VIJAYA BANK

Vijaya Bank was established on 23rd October 1931 by Mr. A.B.Shetty and other enterprising farmers in Mangalore, Karnataka. The objective behind establishment of the bank was essentially to promote a banking habit, thrift, and enterpreneurship among the farming community of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. The bank became a scheduled bank in 1958.

During 1963-68, nine smaller banks merged with Vijaya Bank and the bank steadily grew into a large all-India bank. The bank was nationalized on April 15, 1980 and today the bank has a network of 913 branches that span all 28 states and 3 union territories.

Vijaya Bank has been constantly focusing on technological upgrades. All of the 913 branches have been computerised, covering 97% of the bank's total business.

The bank has diversified by entering into several new areas, such as credit cards, merchant banking, hire purchase and leasing, and electronic remittance services.

Vijaya Bank is one among the few banks in the country to take up principal membership of VISA International and MasterCard International.