The Federal Bank Limited was incorporated on 28^th April 1931 at Nedumpuram, a place near Tiruvalla in Central Travancore. Federal Bank became a Scheduled Commercial Bank in 1970.

Federal Bank introduced FedAlerts, real time transaction alerts across the globe, and FedMobile, a first among traditional banks in India. Business is fully automated helped by a strong in-house IT infrastructure.

The centralised telebanking service of the bank enables customers to get banking services like balance inquiry and cheque book requisition by just dialing a single telephone number from any where in the world.

Federal Bank, in association with AMRITA super speciality hospital, launched Fed+Amrita, an innovative online system for fixing medical consultation, health check up, and inpatient payments from anywhere.

The Bank has more than 500 offices in India, covering all the important cities with Kerala having the lion's share with around 300 branches.