The Indian banking system consists of 12 public sector banks, 22 private sector banks, 44 foreign banks, 43 regional rural banks, 1,484 urban cooperative banks and 96,000 rural cooperative banks in addition to cooperative credit institutions. As of September 2022, the total number of ATMs in India reached 217,308 out of which 49.81% are in rural and semi urban areas.

As of November 4, 2022 bank credit stood at Rs. 129.26 lakh crore (US$ 1,585.09 billion). As of November 4, 2022 credit to non-food industries stood at Rs. 128.87 lakh crore (US$ 1.58 trillion).

In 2020-2022, bank assets across sectors increased. Total assets across the banking sector (including public and private sector banks) increased to US$ 2.67 trillion in 2022.

In 2022, total assets in the public and private banking sectors were US$ 1,594.51 billion and US$ 925.05 billion, respectively.

RBI has decided to set up Public Credit Registry (PCR), an extensive database of credit information, accessible to all stakeholders. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 Bill has been passed and is expected to strengthen the banking sector. Microfinance industry’s gross loan portfolio (GLP) by 10% in FY22 to Rs. 2.85 trillion (US$ 36.42 billion).

As of June 01, 2022, the number of bank accounts—opened under the government’s flagship financial inclusion drive ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)’—reached 45.60 crore and deposits in the Jan Dhan bank accounts totalled Rs. 1.68 trillion (US$ 21.56 billion).

Rising income is expected to enhance the need for banking services in rural areas, and therefore, drive the growth of the sector.

India is the world's largest market for Android-based mobile lending apps, accounting for ~82% of all online lenders worldwide. India currently has 887 active lending apps.

The digital payments revolution will trigger massive changes in the way credit is disbursed in India. Debit cards have radically replaced credit cards as the preferred payment mode in India after demonetisation. In November 2022, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) recorded 7.30 billion transactions worth Rs. 12.11 trillion (US$ 148.63 billion).