New Delhi, May 13 -- Banks may increasingly raise money through bonds and other market instruments in the future as more people move their savings towards investment products like mutual funds, according to State Bank of India (SBI) Managing Director Ashwini Kumar Tewari.

Speaking at the sidelines of FICCI's "Financial Products Distribution Summit 2026" event in Mumbai on Wednesday, he discussed the evolving funding landscape for banks and the movement of household savings towards investments, Tewari said banks are already using market instruments to raise resources.

"Banks are already thinking about this. You see banks raising money through CDs, through infra-bonds, whatever instruments of securitization," Tewari said during an interac...