Dhanlaxmi Bank

Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala.

History

Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd was incorporated on 14 November 1927 as Dhanalakshmi Bank at Thrissur with a capital of and seven employees. It became a Scheduled Commercial Bank in the year 1977.
The bank changed its name from Dhanalakshmi Bank to Dhanlaxmi Bank on 10 August 2010.
In 2020, shareholders voted to remove CEO Sunil Gurbaxani at the bank's annual general meeting, owing to governance issues at the bank.
In April 2024, the Reserve Bank of India approved the appointment of Ajith Kumar KK as the managing director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank for three years. Kumar will succeed incumbent CEO & MD J.K. Shivan.

Operations

Dhanlaxmi Bank has deployed a Centralised Banking Solution on the Flexcube platform at all its branches for extending anywhere/anytime/anyhow banking to its clientele through multiple delivery channels. The bank has set up a data centre in Bangalore, to keep the networked system operational round the clock. Reserve Bank of India empanelled the Bank as agency Bank for Government agency Business. In 2022, Dhanlaxmi Bank introduced Customs duty collection services through digital services and Goods and Services Tax collection through online and over the counter methods.

Partnerships

The bank is a depository participant of NSDL offering Demat services through select branches. It has partnered with AGS Infotech for the installation of ATMs. It offers VISA & Rupay-branded debit cards and VISA-branched credit cards to customers. It is also offering insurance services through Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance and CANARA HSBC OBC LIFE company as their Bancassurance life insurance channel partner and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance as General Insurance Channel Partner.

Credit cards

In March 2010, the bank launched Dhanlaxmi Bank Platinum Credit cards.