Karur Vysya Bank

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The Karur Vysya Bank Limited
Company type Public
BSE:  590003
NSE:  KARURVYSYA
Industry Banking
Financial services
Founded1916
Headquarters Karur, Tamil Nadu
Key people
Dr Meena Hemchandra
(Chairperson)
Mr. Ramesh Babu
(MD & CEO)
Products Consumer banking, Corporate banking, Finance and Insurance, Investment banking, Mortgage loans, Private banking, Wealth management, Credit cards
RevenueIncrease2.svg9,862.62 crore (US$1.2 billion) (2024) [1]
Increase2.svg2,829.14 crore (US$340 million) (2024) [1]
Increase2.svg1,604.80 crore (US$190 million) (2024) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg105,585.20 crore (US$13 billion) (2024) [1]
Number of employees
9,085 (2024) [1]
Capital ratio 16.67% [1]
Website https://www.kvb.co.in

Karur Vysya Bank is a Scheduled Commercial Bank, headquartered in Karur in Tamil Nadu, India. [2] It was founded in 1916 by M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar. The bank primarily operates in the treasury, corporate/wholesale banking, and retail banking segments.

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KVB provides services such as personal, corporate, and agricultural banking and services to NRIs and SMBs. The bank had approximately 831 branches and 1,650 ATMs as of 30 September 2023. [3]

History

A Karur Vysya Bank branch in Mysore, Karnataka Karur Vysya Bank - Mysore Branch.jpg
A Karur Vysya Bank branch in Mysore, Karnataka

The Karur Vysya Bank Limited, popularly known as KVB, was set up on 25 July 1916 by M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar to capitalise on the previously unexploited market of traders and agriculturists in and around Karur, a town in Tamil Nadu. The bank later expanded out of Karur in search of additional business opportunities and established a presence across India.

The bank celebrated its centenary on 10 September 2016 at Chennai with the then-President of India Shri. Pranab Mukherjee as the guest of honor.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Balance Sheet 31.03.2024". kvb.co.in (28 October 2024).
  2. "Karur Vysya Bank Contact Information, Head Office, Email ID". Company Contact Information. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Inauguration of 4 new Branches" (PDF).