SBI rumoured to go digital by June. The State Bank of India is soon going to up its game by providing a digital platform for loans and other bank facilities. It is said that the State Bank of India shall soon start delivering loans by June 2021. This could help the bank to scale its loan disbursement up to 60% on the digital platform. SBI has an array of the team that this working to make it a digital portal. It has about 50 professionals that excel in data science and they are thinking of expanding the number to 110.
Other than that, they have been gathering more knowledge about it to keep up with the technology and to provide a smooth road for the customers. The above-mentioned department specifically works in fields like AI and ML, also known as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning respectively. Thus, this entire knowledge has helped them to identify avenues where they could excel in a better way. 
In fact, it is observed that the SBI saw the highest number of pre-approved loans during the pandemic. In the month of April to June, people were in the need of funds, and hence a majority of them trusted SBI. In fact, all these pre-approved loans were taken through AI, which is the online portal of the bank. The entire number of pre-approved loans mount up to 1.7 million in its entirety.
Other than that, SBI is expanding its wings in microfinance as well. The Bank is soon going to start to shell out loans in the microfinance sector in a full-fledged way. For which, they have started their own chain of business, and have designated around 8,000 rural and sem-urban branches for the same. All in all, SBI seems to be moving ahead with time and developing itself for better customer acquisition.
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