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Welcome to visit 99SmartReview.blogspot.in. Today we are listing some important questions based on banking. The students who are preparing for the competitive exams, should know about these things.
Important key points to know about the Banking GK are:
o Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) was established in 1935 and Nationalized
in 1949.
o Savings
Account system in India was started by Presidency
Bank, in 1833.
o
Cheque system was
first introduced by Bengal Bank which was established in 1784.
o
Allahabad Bank is
the oldest existing public sector bank in India.
o
Central Bank of India was
the first public bank to introduce credit card.
o
Central Bank of India is
the first commercial bank which was managed by Indians.
o ICICI
Bank was the first bank to provide Mobile ATM
o
Bank of Baroda has
the maximum number of overseas branches.
o India’s
first “Talking” Automated Teller Machine (ATM) launched by Union Bank
of India
o
(UBI) for
visually impaired, was launched in Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
o
The National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI) launches India’s first rural bank ATM card
o
with a regional rural bank in Varanasi.
o First
bank established in India : Bank of Hindustan in 1770.
o Second
Bank : General Bank of India, 1786
o
The Imperial Bank of India (IBI) was
the oldest and the largest commercial bank of the Indian
o
subcontinent. It was created in Jan 1921
by amalgamation of three presidency banks, those are,
o
Bank of Bengal
o
Bank of Bombay
o
Bank of Madras
o After
nationalization in 1955, the Imperial Bank of India was named as
State Bank of India
o (SBI)
o State
Bank of India merged with three banks namely Bank of
Bengal, Bank of Bombay and
o
Bank of Madras
in 1921 to form the Imperial Bank of India which was converted as State
Bank of
o
India.
o First
Indian bank got ISO : Canara Bank
o First
Indian Bank started solely with Indian capital investment is PNB (Punjab
National Bank).
o Founder
of Punjab National Bank is Lala Lajpat Rai.
o
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was
instituted in 1935.
o First
Governor of RBI : Mrs. Osborne Smith
o First
Indian Governor of RBI : Mr. C. D. Deshmukh
o First
Bank to introduce Savings Account in India : Presidency Bank in 1833
o First
Bank to introduce Cheque System in India : Bengal Bank in 1833
o First
Bank to introduce Internet Banking : ICICI Bank
o First
Bank to introduce Mutual Fund : State Bank of India
o First
Bank to introduce Credit Card in India : Central Bank of India
o Credit
cards are known as Plastic Money
o Open
market operations are carried out by RBI
o CapitalMarket
Regulator is SEBI
o Largest
Commercial Bank in India – State Bank of India
o The
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is known as
– World Bank
o India’s
First Financial Archive has been set up at – Kolkata
o CRR,
SLR, Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate are decided by RBI
o Savings
banks interest rates, fixed deposit interest rates, Loan Rates etc are decided
by Individual
o Banks.
o
The bank which has launched Mobile Bank
Accounts in association with Vodafone’s m-paisa-
o HDFC
Bank
o Minimum
money transfer limit through RTGs : 2 Lakhs
o Maximum
money transfer limit through RTGs : No Limit
o Minimum
& Maximum money transfer limit through NEFT : No Limit
o NABARD
was established in – July 1982
o Largest
Public Sector Bank in India – SBI
o Largest
Private Sector Bank in India – ICICI
o Largest
Foreign Bank in India – Standard Chartered Bank
o Frist
Indian Bank to open branch outside India i.e. London in 1946 – Bank of India
o First
RRB named Prathama Grameen Bank was started by Syndicate Bank.
o First
Bank to introduce ATM in India : HSBC in 1987, Mumbai
o
Bank of Baroda has
the maximum number of overseas branches.
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