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Canara Bank established its international division in 1976. In 1983, Canara Bank opened its first overseas office, a branch in London. Two years later, Canara Bank established a subsidiary in Hong Kong, Indo Hong Kong International Finance. In 2008–2009, Canara Bank opened its third foreign operation, this one a branch in Shanghai.
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.
The bank commenced its operations in January 1993. Himalayan Bank is also the first commercial bank of Nepal with most of its shares held by the private sector of Nepal. The bank has its head and corporate office at Kamaladi, Kathmandu. Mr. Ashoke SJB Rana is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.
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.
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.
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 .
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 ...