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
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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
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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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Toward the end of this era around the early 1930s that is when devastation hit. Our market was at an all time low, people began to fear and panic. Eventually the market collapsed, this was known as the Great Depression. People realized the market was not looking great, they started withdrawing their money from the bank. The money people invested into banks was not properly backed up. This caused fear and the banks were not able to reimburse people their money back. As a result of this the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was established, which creates stability within banks and also establishes trust. This is important so that people become aware that it is okay to fully trust banks and insure their money in with
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January 1970. This allowed the bank to expand and venture into new services such as credit cards and computer-linked cash dispensers. The 1980’s saw deregulation of the financial markets which eventually culminated in the ‘Big Bang’ in 1986, National Westminster Bank seized this opportunity and entered the securities business acquiring stockbroking and jobbing firms to create NatWest Investment Bank. The Group’s International Banking Division focused on expanding into international banking services and into The USA, the Far East and Europe.
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1885-Indian National Congress founded by A. O. Hume to unite all Indians and strengthen bonds with Britain.
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