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empowerment - the Sakthi IOB Chidambaram Chettiar Memorial Trust.
Objective of this Trust is to enable women in the lower strata of society to
equip themselves with the essential skills and knowledge required for
embarking on a career of their choice.
State Bank of Travancore
Head Office : Poojapura
Thiruvananthapuram – 695012
Te: 0471 2351244
Web: www.statebankoftravancore.com
State Bank of Travancore (SBT) was originally established as the Travancore
Bank Ltd. on 12th September 1945 in the erstwhile Princely State of
Travancore with a paid up capital of Rs.1 crore. The Bank became a
Scheduled Commercial Bank in 1946, and in 1960 it became a subsidiary of
the State Bank of India and assumed its present name. SBT has its
corporate office in Thiruvananthapuram and has seven Zonal Offices; six
in the State of Kerala, one at Chennai, 14 offsite Regional offices of which
the Regional offices in Delhi and Mumbai are headed by DGM and has 64
Administrative offices. The Corporate Data Centre of the Bank is at Belapur,
Navi Mumbai, along with all Banks of the State Bank group. As at the end
of June 2013, SBT has a network of 1014 branches. The offices of the bank
are spread across 15 states and 3 Union Territories of Chandigarh,
Puducherry and the National Capital Region of Delhi. 759 branches of SBT
are in the State of Kerala. SBT marks its presence in all metros and total
outside Kerala branches are 255. Bank’s branches are networked under
Core Banking Solutions with Internet Banking and Mobile Banking
facilities. The Bank is actively encouraging use of Electronic Payment
systems, Mobile Banking and Internet Banking facility. The Bank has
installed 1006 ATMs to enhance customer convenience. These ATMs are
part of the 30,500+ ATM network of State Bank Group, the largest ATM
network in India. International ATM-cum-Debit Cards are available to
customers to make withdrawals throughout the world. We introduced a
new product, Point Of Sale (POS) to promote a cashless payment
environment which is beneficial to all stakeholders. As of June 2013, we
have installed 266 POS terminals with leading commercial establishments.
Bank provides remittance facility from US and UK through “Xpress Remit”
Product. The unique remittance product “Money Trans” provides speedy
remittance facility from Gulf to the domestic clients having account with
any Bank. Online Share Trading facility “eZ-Trade” provides ‘3 in 1’
advantage with Savings, Demat and Trading facilities. Other financial
products like Life Insurance [in tie-up with SBI Life], Mutual Fund
Investments [in tie-up with five Mutual Funds] and General and Accident
Insurance [in tie-up with SBI General Insurance Co Ltd.] are available at
all branches of the Bank. Thus the Bank has become a Financial Super
Market offering full spectrum of products under one roof. The Bank has
excelled in the areas of Agricultural lending, Rural Housing, Educational
Loans to needy students, finance to Self-Help Groups and retail banking.
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