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FIELD VISIT OF BANK OF BARODA
BANK OF BARODA
Bank of Baroda (BoB) is the highest profit-making
public sector undertaking (PSU) bank in India and the
second largest PSU bank in terms of number of total
business in India. It is the country's first largest public
sector lender in terms of annual profit. Bob is ranked
715 on Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in
excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a
network of 4007 branches (out of which 3914
branches are in India) and offices, and over 2000
ATMs. It plans to open 400 new branches in the
coming year
.
It offers a wide range of banking
products and financial services to corporate and retail
customers through its delivery channels and through its
specialized subsidiaries and affiliates in the areas of investment banking, credit cards and asset management.
Its total global business was Rs. 6,722.48 billion as of 31 March 2012. Its headquarter is in Baroda and
corporate headquarter is in Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai.
HISTORY
The Maharaja of Baroda, Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, founded the bank on
20 July 1908 in the princely state of Baroda, in Gujarat. Two years later, BoB established its first branch in
Ahmedabad. The bank grew domestically, until after World War II. Then in 1953 it crossed the Indian
Ocean to serve the communities of Indians in Kenya and Indians in Uganda by establishing a branch each in
Mombasa and Kampala. The next year it opened a second branch in Kenya, in Nairobi, and in 1956 it
opened a branch in Dar-es-Salaam. Then in 1957 BoB took a giant step abroad by establishing a branch in
London. London was the center of the British Commonwealth and the most important international banking
centre. 1959 saw BoB complete its first domestic acquisition when it took over Hind Bank.
The bank, along with 13 other major commercial banks of India, was nationalised on 19 July 1969, by the
government of India.
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE OF BOB
In its international expansion, the Bank of Baroda followed the Indian diaspora, especially that of Gujaratis.
The Bank has 93 branches/offices in 24 countries including 55 branches/offices of the bank, 36 branches of
its 8 subsidiaries and 2 representative offices in Thailand and Australia. The Bank of Baroda has a joint
venture in Zambia with 16 branches.
Among the Bank of Baroda’s overseas branches are ones in the world’s major financial centers (e.g., New
York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Brussels and Singapore), as well as a number in other countries. The
bank is engaged in retail banking via the branches of subsidiaries in Botswana, Guyana, Kenya, Tanzania,
and Uganda. The bank plans to upgrade its representative office in Australia to a branch and set up a joint
venture commercial bank in Malaysia. It has a large presence in Mauritius with about nine branches spread
out in the country.