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Facts of Banking system for Bank exam
The first, the oldest, the largest, the biggest, get all such
typesof
informations about Banking in India in this section.
The first bank in India to be given an ISO Certification
-Canara Bank
The first bank in Northern India to get ISO 9002 certification
for their selected branches
-Punjab and Sind Bank
The first Indian bank to have been started solely with Indian
capital
-Punjab National Bank
The first among the private sector banks in Kerala to become a
scheduled bank in 1946 under theRBI Act
-South Indian Bank
India's oldest, largest and most successful commercial bank,
offering the widest possible range of
domestic, international and NRI products and services, through
its vast network in India and
overseas-State Bank of India
India's second largest private sector bank and is now the
largest scheduled commercial bank in
India-The Federal Bank Limited
Bank which started as private shareholders banks, mostly
Europeans shareholders-Imperial Bank of India
The first Indian bank to open a branch outside India in London
in 1946 and the first to open abranch in continental Europe at
Paris in 1974
-Bank of India, founded in 1906 in Mumbai
The oldest Public Sector Bank in India having branches all over
India and serving the customers
for the last 132 years-Allahabad Bank
The first Indian commercial bank which was wholly owned and
managed by Indians-Central Bank of India
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Bank of India was founded in 1906 in Mumbai. It became the first
Indian bank to open abranch
outside India in London in 1946 and the first to open a branch
in continental Europe at
Paris in 1974.
The following are the list of Public SectorBanks in India
Allahabad BankAndhra BankBank of BarodaBank of IndiaBank of
Maharashtra
Canara BankCentral Bank of IndiaCorporation BankDena BankIndian
BankIndian Overseas BankOriental Bank of CommercePunjab & Sind
BankPunjab National BankSyndicate BankUCO Bank
Union Bank of IndiaUnited Bank of IndiaVijaya Bank
List of Private Banks in India
Bank of PunjabBank of RajasthanCatholic Syrian BankCenturion
Bank
City Union BankDhanalakshmi BankDevelopment Credit BankFederal
BankHDFC BankICICI BankIDBI BankIndusInd Bank
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ING Vysya BankJammu & Kashmir BankKarnataka BankKarur Vysya
BankLaxmi Vilas Bank
South Indian BankUnited Western BankUTI Bank
List of Foreign Banks in India
ABN-AMRO BankAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Bank of Ceylon
BNP Paribas BankCiti Bank
China Trust Commercial Bank
Deutsche Bank
HSBCJPMorgan Chase Bank
Standard Chartered Bank
Scotia BankTaib Bank
Upcoming Foreign Banks In India
By 2009 few more names is going to be added in the list of
foreign banks in India. This is as anaftermath of the sudden
interest shown by Reserve Bank of India paving roadmap for
foreign
banks in India greater freedom in India. Among them is the
world's best private bank by
EuroMoney magazine, Switzerland's UBS.The following are the list
of foreign banks going to set up business in India
Royal Bank of Scotland
Switzerland's UBS
US-based GE Capital
Credit Suisse Group
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Merrill Lynch is having a joint venture in Indian investment
banking space -- DSP MerrillLynch. Goldman Sachs holds stakes in
Kotak Mahindra arms.
GE Capital is also having a wide presence in consumer finance
through GE Capital India.
India's GDP is seen growing at a robust pace of around 7% over
the next few years, throwing upopportunities for the banking sector
to profit from
