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By 2013 the Indian Banking Industry employed 1,175,149 employees and had a total of 109,811 branches in India and 171 branches abroad and manages an aggregate deposit of ₹ 67,504.54 billion (US$810 billion or €830 billion) and bank credit of ₹ 52,604.59 billion (US$630 billion or €640 billion).
1997 The Evolution of the State Bank of India: The Era of the Presidency Banks 1876–1920, Sage Publications; 1989 The Presidency Banks and the Indian Economy 1876–1914, Bombay:. Oxford University Press; 1987 Public Intervention and Industrial Restructuring in China, India and Republic of Korea, New Delhi: ILO-ARTEP
Vignettes in the book include the history of Indian bank notes dating back to 1770, when the Bank of Hindostan, a private bank located in Calcutta issued its first banknotes. However, the earliest banknote to still survive is dated 1810, by the Bank of Bengal. The book includes a comprehensive listing of all Indian banknotes since 1770. [6]
The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 is a legislation in India that regulates all banking companies in India. [1] Passed as the Banking Companies Act 1949, it came into force on 16 March 1949 and changed to Banking Regulation Act 1949 from 1 March 1966. It is applicable in Jammu and Kashmir from 1956. Initially, the law was applicable only to ...
The Reserve Bank of India (India's Central Bank) maintains this payment network. Real-time gross settlement is a funds transfer mechanism where transfer of money takes place from one bank to another on a 'real time' and on 'gross' basis. This is the fastest possible money transfer system through the banking channel.
With an initial membership of 22 banks in India in 1946, IBA currently represents 247 banking companies operating in India. IBA was formed for the development, coordination, and strengthening of Indian banking and to assist the member banks in various ways, including the implementation of new systems and the adoption of standards among the members.
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Investment banking in India started in the 19th century when European merchant banks began establishing trading houses in the country. [11] Foreign investment banks dominated the sector until the 1970s, when the State Bank of India launched its Bureau of Merchant Banking, and ICICI Securities became the first Indian private sector financial institution to offer merchant banking services. [11]