nse canbk industry banking financial services founded canara bank hindu permanent fund 1906 ; 110 years ago 1906 at mangalore india canara bank ltd 1910 canara bank 1969 . headquarters bangalore karnataka india key people shri t. n. manoharan chairman shri rakesh sharma md & ceo products investment banking consumer banking commercial banking retail banking private banking asset management pensions mortgages credit cards revenue 339 billion us 5.0 billion 2012 1 net income 33.41 billion us 500 million 2012 total assets 4.72 trillion us 70 billion 2015 owner government of india number of employees 53 506 2015 website canara bank canara bank is an indian state owned bank headquartered in bangalore karnataka . it was established at mangalore in 1906 making it one of the oldest banks in the country . the government nationalized the bank in 1969 . as of november 2015 the bank had a network of 5784 branches and more than 9153 atms spread across india . the bank also has offices abroad in london hong kong moscow shanghai doha bahrain south africa dubai tanzania and new york . contents 1 history 2 overseas subsidiaries branches and offices 3 subsidiary companies 4 regional rural banks 5 development projects 6 major it initiative 7 see also 8 citations and references history edit logo of canara bank ammembal subba rao pai a philanthropist established the canara hindu permanent fund in mangalore india on 1 july 1906 . 2 the bank changed its name to canara bank limited in 1910 when it incorporated . canara bank s first acquisition took place in 1961 when it acquired bank of kerala . bank of kerala had been founded in september 1944 and at the time of its acquisition on 20 may 1961 had three branches . the second bank that canara bank acquired was seasia midland bank alleppey which had been established on 26 july 1930 and had seven branches at the time of its takeover . 3 4 in 1958 the reserve bank of india had ordered canara bank to acquire g. raghumathmul bank in hyderabad . this bank had been established in 1870 and had converted to a limited company in 1925 . at the time of the acquisition g. raghumathmul bank had five branches . 5 the merger took effect in 1961 . 4 later in 1961 canara bank acquired trivandrum permanent bank . trivandrum permanent bank had been founded on 7 february 1899 and had 14 branches at the time of the merger . 4 next canara bank acquired four banks in 1963 the sree poornathrayeesa vilasam bank thrippunithura arnad bank tiruchirapalli cochin commercial bank cochin and pandyan bank madurai . sree poornathrayeesa vilasam bank had been established on 21 february 1923 and at the time of its acquisition it had 14 branches . arnad bank had been established on 23 december 1942 and at the time of its acquisition had only one branch . cochin commercial bank had been established on 3 january 1936 and at the time of its acquisition had 13 branches . 4 the government of india nationalised canara bank along with 13 other major commercial banks of india on 19 july 1969 . in 1976 canara bank inaugurated its 1000th branch . in 1985 canara bank acquired lakshmi commercial bank in a rescue . this brought canara bank some 230 branches in northern india . in 1996 canara bank became the first indian bank to get iso certification for total branch banking for its seshadripuram branch in bangalore . canara bank has now stopped opting for iso certification of branches . overseas subsidiaries branches and offices edit canara bank established its international division in 1976 . in 1983 canara bank opened its first overseas office a branch in london . two years later canara bank established a subsidiary in hong kong indo hong kong international finance . in 2008 9 canara bank opened its third foreign operation this one a branch in shanghai . later canara bank established a branch each in leicester and bahrain and converted its hong kong subsidiary into a branch . it also has a representative office in sharjah . together with state bank of india canara bank established a joint venture in moscow commercial bank of india llc . canara bank provides the general manager and the branch managers for al razouki intl exchange co llc which a number of business leaders and non resident indians nris established in 1981 in the united arab emirates to facilitate remittances to india by tourists and nris . since 1983 canara bank has been responsible for the management of eastern exchange co. wll doha qatar which abdul rahman m.m. al muftah had established in 1979 . 6 canara bank opened its seventh overseas branch in new york usa on 10 june 2014 . subsidiary companies edit canfin homes limited cfhl with a network of 110 branches and 28 satellite offices throughout india . canbank factors limited canbank venture capital fund limited canbank computer services limited canara bank securities limited canara robeco asset management company limited canbank financial services limited canara hsbc oriental life insurance company limited regional rural banks edit canara bank sponsors two regional rural banks rrb kerala gramin bank it is the largest rrb in india . its headquarters are at malappuram and it operates in all districts in kerala . it was established in 1976 as a scheduled commercial bank . 1 pragathi krishna gramin bank has its headquarters at bellary karnataka and has 645 branches spread over eleven districts . canara bank is a state level lead bank in kerala . development projects edit canara bank partnered with unep to initiate a solar loan program . it was a four year 7.6 million effort launched in april 2003 to help accelerate the market for financing solar home systems in southern india . major it initiative edit canara bank had a major it initiative to network all branches and move them to a single software platform . canara bank chose flexcube from oracle financial services software as the application . the bank entered into an agreement with ibm for rolling out flexcube to over 1000 branches as part of phase i. this phase has just been concluded with karaikudi branch in tamil nadu being the 1000th branch to go live . over 22 million customers are benefiting from this initiative . now all the branches of canara bank are live on core banking application flexcube . see also edit indian banking list of banks in india citations and references edit citations ; http www.bseindia.com bseplus stockreach advancestockreach.aspx scripcode 532483 canara bank history kamanth 2006 p. 108 . a b c d kamanth 2006 p. 112 . pagdi raghavendra rao . 1987 . short history of banking in hyderabad district 1879 1950 . in m. radhakrishna sarma k.d. abhyankar and v.g. bilolikar eds . history of hyderabad district 1879 1950ad yugabda 4981 5052 . hyderabad bharatiya itihasa sankalana samiti vol . 2 pp. 85 87 . eastern exchange references ; kamath m.v. 2006 a banking odyssey the canara bank story . konark publishers . isbn 9788122007176 v t e banking in india reserve bank reserve bank of india public sector banks allahabad bank andhra bank bank of baroda bank of india bank of maharashtra bharatiya mahila bank canara bank central bank of india corporation bank dena bank idbi bank indian bank indian overseas bank oriental bank of commerce post bank of india punjab & sind bank punjab national bank state bank of bikaner & jaipur state bank of hyderabad state bank of india state bank of mysore state bank of patiala state bank of travancore syndicate bank uco bank union bank of india united bank of india vijaya bank private sector banks axis bank bandhan bank catholic syrian bank city union bank dcb bank dhanlaxmi bank federal bank hdfc bank icici bank idfc bank indusind bank jammu & kashmir bank karnataka bank karur vysya bank kotak mahindra bank lakshmi vilas bank nainital bank rbl bank ratnakar bank south indian bank tamilnad mercantile bank limited yes bank cooperative banks buldhana urban cosmos bank repco bank saraswat bank shamrao vithal co op . bank tnsc bank rajkot nagrik sahakari bank 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