Company type | Bank |
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Industry | Financial services |
Predecessor | Sahyadri, Chitradurga, Tungabhadra and Kolar Gramin Banks |
Founded | 12 September 2005 |
Defunct | 23 August 2013 amalgamated with Karnataka Gramin Bank |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | Raichur, Koppal, Bellary, Vijayanagara, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Shimoga, Kolar and Chikkaballapura |
Area served | Karnataka |
Products | Deposits, Personal Banking Schemes, C & I Banking Schemes, Agri Banking Schemes, SME Banking Schemes |
Services | Loans, Deposits, ATM Services, National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT), Debit Card [1] |
Parent | Canara Bank (35%) |
Website | pragathigrameenabank |
Pragathi Gramin Bank was an Indian Regional Rural Bank (RRB) established under Regional Rural Banks' Act 1976. The bank was permitted to carry all kinds of banking business and provided banking services to individuals and small businesses.
It was a Scheduled Bank jointly owned by Government of India, Canara Bank and Government of Karnataka (share capital contributed in the ratio of 50:35:15 respectively). The bank was permitted to carry all kinds of banking business. The Bank was operating in 9 districts of Karnataka, having its Head Office at Ballari. [2] [3] [4]
In 2023 the bank was merged with Krishna Grameena Bank to form Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank which would go on to be merged to form Karnataka Gramin Bank.
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