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The Government of India nationalised Canara Bank, along with 13 other major commercial banks in India, on 19 July 1969. Karkala Pulkeri Janardhan Prabhu (KPJ Prabhu) served as chairman of the bank post nationalisation. In 1976, Canara Bank inaugurated its 1000th branch. In 1985, Canara Bank acquired Lakshmi Commercial Bank in a rescue.
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.
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).
When you have multiple accounts set up with the same bank, often the bank will link these accounts automatically. Otherwise, you can ask the bank to link these accounts for you. For linking an ...
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.
Prabhakar started his career as Chief Risk Officer and GM-Integrated Risk management at Allahabad Bank. He joined Punjab National Bank on 1 March 2018 as the executive director. [5] He became the Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank from 1 February 2020 and continued to hold his position till 31 December 2022. [6] [7]
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.
It is sponsored by Canara Bank. Like other RRBs, Government of India holds the majority 50 percent shares, while the state government and Canara Bank holds 35 percent and 15 percent, respectively. As of 2013, KGB had 504 branches and a total net worth of ₹471.58 crore and deposits of ₹7,266 crore and advances of ₹7,761 crore, with a total ...