Canara Bank: Important Key Points to Remember

Tagline: Together We Can
Headquarter: Bangalore, Karnataka
CEO: Rakesh Sharma

Canara Bank is one of the most important public sector bank of our country.
Most of you would be waiting for IBPS PO-6 and IBPS Clerk-6 result and many of you would have given first priority to this bank, since it had maximum vacancy this year.
Let us see a detailed note on Canara Bank, which will be helpful for all banking aspirant.

Founded as 'Canara Bank Hindu Permanent Fund' in 1906, by late Shri Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, a philanthropist,
This small seed blossomed into a limited company as 'Canara Bank Ltd.' in 1910.
The Government of India nationalized Canara Bank, along with 13 other major commercial banks of India, on 19 July 1969.
In 1976, Canara Bank inaugurated its 1000th branch.
In 1996, Canara Bank became the first Indian Bank to get ISO certification.
As of September 2016, the bank had a network of 5849 branches and more than 10026 ATMs spread across India.