BANKING IN INDIA - 1

IMPORTANT BANK RELATED INFORMATION

* The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India       -     Allahabad Bank

* The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya       -      Andhra Bank

* First bank to open a branch outside India      -    Bank of India, London, 1946

*  The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches       -     Canara Bank

*  The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011       -    Central Bank of India

* First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians      -   Central Bank of India

*  The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai     -    Punjab National Bank

* The only merger of nationalised banks took place between     -     Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993

*  The bank whose brand equity is"Pygmy Deposit Scheme"        -   Syndicate Bank

*  The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla     -    UCO Bank

*  The bank which was inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919       -     Union Bank of India