Logo of Allahabad Bank

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Currently the bank has 44 regional and totally 1,934 branches ^[1] across the country. The bank is headed by Avinash Chander Mahajan who is the Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.

History

• 1865 Bank is founded with Head Office at Allahabad.
• 1920 P&O Bank buys Allahabad Bank.
• 1923 The bank moves its head office to Kolkatta.
• 1927 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China acquires P&O Bank, which it amalgamates, but continues to operate Allahabad Bank separately.
• 1969 The Government of India nationalizes the bank.
• 1989 Allahabad Bank acquires United Industrial Bank and amalgamates it.
• 2006 Allahabad Bank announces implementation of CBS.

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See also

• Indian banking

In India, formal banking originated in the first decade of 18th century with The General Bank of India coming into existence in 1786. ...

References

1. ^ Allahabad Bank's Branch Network

External links

• Official web site