Free Eye Checkup Camp on 121st Foundation Day of #PNB

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Punjab National Bank Karnataka Circle conducted a Free Eye Checkup Camp in association with Dr. Agawal’s Group of Eye Hospital, Bangaluru under CSR Activity at JP Nagar Branch, Bangaluru on the occasion of 121st years of Bank’s Foundation Day. Shri. A K Mishra Circle Head- PNB, Dr. Amodh Nayak, Medical Director & Dr. Kush Bhargava , General Manager of Dr. Agrawal’s Eye Hospital and Shri. R Suresh, Chief Manager- PNB, Circle Office, Smt. Sandhya Ravi Mohan, Chief Manager – JP Nagar Branch were present during the event

CSR activities by Punjab National Bank (PNB) in Belgaum and Mangalore

Punjab National Bank (PNB), the largest public sector Nationalized Bank in the country has been recently awarded the IBA’s “Best Innovation by Banks”, award under the category of “Most Innovative Mass Retail Lender for under-served segments”. It is a tech savvy, professionally managed Bank with an impeccable track record of over 119 years with over 6200 Branches & 6300 ATM’s Pan India. PNB Karnataka circle has 73 branches.

PNB has a galaxy of tailor-made products to suit the needs of every one with Internet banking facility, Mobile banking & ATMs. PNB as a corporate citizen has been contributing to the society through various CSR Activities. PNB Club Road, Belgaum Branch has conducted a CSR Activity on 13.12.2013 at Chikkumbimath Anathasharam, Belgaum where Bank’s Chairman & Managing Director Shri. K.R. Kamath, distributed Plates & Sweets to the orphaned children. Subsequently another CSR Activity was conducted at Old Age Home Mallikarjuna Janaseva Society, Belgaum where he distributed Woolen Sweaters & Sweets to the old inmates. On the same day 2 customer meets were also conducted at Belgaum & Hubli Branch where Shri. K. R. Kamath interacted with customers of Belgaum, Hubli & Dharwad branches.

PNB Branch Opening by CMD Mr KR Kamath

Chairman & Managing Director of  Punjab National Bank (PNB) Shri K R Kamath inaugurated the renovated premises for Proposed Roll over to PNB Pragati Model Branch at Indira Nagar, Bangalore.  The Branch at  Indira Nagar, Bangalore has been functioning since July 1973 and catering to the huge volume of customers in and around the locality.
The customer base is enlarged over the years and the requirement and demand are also undergoing a sea change in Banking Scenario.  PNB’s Customers under Pragati Model are provided Service with Reduced Wait Time in Banking Transactions.  With this background, PNB has decided to Transform its Branches to Pragati Model.
In Karnataka, so far, out of 15 Branches identified, 12 Branches are working under Pragati Model and the branch at  Indira Nagar will be the 13th Pragati Branch.  Two more branches at  Gulbarga & Peenya Industrial Estate, Bangalore are also to be brought under Pragati Model soon.
 Shri K. R. Kamath said that PNB has crossed a milestone of 6000 branches taking total number of branches to 6001 across length and breadth of the country.
He highlighted that these branches are equipped with all modern amenities and technologically upgraded with 100% CBS connectivity.

Performance Highlights of the Bank for Q1 FY’14:
•    The business of the Bank remained above Rs.7,00,000 crore as at end June’13 while Overseas Business crossed Rs 50,000 crore registering YoY growth of  39.5%. 
•    The Bank’s Global deposits stood at Rs 3.97 lakh crore while Gross Global Credit remained reached Rs 3.11 lakh crore as at end June’13.
•    CASA Deposits of the Bank close at Rs 1.50 lakh crore registered YoY growth of 12.6% which constituted 41.44% of Core Deposits. The major contributor to growth of low cost Deposits is Savings Deposits which reached Rs 1.23 lakh crore recording a reasonable YoY growth of 14.7%.
•    Bank has consciously reduced its bulk deposits to Rs 34,954 crore as at end June’13 (YoY growth: -59.1%). Accordingly, the share of such Deposits to Total Deposits has been brought down from 22.16% as on 30th June’12 to 8.81% as on 30th June’13 which is one of the lowest in the Banking Industry.
•    Credit Deposit Ratio increased to 76.88% as at end June’13 from 76.41% as at end June’12.
•    Operating Profit of the Bank reached Rs. 2974 crore while Net Profit increased to Rs 1275 crore.

Punjab National Bank Inaugrates its 69th Branch in Karnataka

Punjab National Bank (PNB), the largest public sector nationalized Bank in the country is conferred with “3rd Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2012”. It is a tech savvy, professionally managed Bank with an impeccable track record of over 118 years with over 6000 Branches under pan India and 69 branches in Karnataka.

PNB has a galaxy of tailor-made products to suit the needs of every one with ATM facilities and Internet banking facility, Mobile banking, over 6300 ATMs and connectivity with more than 66000 ATMs of other banks are available.

Shri. Prithviraj K.N., Administrator – SUUTI & Shri. Rajeev Kumar Raizada, Field General Manager on 12.08.2013 inaugurated the new branch with ATM at Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangaluru. Shri. P. K. Sharma, Circle Head show cased the customers the high technology prowess of the bank.

While addressing the audience Shri. Rajeev Kumar Raizada, Field General Manager invited all to join PNB and avail the unique facilities being offered.