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54,767 (2016) Website. www .standardbank .com. Standard Bank Group Limited [2] is a major South African bank and financial services group. It is Africa 's biggest lender by assets. [3] The company's corporate headquarters, Standard Bank Centre, is situated in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg.
UK banking brands owned by foreign banks. Allied Irish Bank (GB) and First Trust Bank, owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland. Al Rayan Bank, owned by Masraf Al Rayan of Qatar. Axis Bank UK, owned by Axis Bank of India. Bank of Ceylon (UK), owned by Bank of Ceylon of Sri Lanka.
The Reserve Bank of India, India's central banking authority, was established in April 1935, but was nationalized on 1 January 1949 under the terms of the Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948 (RBI, 2005b). [31] In 1949, the Banking Regulation Act was enacted, which empowered the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to regulate ...
The Reserve Bank of India, abbreviated as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. Owned by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, it is responsible for the control, issue and maintaining supply of the Indian rupee.
Standard Chartered plc is a British multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 90% of its profits come from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East .
The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...
There are 49 scheduled urban co-operative banks in India. Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank Ltd. Apna Sahakari Bank Ltd. [69] Ahmedabad Mercantile Co-Op Bank Ltd. [70] Amanath Co-operative Bank Ltd. [71] Andhra Pradesh Mahesh Co-Op Urban Bank Ltd. Bassein Catholic Co-operative Bank Ltd. [72] Bharat Co-operative Bank (Mumbai) Ltd.
The Indian Banks' Association ( IBA ), formed on (26 September 1946), is an unregistered, voluntary association of like-minded banks and individuals in India [1] —an representative body of Indian banks and financial institutions based in Mumbai. [2] With an initial membership of 22 banks in India in 1946, IBA currently represents 247 banking ...