History Of Banking In India

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INTRODUCTION

Banking in India originated in 18th century. The General Bank and The Bank of
Hindustan were among the first banks to be set up. State Bank Of India is the oldest bank of the country. Then in 1935 the Reserve Bank of India was established. A step ahead

were taken when all the major banks were nationalised in 1969 by the Government of India .

Oudh Commercial Bank was the first entirely Indian joint stock bank set up in 1881 in Faizabad .Due to its failure in 1958, Punjab National Bank wsa set up in Lahore in 1894. Then post independence the policy of 1990 shook the Banking sector completely in India. Tech savvy methods of working for banks changed the approach of banking in India. These things led to retail boom …show more content…

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Functions
A commercial banks performs various number of activities. It satisfies sectors like trade, agriculture, industry, communication. Also it plays an important role in social and economic needs. Generally there are 2 types of functions performed by commercial banks, namely ,primary functions and secondary functions .
Primary functions of commercial banks are :
1.They accept deposits from public
2.They provide loans and advances .
3.Another important function of them are credit creation.
Some secondary functions of commercial banks are :
1.Collection and clearance of cheque
2.To make payment of insurance, rent
3.To deal in transactions of foreign …show more content…

To provide facility of money transfer
2. To give facility of safety locker
3. To accept bills for the purpose of payment
4. To grant traveller’s cheque
5. To provide smart cards, credit cards,debit cards
6. To give the facility of merchant banking
Example of commercial banks are some pubic sector banks are State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Syndicate Bank, Indian Overseas Bank ,Oriental Bank of Commerce, State Bank of Travencore etc. While some private sector commercial banks are HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Global Trust Bank Ltd.

STUDY AREA STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI)
State Bank Of India (SBI) is an Indian financial service company and also a MNC. It is a wholly government owned bank having its headquarter situated in Mumbai. It has 17,000 branches ,including 190 foreign offices as of December 2013. It is one of the top 4 leading commercial banks in India which also includes ICICI Bank, Punjab National Bank, HDFC

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