Fort and Horniman Circle, Mumbai

The Reserve Bank of India is the country’s central bank, set up in 1935 under the Reserve Bank of India Act and nationalised in 1949.

State Bank of India is the largest bank in the country, descended from the Bank of Calcutta of 1806 through the Imperial Bank of India, and constituted in its present form in 1955.

Union Bank of India was registered in Mumbai in 1919, its head office inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, and nationalised in 1969; in 2020 it absorbed Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank.

Central Bank of India was founded in Mumbai in 1911 by Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala, the first commercial bank wholly owned and managed by Indians, and nationalised in 1969.

UCO Bank, the United Commercial Bank founded in Kolkata in 1943 by G.

HSBC’s history in India goes back to the Mercantile Bank of India of 1853; its Indian head office is the old Mercantile Bank building at 52/60 Mahatma Gandhi Road in Fort, with large offices in Bandra Kurla Complex.

Standard Chartered has been in India since the Chartered Bank opened in Kolkata in 1858, and India is one of its largest markets; its Indian head office is Crescenzo in Bandra Kurla Complex, with historic branches at For

Deutsche Bank has been in India since 1980, with its Indian head office at The Capital in Bandra Kurla Complex and the old Deutsche Bank House at Hazarimal Somani Marg, Fort.

Saraswat Bank, founded in 1918 by the Saraswat community of Mumbai, is the largest urban co-operative bank in India, with its head office at Ekanath Thakur Bhavan in Prabhadevi and branches across Maharashtra, Goa, Gujar

Bombay Mercantile Co-operative Bank was founded in 1939 and has its head office at Marine Lines; it is a multi-state urban co-operative bank with branches in Mumbai and other cities.

Cosmos Bank, founded in Pune in 1906, is the second-oldest and one of the largest urban co-operative banks in the country, with a large Mumbai network.

NKGSB Bank, the North Kanara Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Co-operative Bank founded in 1917, is a scheduled multi-state co-operative bank headquartered at Laxmi Sadan, Girgaon.

The Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank, founded in 1927 by the Parsi community, is a scheduled co-operative bank headquartered at Fort.

The Mumbai District Central Co-operative Bank, the Mumbai Bank, founded in 1974, is the district central co-operative bank of the city, headquartered at Fort and serving housing societies and co-operatives.