History of State Bank of Mysore

State Bank of Mysore was a nationalised bank in India, with headquarters at Bengaluru. It is one of the five associate banks of State Bank of India.

State Bank of Mysore was established in the year 1913 as The Bank of Mysore Ltd. under the patronage of Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, at the instance of the banking committee headed by the great Engineer-Statesman, Bharat Ratna Sir M.Visvesvaraya. During 1953, "Mysore Bank" was appointed as an agent of Reserve Bank of India to undertake Government business and treasury operations, and in March 1960. 

it became a subsidiary of the State Bank of India under the State Bank of India (subsidiary Banks) Act 1959. Now the bank is an Associate Bank under State Bank Group and the State Bank of India holds 92.33% of shares. The Bank's shares are listed in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai stock exchanges.

This bank has 1074 branches and 10627 employees (June 2016) and the Bank has 802 branches (79%) in Karnataka State. The bank has regional offices in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Mandya, Hassan, Shivamogga, Davangere, Ballari, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. The bank's turnover in the year 2013-2014 was around US$19 Billion and Profit about US$46 Million.

The Bank had a chequered history and is the smallest of the five Associate Banks of State Bank Of India. The Bank suffered as the Staff Union and Officers Association had a strangle hold on the affairs of the Bank and lacked visionary management. The Bank will soon walk into sunset as it gets merged with its parent on 01/04/2017.

Founded	2 October, 1913 as The Bank of Mysore Ltd
Headquarter	Bengaluru
CEO & MD	Sir M.Visvesvaraya
No. of Branches	1074
No. of ATM	Around 900
Tagline	Working for a better tomorrow

History

Year - event

• 1913 - The Bank was established as 'Bank of Mysore Ltd.', on 19 May, with an authorised capital of Rs.20.00 lakhs.
• Commenced its business on 2 October 1913.
• 1953 - During the year, the Bank was appointed as an Agent of Reserve Bank of India to conduct Government business & treasury operations.
• 1959 - With effect from 10 September, the Bank was constituted as State Bank of Mysore as a Subsidiary of State Bank of India, under State Bank of India [Subsidiary Bankss] Act, 1959 enacted through an Act of Parliament, [Act No. 38 of 1959s].
• 1959 -The bank has formulated schemes for financing coffee planters/coffee traders against coffee curers certificate, financing coffee traders, coffee exporters & coffee curers who also engage in trading.

- The Bank actively participated in all Government sponsored schemes and contributed its share of financial assistance or the economically weaker sections through DIR, IRDP, Prime Minister Rojgar Yojna & SUME schemes.

• The Bank has sponsored two Regional Rural Banks, Cauvery Grameena Bank & Kalpatharu Gameena Bank which were merged to form Kaveri-Kalpatharu Gramin Brank, headquartered at Mysore with more than 250 branches for growth of agriculture & rural industries.
• The Bank, as part of State Bank Group has been engaged in financing agriculture and MSME in 1960 & introduced the concept of need based rather than security oriented finance & the Entrepreneur scheme under which technically qualified persons were financed the entire requirement up to Rs.2 lacs.
• The Bank has 3 specialised SSI branches to assist the SSI units & proposes to establish 3 more such 551 branches shortly.
• The Bank has correspondent & agency arrangements all over the world & offers spot services in 18 major approved currencies.
• State Bank of Mysore handles a significant part of day-to-day banking business of both the Central & State Governments in the State of Karnataka & is a Banker to various Public Sector Undertakings in various sectors of Economy.
• The Bank has been actively participating in welfare banking needs of public through its community services.
• The Bank is a member of society for worldwide Inter Bank Financial Telecommunication [SWIFTs] which was established to offer cost effective & fast transmission of financial messages globally, 2 branches of Bank are presently covered under the scheme and an additional 15 branches are proposed to be covered under SWIFT shortly.
• 1992 - The State Government has also taken up vigorously 'ASHRAYA', a new housing scheme for weaker sections & 'VISHWA', a new rural & cottage industry scheme. A new programme called 'AKSHAYA' has also been launched to help the children in primary education. The Konkan Railway Project & the New Mangalore Port Project are also progressing satisfactorily.
• 1994 - Several important measures have been introduced in the busy season credit policy of November 1993 & slack season credit policy of May 1994, announced by Reserve Bank of India.
• 2000 - Mr. M. Sitarama Murty has been appointed as Managing Director, of Bank.

- Crisil has reaffirmed the A+ & P1+ ratings assigned to the bond issue & the CD programme of bank.

• 2001 - State Bank of Mysore has opened a foreign exchange cell at its Hirehally Industrial estate branch in Tumkur district to enable small-scale industrialists to manage their foreign exchange transactions.

- The Bank has closed its issue of unsecured non-convertible debentures after raising the target of Rs 60 crore.

• 2002

-Enters the market with a coupon of 6.4% per annum for its Tier-II capital bonds issue of Rs.60cr on a private placement basis.

-Slashes interest rate on domestic term deposits & on NRE deposits by 25-50 basis points.

• 2003

-Considers new method of appraisal for lending to the agricultural sector more on the lines of industrial credit given to trade & commerce.

-Declared a dividend of 40% on equity capital for year ended.

-Ties up with HMT Ltd & launches SBM-HMT Agri Farm Scheme, to promote agricultural mechanisation in south India.

-Maruti Udyog forges alliances with SBM to offer car finance.

• 2004

-Mr. Vijayanand assumes charges as Managing Director of bank from 01/03/2004

-State Bank of Mysore has joined the Real Time Gross Settlement Systems [RTGSs] network that facilitates inter-bank funds settlement on 22 July.

• 2005 : 100% computerisation and Core Banking Solutions (CBS) introduced.
• 2005 : SBM unveils new single window system
• 2006 : Mr P.P. Pattanayak has assumed charge as Managing Director of State Bank of Mysore. Mr Pattanayak was earlier Deputy Managing Director [DMDs] & Chief Credit Officer of State Bank of India, Mumbai.
• 2009 : The Company splits its share with face value from Rs.100/- to Rs.10/-.
• 2009 : Sri Dilip Mavinkurve takes charge as Managing Director of the Bank. He was earlier Chief General Manager of the Bank.
• 2012 : Shri Sharad Sharma takes charge as Managing Director of the bank.
• 2013 : The Bank celebrated its Centenary year during the period 2 October 2012 to 1 October 2013.
• 2017 : After 104 years of banking history, State Bank of Mysore as merges with State Bank of India on 01 April 2017.

Advances

• Personal Banking schemes
• Commercial & Institutional Banking schemes
• Agricultural Banking schemes
• Micro and Small Enterprises schemes (MSE)

NRI Services

• NRI Deposits
• International Banking – Forex services
• Proforma for foreign currency remittances
• Account opening form for non–resident Indians
• Interest rates on NRE Deposits and schemes
•  Details of its correspondent Banks  –Exchange companies with Draft drawing arrangement with the Bank  –Money Transfer to India Through Western Union  –Remittance facility through State Bank of India, New York Branch

Arundhati Bhattacharya- Chairman

Krishnamachari N- Managing Director

Head Office:

Mysore Bank Circle, Kempegowda Road,
Bangalore,
Karnataka-560254

Website- www.statebankofmysore.co.in