PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS IN INDIA – KARUR VYSYA BANK
PRIVATE BANKS IN INDIA – KARUR VYSYA BANK
Karur Vysya Bank was started in the year 1916 in Karur, then a small textile town with a vast agricultural background, by two illustrious sons of the soil – Sri M.A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Sri Athi Krishna Chettiar. What started as a venture with a seed capital of Rs. 1.00 lakh has grown into a leading financial institution that offers the wide gamut of financial services to millions of its customers under one roof.
The bank has a branch network of 369 and an ATM network of 488 as on 31.03.2011. The bank plans to improve the branch network to 450 by the end of the financial year 2011 -12. KVB is one of the earliest banks in the country to achieve full networking of its branches under Core Banking Solutions, offering services through multiple delivery channels.
The bank has in place robust risk management systems and adheres to the tenets of Corporate Governance. The bank is well-equipped to boldly take up the challenges in the industry and emerge as a top-notch one-stop-shop techie financial supermarket. KVB will continue its endeavours to bring the best of products and services to its customers to emerge as the techie bank that provides the gateway to Smart Way to bank.
