise customers on the products they can look at for investment depending on the age, income and time horizon. Elaborating on the plans, C.S. Jain, Head of Personal Banking Group at IDBI Bank, said, "We will be catering to both long-term as well as short-term goals of our customers."
According to Jain, the short-term goals could be to manage finances in such a way that facilitates decisions such as buying of a car, house and finances for marriage, while long-term goals may include retirement planning and succession planning among others. Jain also said that the bank would seek to aggressively increase its retail business, including home loans and car loans.
