Archive · 1 Sep 2025
Deutsche Bank Plans to Exit Indian Retail Banking
Deutsche Bank is planning to sell its retail banking business in India.
This includes 17 branches.
They are looking for another company to take over services for individual customers.
Deutsche Bank wants to make its retail business more profitable.
The bank has set an August 29 deadline for bids.
Other foreign banks like Citi and Standard Chartered have struggled to expand their retail operations in India.
Deutsche Bank entered India in the early 1980s and employs over 22,000 people there.
Deutsche Bank tried to sell the business in 2017 but shelved the plan.
Deutsche Bank is exploring the sale of its Indian retail banking business.
The bank has invited bids from domestic and foreign lenders.
Non-binding bids were due by August 29.
Deutsche Bank's retail revenue in India for the fiscal year 2025 was $278.3 million.
Foreign banks have struggled to expand retail operations in India.
- Who
- Deutsche Bank
- What
- Is selling its Indian retail banking business
- When
- Invited bids with a deadline of August 29; Active in India since the beginning of the 1980s
- Where
- India
- Why
- To make retail business more profitable and due to competition and regulatory hurdles
Deutsche Bank
Other Foreign Banks
Profitability in India
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank aims to make its retail business more profitable.
Other Foreign Banks
Foreign banks have struggled to boost revenues in India.
- Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- Action
- Selling Indian retail business
- Branches
- 17 in India
- Revenue (FY2025)
- $278.3 million
- Employees in India
- More than 22,000
- Deadline for bids
- August 29
Sources
Germany’s Deutsche Bank to sell its India retail banking business: Report
Another foreign bank mulls exit from retail banking after over four decades of operations in India
Deutsche Bank explores full exit from India retail business, invites bids by Aug 29: Report
