Indian private sector bank
The Karur Vysya Bank Limited Company type Public BSE : 590003 NSE : KARURVYSYA Industry Banking Financial services Founded 1916 Headquarters Karur ,Tamil Nadu , IndiaKey people
Meena Hemchandra (Chairperson) Ramesh Babu B (MD & CEO) Products Consumer banking ,Corporate banking ,Finance and Insurance ,Investment banking ,Mortgage loans ,Private banking ,Wealth management ,Credit cards Revenue ₹ 11,602 crore (US$1.4 billion) (FY2024–25)[ 1] ₹ 4,259 crore (US$500 million) (FY2024–25)[ 1] ₹ 1,856 crore (US$220 million) (FY2024–25)[ 2] Total assets ₹ 220,000 crore (US$26 billion) (FY2024–25)[ 1] Number of employees
9,100 (2025)[ 3] Capital ratio 16.7% (Capital adequacy)[ 3] Website kvb .bank .in
Karur Vysya Bank is an Indian private sector bank, headquartered inKarur ,Tamil Nadu . Established in 1916, the bank provides retail, corporate, and treasury banking services, and operates branches across India.[ 4]
A Karur Vysya Bank branch in Mysore Karur Vysya Bank was founded on 25 July 1916 by M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krishna Chettiar to serve the banking requirements of traders and agricultural communities in and around Karur, Tamil Nadu.[ 5] The institution gradually expanded beyond its regional base and developed into a pan-India banking network over the following decades.[ 6]
The bank's centenary celebrations were held in 2016 in Chennai, and were attended by the then President of India,Pranab Mukherjee .[ 7]
Operations and network [ edit ] As of January 2026, Karur Vysya Bank operated had 899 branches[ 8] and 1,650 automated teller machines (ATMs) across multiple states in India.[ 9]
The bank provides services in:
Retail and personal banking Corporate and wholesale banking Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) financing Agricultural and rural banking Treasury and foreign exchange services[ 10] Its operations are regulated by theReserve Bank of India and governed by statutory disclosures filed with Indian stock exchanges.[ 11]
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