Banking in Kerala
Banking was one of the most preferred lines of business in the princely states of Travancore and Cochin, and the Malabar Province of British India — the area that later became the state of Kerala — during the twentieth century. A list of some of the banks that operated in the region during the twentieth century are given below. Due to various reasons, most of them were either closed or amalgamated with other banks, leaving only a handful now.
Existing Banks
- CSB Bank — 1920 to Present
- Dhanlaxmi Bank — 1927 to Present
- ESAF Small Finance Bank — 2017 to Present
- Federal Bank —
- Kerala Bank
- Kerala Gramin Bank — 2013 to Present
- South Indian Bank — 1929 to Present
Defunct Banks
- Aleppey Bank — 1919–1964
- Bank of Cochin — 1928–1985
- Bank of Kerala — 1944–1961
- Bank of New India — 1944–1961
- Catholic Bank —... 1938–1961
- Chalakudy Public Bank — 1929–1964
- Chaldean Syrian Bank — 1918–1965
- Champkulam Catholic Bank Ltd. — 1929–964
- Cochin Nayar Bank — 1929–1964
- Cochin Union Bank — 1932–1964
- Kottayam Orient Bank — 1926–1961
- Latin Christian Bank — 1927–1964
- Lord Krishna Bank — 1940–2006
- Marthandom Commercial Bank Ltd — 1950–1968
- Nedungadi Bank Ltd — 1899–2003
- North Malabar Gramin Bank — 1975–2013
- Palai Central Bank — 1927–60
- Mukkattukara Catholic Bank Ltd — 1964
- Quilon Bank Ltd — 1919–1937
- South Malabar Gramin Bank — 1975–2013
- St George Union Bank — 1927–1965
- State Bank of Travancore — 1945–2017
- The City Bank — 1926–unknown
- Thiya Bank — 1945-1964
- Travancore Forward Bank — 1929–1961
- Travancore National Bank —... –1937
- Travancore National & Quilon Bank — 1937–38
- Vasudeva Vilasom Bank Limited — 1930–1963
- Venadu Bank Ltd — 1934–1961