Bank Of Baroda

1969
 
 - The Bank was brought into existence by a Ordinance issue on 19th
 July, by the Central Government.  The Bank is a Government of India
 Undertaking and carries on all types of banking business including
 foreign exchange.  The Ordinance was replaced by the Banking
 Companies
 (Acquisition and Trasfer of Undertaking) Act, 1969. 
 
 - Besides managing public issues and giving underwriting support,
 the
 Bank established a `Non-resident Portfolio Management Consultancy
 Cell'.  Due to closure of 2 branches in U.K. and 1 branch in UAE,
 non-operative branch in Bangladesh was not taken into account.
 
 1970
 
 - Income-Tax consultancy services was set-up in September to assist
 its
 constituents in the filing of income returns.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (U.K.) Nominees Ltd., London is a subsidiary of the
 Bank.  Bob Fiscal Services Ltd., is also a subsidiary of the Bank
 which
 handles functions such as merchant banking, equipment leasing,
 investment banking, inter-corporate deposit, etc.  Bank of Baroda
 (Kenya) Ltd., Kenya is subsidiary of the Bank.
 
 1986
 
 - The bank sponsored and set-up five RRBs taking the total number of
 RRBs to 19.
 
 - Rs 16 crores capital subscribed for by Government.
 
 1988
 
 - The erstwhile `Trades Bank Ltd.' was amalgamated with the Bank.
 
 - Rs 14 crores capital subscribed for by Govt. Rs 5.5 crore
 reimbursement received from World Bank.
 
 1989
 
 - Rs 891,47,850 capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 1990
 
 - Rs 2704,41,129 capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 1991
 
 - Rs. 11,491.97 lakhs capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 1992
 
 - Rs. 9158.43 lakhs capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 1993
 
 - Rs. 409,34,000 capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 - The bank received `in principle' approval from RBI to set up a
 separate subsidiary for its credit card business.
 
 - The bank had established a new department to act as custodian of
 local shares issued by Indian companies who came out with Euro
 Issues
 (GDRs/ADRs) to raise funds from abroad.  With this in view, the bank
 entered into an agreement with Bank of New York, who act as
 Depository
 for issue of GDRs by companies.
 
 - The bank was associated as lead manager/co-manager in respect of
 142
 issues involving a sum of Rs 3411 crores.  The bank was activity
 considering setting up of a separate subsidiary to undertake all
 types
 of merchant banking activities.
 
 1994
 
 - Rs. 1,63,30,000 capital subscribed for by Govt.
 
 1995
 
 - Rs 163,93,59,000 capital from reserve fund.
   
 1996
 
 
 - The Bank devised new products, two new deposit schemes `BOB
 SUVIDHA',
 `BOB CAPITAL GAINS EXEMPTION DEPOSIT' was launched to suit the
 savings
 requirements of individuals, HUF, Association of persuing, firms and
 companies.
 
 - The bank initiated several measures to bring qualitative
 improvement
 in the area of credit.  A fast track systems for processing credit
 proposals of A+ & A rated corporate client was introduced.  In
 addition, schemes to increase credit fluid sectors like leasing,
 hire
 purchase, advances against shares, Can Loan Schemes etc. were
 formulated and guidelines were issued for increased lending to
 infrastructure projects.
 
 - The Company lead managed 1 public and 5 rights issues aggregating
 Rs
 40.541 lakhs through BOB Capital Markets Ltd.  BOB Housing Finance
 Ltd.
 made a fresh disbursements of Rs 21 crores.  Total cumulative loans
 sanctioned reached Rs 127 crores.
 
 - 3810,00,000 No. of Equity shares returned to Govt. of India.
 1000,00,000 No. of Equity shares issued through prospectus to the
 public at a prem. of Rs 75 per share.
 
 1997
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) has received permission from the Reserve Bank
 of
 India to open a branch at Durban in South Africa.  BoB proposes to
 start operations in the country soon after it receives a banking
 licence from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) proposes to undertake a survey of West
 Bengal,
 Sikkim and North-Eastern States to explore business opportunities
 and
 also for setting up new branches.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) proposes to wholly own the 120 million HK
 dollars IOB Bank in Hong Kong by increasing its stake from 33 per
 cent
 to 100 per cent to make its presence felt in the Far East.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) plans to have an alliance with a foreign bank
 for merchant banking.  The proposed venture would manage external
 commercial borrowings (ECBs) by Indian corporates and handle
 disinvestment programmes of public sector undertakings.
 
 - Bobcards Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, has
 achieved a 40 per cent growth in profit before tax in the first half
 year ended September, 1997.
 
 - Bank of Baroda's New York branch has received the highest 1 rating
 from the US Federal Reserve.  This is for the first time that the US
 Fed has given the highest rating to any Indian bank branch operating
 in
 New York.
 
 1998
 
 - Bank of Baroda has become the first public sector bank to
 implement
 the autonomy package announced by the ministry of finance in
 November,
 1997.
 
 - BoBGLOBAL, the first Indian credit card introduced for
 international
 use, with VISA tie-up, is already being accepted by over ten million
 establishments in over 60 countries.
 
 - The Bank of Baroda (BoB) plans to restructure its international
 operations, particularly in Europe and the United States (US) ahead
 of
 the launch of the euro, the European Union's single currency unit.
 
 - Bobcards Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda is
 looking for partners to enter into a joint venture.
 
