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This week has started with a very good and relieving news for crores of customers of the country’s largest government bank, State Bank of India (SBI). If you too were worried about your important bank related work, money transactions or check clearing on Monday and Tuesday, then now you do not need to worry at all.
Zee News According to All India State Bank of India Staff Federation (AISBISF) has completely postponed its proposed two-day nationwide strike to be held on 25 and 26 May 2026. After this decision, bank operations will run completely normally across the country.
All branches will remain open, services will be restored
The simple and strict meaning of postponement of the strike is that there will be no lockout in any bank branch during this period. SBI has issued an official advisory confirming that all its branches across the country will remain open as normal on both May 25 and 26.
The bank shared this important information on the social media platform ‘X’ (earlier Twitter) and said that after discussions with the Staff Federation, the proposed strike has been moved forward. In such a situation, customers will not face any hindrance in availing regular banking services.
SBI’s vast network: at a glance
State Bank of India maintains a huge banking network not only in India but also globally. We can understand the reach of the bank and its large base from the figures given below:
| Bank Scale (Network Segment) | Total numbers and statistics (Current Stats) |
| total number of customers | More than 52 crores (in the country and the world) |
| Total branches across the country | 22,500 branches |
| ATM network | More than 63,500 ATMs |
| Registered users of YONO app | About 8.5 crore customers |
After all, why was the warning of a nationwide strike given?
SBI employee organizations had called for this two-day strike regarding some of their tough and pending demands. Many administrative issues were involved behind this dispute and dissatisfaction.
Main issue of employee union: The federation said that there is a huge shortage of armed guards in bank branches across the country. Due to continuous retirement and promotion of employees, new security personnel have not been recruited, due to which the security system has been weakened. According to the union, due to this shortage, there is a serious threat to the security of the bank’s employees, customers visiting there and government property of the bank.
However, now the strike has been postponed as a consensus has been reached on this issue or talks have progressed. Earlier, to avoid any severe crisis or inconvenience, the bank administration had advised its customers to make maximum use of digital means like ATM, Internet banking, YONO app and UPI, so that the work does not stop even if the branches are closed. But now with the branches being open, manual work can also be done easily.
