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Canara Bank's first acquisition took place in 1961 when it acquired Bank of Kerala. This had been founded in September 1944 and at the time of its acquisition on 20 May 1961 had three branches. The second bank that Canara Bank acquired was Seasia Midland Bank ( Alleppey ), which had been established on 26 July 1930 and had seven branches at the ...
As part of the Central Bank Digital Currency pilot project, Canara Bank has released the Unified Payments Interface compatible digital rupee mobile app. Without the need for a separate on-boarding procedure for CBDC for retailers, it will enable users to scan the existing UPI QR code and make payments using digital rupee.
Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) is an Indian regional rural bank (RRB), headquartered in Malappuram, Kerala. Like other RRBs, the Government of India holds the majority 50% shares, while the Kerala state government holds 15% and Canara Bank owns the remaining 35% stake.
Quilon Bank Ltd — 1919–1937 (Amalgamated to form Travancore National & Quilon Bank Ltd, and later liquidated) [5] South Malabar Gramin Bank — 1975–2013 (Amalgamated with North Malabar Gramin Bank to form Kerala Gramin Bank-2013) St George Union Bank — 1927–1965 (Amalgamated with Federal Bank) [5] [3]
It was established in 1976 as a Scheduled Commercial Bank as per the Regional Rural Banks Act of 1976 to provide banking facilities in the North Malabar region. It operated in seven districts of Kerala with the headquarters at Kannur , and had 222 branches as of 14 June 2013 [update] .
At the time of its establishment, the bank was known as Canara Industrial and Banking Syndicate Limited. The bank, along with 13 major commercial banks of India, was nationalised on 19 July 1969, by the government of India. It was headquartered in the university town of Manipal, India. On 1 April 2020, the bank was merged into Canara Bank.
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai (19 November 1852 – 25 July 1909) was a leading lawyer of Mangalore, India.He was the founder of Canara Bank, now one of India's leading banks, and Canara High School in Mangalore.
The Karnataka Vikasa Grameena Bank (KVGB) is an Indian Regional Rural Bank sponsored by Canara Bank. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance , Government of India . The bank provides retail banking services to rural users and has 629 branches in North and Western Karnataka .