Retail Banking

Abhishek Panwar | Assistant Manager | Axis Bank Ltd

What is Retail Banking?

A Career in Retail Banking is very intriguing. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Retail Banking actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Retail Banking. It is best to learn about Retail Banking from a real professional, this is akin to getting it from the horse's mouth.

Assistant Manager Abhishek Panwar is an experienced professional with 4 years & 3 months in Retail Banking. Assistant Manager Abhishek Panwar outlines Retail Banking as:

Banking basically means money. Dealing with public money, which the bank is liable to pay. Now banking is a basket of products, providing insurances, loans etcetra, which is in some ways helping people.

How Assistant Manager Abhishek Panwar got into Retail Banking?

After completing my graduation from Tula's Institute and post graduation from Manipal University, I started working with Axis Bank Ltd as an Assistant Manager since 2015.

Assistant Manager Abhishek Panwar's Talk on Retail Banking

Starts with what is:
1)	Retail Banking

Next, it covers Education. We all know that only 10% of what is taught in Retail Banking is actually used in real life. The Education section of the Talk clearly explained what is the 10% needed in Retail Banking. It explains Education needed in Retail Banking with these items:
2)	Accounting
3)	Share Market
4)	Third Party Products
5)	Bank Policies and RBI Policies
6)	Management

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. 90% success in Retail Banking depends on Skills. It is crucial to understand these. It discusses following headings for Skills in Retail Banking:
7)	Good Listener
8)	Calm and Patience
9)	Alertness
10)	People Skills
11)	Team Management
12)	Mental Strength

Retail Banking has an interesting list of Positives. The Talk goes through this list of Positives of Retail Banking:
13)	Meeting New People
14)	Networking
15)	Respect
16)	Monetary Satisfaction
17)	Job Satisfaction

There are a few Challenges in Retail Banking which one needs to be cognizant of:
18)	Difficult Customers
19)	Pressure
20)	Time Management
21)	Work Life Balance
22)	Risky Job

In the final section of the Talk, Abhishek Panwar talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
23)	Retail Banking

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Retail Banking?

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Links for this Talk

Assistant Manager Abhishek Panwar's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/abhishekpanwar

LifePage Career Talk on Retail Banking

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/retail-banking

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20170610-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWe_5b0k-I

(Retail Banking, Abhishek Panwar, Axis Bank Ltd, Retail Banking, Banking, Finance, Sales, Retail Analytics, Business Development, Analytics)

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