Standard Chartered Bank, India
Standard Chartered Bank is a London based bank, currently operational within over 70 nations with more than 1,700 branches and 73,000 strong workforce as of April 2009. Although the bank is located in Britain, still a huge chunk of its revenues originate from the continents of Asia, Africa and Middle East. Standard Chartered Bank was formed as the merger of two banks viz. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China and The Standard Bank of British South Africa. The…
HSBC Bank, India
HSBC Bank is a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, a London based banking giant which, according to the Forbes magazine, is the largest banking group in the world, and the 6th largest company in the world as of April 2009. HSBC Holdings had been established in Hong Kong in the year 1990 as the parent company to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). Further, the bank moved its headquarters from Hong Kong to London. Key Atributes With a loan-deposit…
Deutsche Bank, India
Deutsche Bank, headquartered at Frankfurt in Germany, ranks among the global leaders in corporate banking and securities, transaction banking, asset management, and private wealth management. It is one the world's leading international financial service providers with roughly EURO trillion in assets and approximately 80,000 employees. Deutsche Bank is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB) and New York stock exchanges (NYSE). Products and Services The bank operates in Investment banking, Commercial banking, Retail banking, Private banking, and Asset management The bank’s business…
DBS Bank, India
DBS Bank is a Singapore-based bank, and is known to be one of the largest banks to exist in South East Asian region by asset value. The government of Singapore established the DBS Bank in the year 1968, and it was primarily aimed at providing development oriented financial services. As of April 2009, the bank is actively operational in 16 markets, and has been listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The bank claims “AA-“ and “Aa1” credit ratings, which speak…
Barclays India
Barclays GRCB India is led by Samir Bhatia as its Managing Director. In a short period of just two and a half years, Barclays GRCB India has placed itself amongst the most respected foreign banks in the country that is serving more than 830,000 clients. Barclays offers the best premier banking services in the country. In November 2006, Barclays started serving commercial customers. Barclays Bank India provides banking services to large multinationals, public sector companies, and to small and medium…
Citibank India
Citibank is one of the largest banks in the , and is a part of the financial services company Citigroup. Citibank had been founded in the year 1812. Initially its name was City Bank of New York, which was later changed to First National City Bank of New York. In over 100 countries worldwide, Citibank has been carrying out its operations, which comprise of regular banking services along with credit card, insurance and investment services. The bank claims to have…
BNP Paribas India
BNP Paribas is one of the oldest banks in the continent of Europe, and the largest bank in the Eurozone (consortium of countries having adopted Euro as their primary currency), as reported by The Banker magazine. The bank is present in 87 countries with a 162,700-strong workforce offering its services to the bank. On the 23rd of May 2000, two financial entities viz. the Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas merged together, leading to the formation of the BNP…
American Express Bank, India
With its headquarters located in New York, , American Express company is a global financial services provider, also known as “AmEx” in short. American Express had been established in the year 1850, and is well known all around the world for its dedicated Credit Card, Traveller’s Cheque and Charge Card services. Key Attributes American Express had been named 14th most valuable brand in the world by Interbrand and BusinessWeek in the year 2007, and its total worth was estimated to…
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) is one of the most prominent nationalized banks of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Three different banks viz. the Khalij Commercial Bank, the Emirates Commercial Bank and the Federal Commercial Bank merged in the month of July 1985, leading to the incorporation of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. The ADCB operates in only two countries worldwide, which are the United Arab Emirates and India. The first branch of the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in India…
ABN Amro Bank, India
The history of ABN Amro Bank dates back to the year 1924, when King Williem – I issued a Royal Decree declaring the establishment of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (Netherlands Trading Society, NTS). The NTS had been established with an aim to promote the trade between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. On the 3rd of October, 1964, NTS merged with the Twentsche Bank, and the new name it was given was Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN Bank). Further, on the…