State Bank to hire 7,000 (Nov 17, 2015)

State Bank of India (SBI) will hire 7,000 people this financial year to support its branch expansion plans and for regular needs. “We will hire about 2,000 probationary officers and the rest clerks. We are going to add 700 more branches this financial year to take the total to beyond 17,000,” said Rajnish Kumar, MD. The bank, which launched an e-wallet app for smart phone users, will launch Batua (purse), a multi-lingual app for feature (basic) phones in three weeks. He said it would be available in 13 Indian languages.