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On 30 August 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Syndicate Bank would be merged with Canara Bank. The proposed merger would create the fourth largest public sector bank in the country with total business of ₹ 15.20 lakh crore (US$180 billion) and 10,324 branches.
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.
On 30 August 2019, Finance Minister announced that Syndicate Bank would be merged with Canara Bank. The proposal would create the fourth largest PSB trailing SBI, PNB, BoB with assets of ₹ 15.20 lakh crore (US$180 billion) and 10,324 branches. [59] [54] The Board of Directors of Canara Bank approved the merger on 13 September 2019.
In the fiscal year 2005-06, Canara Bank became India's second-largest public sector bank in terms of advances and deposits. The bank changed its name to Canara Bank Limited in 1910 when it incorporated. [5] In 2002-03, the bank went in for its Initial Public Offer and raised Rs.110 crores. [2] The India government holds a 73% stake in Canara Bank.
All four amalgamated RRBs were sponsored by Syndicate Bank(Now Canara Bank) and were located in Karnataka. At the time of amalgamation in 2005, the bank’s business was Rs. 23,263.73 Crore. It was named the Karnataka Vikasa Grameena Bank. Its head office is at Dharwad. It is functioning under the sponsorship of Syndicate Bank (now Canara Bank).
Bank name Established Headquarters Branches Total assets Revenues Refs Axis Bank: 1993: Mumbai, Maharashtra: 5,377 ₹ 1,518,238 crore (US$180 billion) ₹ 106,155 crore (US$13 billion) [24]
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Rank Name of the Bank Year of Founding Year of Closing Fate Headquartered in References [1]; 1: The Madras Bank (1683) 1683: 1843: Merged with the Carnatic Bank, The British Bank of Madras (1795), and the Asiatic Bank to form the Bank of Madras in 1843