Corporation Bank

Corporation Bank
Company typePublic sector undertaking
BSE532179
NSECORPBANK
IndustryBanking
Financial services
Founded12 March 1906; 118 years ago (1906-03-12)
FounderKhan Bahadur Haji Abdullah Haji Kasim Saheb Bahadur[1][2]
Defunct1 April 2020 (2020-04-01)
FateMerged with Union Bank of India
SuccessorUnion Bank of India
HeadquartersMangalore, Karnataka, India
Area served
India
Key people
P. V. Bharathi
(MD & CEO) [3]
Products
RevenueDecrease 17,494.70 crore (US$2.1 billion)(2019) [4]
Decrease 3,894.46 crore (US$470 million) (2019)[4]
Decrease −6,332.98 crore (US$−760 million) (2019)[4]
Total assetsDecrease213,577.85 crore (US$26 billion) (2019)[4]
OwnerGovernment of India
Number of employees
18,935 (March 2019) [4]
Capital ratio12.30% (2019)[4]
Websitewww.corpbank.com

Corporation Bank[5] was a public-sector banking company headquartered in Mangalore, India. The bank had a pan-Indian presence. Presently, the bank has a network of 2,432 fully automated CBS branches, 3,040 ATMs, and 4,724 branchless banking units across the country.[6] In 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank would be merged into the Union Bank of India, with all their branches becoming branches of the latter on 1 April 2020.

  1. ^ "Brief Life Story, Haji Abdullah Haji Kasim Saheb Bahadur". Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. ^ Corporation Bank founder Haji Abdullah.
  3. ^ "PV Bharathi assumes charge as Corp Bank MD". thehindubusinessline. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019. She will remain in the post till March 31, 2020, the date of her superannuation.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report: 2018–19" (PDF). Corporation Bank. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "A banker erased from memory". Deccan Herald. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. ^ Market, Capital (23 December 2017). "Board of Corporation Bank approves raising of capital". Business Standard India. Retrieved 29 December 2017.