India's central bank on Wednesday said the State Bank of India, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank remain the three domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) and that the first two would need to maintain an additional capital buffer starting April 2025.

Shares of State Bank of India fell after the country’s largest lender reported a contraction in margins and higher provisions for bad loans. The bank forecast lower-than-expected deposit growth for this fiscal year.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank will continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). The D-SIB designated banks have to maintain additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) in addition to the capital conservation buffer.

HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender, continues to be bracketed in bucket 2, under which it will have to maintain a higher CET1 by 0.40%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reaffirmed on Wednesday that State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank are India’s key “too-big-to-fail” banks.