♥ Top Banking Facts ♥

* First India bank Got ISO : Canara Bank

* First Governor of RBI : Mr. Osborne
Smith

* First Indian governor of RBI : Mr. C D. Deshmukh

* First Bank to Introduce ATM in India : HSBC

* First Bank to introduce savings :
Presidency bank in 1833

* First Bank to Introduce Cheque
system : Bengal Bank 1784

* First Bank to introduce Internet
Banking : ICICI BANK

* First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund : State Bank of India

* First Bank to introduce Credit Card :
Central Bank of India

* First Foreign Bank in India :
Comptoire d’Escompte de Paris of
France in 1860

* First Joint Stock Bank of India :
Allahabad Bank

* First Bank that is oldest Public Bank in India :Allahabad Bank

* First Indian bank to open branch
outside India in London in 1946 : Bank of India

* First Indian Bank started with Indian capital / indigenous Bank of India : Punjab National Bank

* First Regional Rural Bank name
Prathama Grameen Bank - Was started by : Syndicate Bank

* First Bank to launch branch in
foreign was "Bank of India" in 1946 in
London UK.

* First bank to Introduce Credit card in India was Central Bank of India With "Central Card" 1980.

* First Bank to introduce Debit Card in India was Citi Bank In Bangalore in
1987