Federal Bank

Not to be confused with Federal Reserve Bank.

Federal Bank Limited

File:Federal Bank HQ, Aluva.jpg
Traded as	NSE: FEDERALBNK BSE: 500469 Template:LSE
Industry	Banking Financial services
Founded	23 April 1931 (1931-04-23) (as Travancore Federal Bank) 2 December 1949 (1949-12-02) (as Federal Bank)
Founder(s)	K. P. Hormis
Headquarters	Aluva, Kochi, Kerala, India
Number of locations	1,263 branches (2020)
Key people	Shyam Srinivasan (MD & CEO)
Products	Retail Banking Wholesale Banking Finance and Insurance Mortgage loans Wealth management Investment banking Credit cards Debit cards
Revenue	₹15,142.16 crore (US$2.1 billion) (2020)
Operating income	₹3,204.70 crore (US$450 million) (2020)
Net income	₹1,542.78 crore (US$220 million) (2020)
Total assets	₹180,638.05 crore (US$25 billion) (2020)
Number of employees	12,496 (2020)
Capital ratio class39 = tel	14.35%
Website	www.federalbank.co.in

Federal Bank Limited is a major Indian commercial bank headquartered in Aluva, Kochi. The bank has more than 1,200 branches spread across different states in India. It also has its Representative Offices abroad at Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

With a customer base of over 10 million, including 1.5 million NRI customers and a large network of remittance partners across the world, Federal Bank handled more than 15% of India's total inward remittances of $79 billion in 2018. The Bank has remittance arrangements with more than 110 Banks/Exchange Companies across the world. The Bank is also listed in the BSE, NSE and London Stock Exchange and has a branch in India's first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. The Bank has been recognized as a Great Place to Work in a study conducted by the Great Place to Work® Institute.

History

The Federal Bank Limited (the erstwhile Travancore Federal Bank Limited) was incorporated with an authorised capital of ₹5,000 at Nedumpuram, a place near Thiruvalla in Central Travancore on 23 April 1931 under the Travancore Companies Act. It started business of auction-chitty and other banking transactions connected with agriculture and industry.

The bank name was named Federal Bank Limited on 2 December 1949, after completing the formalities of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Between 1963 and 1970, Federal Bank took over Chalakudy Public Bank (est. 20 July 1929 in Chalakudy), Cochin Union Bank (est. 1963) in Thrissur, Alleppey Bank (est 1964; Alappuzha), St. George Union Bank (est. 1965) in Puthenpally, and Marthandam Commercial Bank (est. 1968) in Thiruvananthapuram. In 1970, Federal Bank became a scheduled commercial bank and came out with its initial public offering in 1994.

The Bank became a Scheduled Commercial Bank in 1970, which also coincided with the Silver Jubilee Year, since the Bank commenced its operation in Aluva.

In January 2008, Federal Bank opened its first overseas representative office in Abu Dhabi.

In November 2016, Federal Bank opened its second UAE representative office, in Dubai.

Sponsorships

• Federal Bank is the Lead Sponsor of NorthEast United FC in the 2019–2020 season of Indian Super League.

Board of directors

Current Board of Directors are:

• Smt. Grace Elizabeth Koshie - Chairperson of the Board
• Mr. Shyam Srinivasan - Managing Director & CEO
• Smt. Shubhalakshmi Panse - Director
• Mr. C Balagopal – Director
• Mr. A P Hota – Director
• Mr. Balakrishnan Krishnamurthy – Director
• Mr. Siddhartha Sengupta - Director
• Mr. CA Manoj Fadnis - Director
• Mr. Sudarshan Sen - Director
• Ms. Varsha Purandare - Director
• Mr. Ashutosh Khajuria - Executive Director
• Ms. Shalini Warrier - Executive Director

See also

• Banking in India
• List of banks in India
• Reserve Bank of India
• Indian Financial System Code
• List of largest banks
• List of companies of India
• Make in India