 - Bank of Baroda is weighting the option of setting up a separate
 subsidiary dedicated exclusively to its highly profitable
 international
 business.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has the second largest resource base in the country
 after State Bank of India.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) has revised the rate of interest on foreign
 currency non-resident (banks) deposits for various maturities for
 different currencies effective October 26.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has revised the rate of interest on FNCR (b)
 deposits
 for various maturities for different currencies with effect from
 November 30.
 
 1999
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) will co-ordinate with the finance ministry to
 set up a debt recovery tribunal (DRT) in Mumbai.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) has revised the rate of interest on its FCNR
 (B)
 deposits for various maturities and different currencies with effect
 from February 1.
 
 - Rating agency Icra has assigned the highest rating, LAAA (LAAA),
 to
 Rs.600 crore long-term unsecured subordinated bonds of Bank of
 Baroda
 (BoB).  The public sector bank is coming out with the bond issue to
 increase its tier II capital.
 
 - Public sector Bank of Baroda has been designated as a clearing
 bank
 for castor oil trading in the future, which will be launched by the
 Bombay Oilseeds and Oils Exchange (BOOE) on May 10.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has bought out the 49 per cent shareholding of
 Government of Uganda in Bank of Baroda (Uganda) Ltd, thus making it
 a
 fully-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BOB) is keen to diversify into the insurance
 sector,
 where the focus of its activities will be the rural population.  BOB
 has proposed to enter health and general insurance where it plans to
 mainly target the rural areas.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BoB) has made a proposal to the Union ministry of
 finance (MoF) to tap foreign markets for enhancing the bank's equity
 base.
 
 - International rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revised
 its
 rating outlook on Bank of Baroda (BoB) to stable from negative.
 
 2000
 
 - The BoB as launched services such as OmniBoB and BoBCash to help
 the
 customer practice anywhere-banking at 18 branches with the `Smart
 Card'.
 
 - Bank of Baroda launched its e-banking products in Chennai.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has joined hands with financial institutions such
 as
 IDBI and ICICI for a speedy recovery of dues from common problem
 accounts.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has set up a core support group consisting 500
 knowledge workers from across its branches to help catalyse change
 management.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has opened its 104th branch in Kalyan and will also
 offer safe deposit lockers and a housing cell.
 
 - Bank of Baroda has decided that it will hold more than 50 per cent
 in
 the life insurance subsidiary it proposes to set-up.
 
 - Bank of Baroda will launch seven day banking in two branches of
 Chennai and Mylapore and K K Nagar, on 17th August.
 
 - The Bank is exploring strategic tie-ups with local and foreign
 partners in the area of insurance, retail lending and Web banking.
 
 - Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank will tie up to form a
 subsidiary for a foray into life insurance business.
 
 - Bank of Baroda is in an advance stage of talks with a foreign
 insurance company for a life insurance joint venture and is expected
 to
 finalise the tie-up within a fortnight.
 
 - The Bank will introduce 7-day banking at 10 branches in Mumbai
 from
 October 8th.
 
 - Bank of Boarda will introduce `any branch banking' facility to
 make
 customer transactions at the nearest branch countrywide in the next
 18
 months.
 
 - The Bank of Baroda has signed up to be a depository participant
 with
 Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.
 
 2001
 
 - Bank of Baroda proposes to go in for a major drive to expand its
 ATM
 network across the country.
 
 - Bank of Baroda is tying up with a US-based IT company to set up
 the
 basic IT infrastructure of the bank at a cost of Rs 300 crore.
 
 - Crisil has assigned an `AAA' rating to the Rs 600-crore
 sub-ordinated
 bond issue of Bank of Baroda.
 
 - BANK of Baroda Housing Finance, a subsidiary of the Bank of
 Baroda,
 has disbursed a sum of Rs 50.0 crore to 2578 beneficiaries in rural
 and
 semi-urban areas under the golden rural housing schemes of the
 National
 Housing Bank.
 
 - BoB has signed a redeployment policy with its Federation Union,
 affiliated to the National Confederation of Bank Employees (NCBE)
 regarding the transfer of clerical staff.
 
 - Bank (BoB) has lowered interest rates by 25-40 basis points, for
 FCNR
 (B) deposits in force from September 5, for different currencies,
 effective from September 17.
 
 - Bank of Baroda’s (BoB) net profit during the second quarter has
 dipped by 22.27 per cent to Rs 98.44 crore, down from Rs 126.64
 crore
 in the corresponding period last fiscal.
 
 2002
 
 - GOI nominates N S Mhatre as Director on the Board of Bank of
 Baroda.
 
 -GOI nominates Anand Sinha on the Board of Bank of Baroda.
 
 -Govt sanctions merger of Benares State Bank with Bank of Baroda.
 
 -Bank of Baroda has informed BSE that the Benares State Bank Ltd now
 stands amalgamated with the bank wef June 20, 2002 and branches of
 erstwhile Benares State Bank Ltd have started functioning as Bank of
 Baroda's branches with effect from July 19, 2002.
 
 -Bank of Baroda has informed BSE that the Bank of Baroda (Uganda)
 Ltd., - Subsidiary of the Bank in Uganda has proposed to make Public
 Offer of 8 million equity shares of face value of Ushs.100/- each at
 an offer price of Ushs.600/- per share. The offer also involves
 concessional offer of 200 equity shares per staff member at a price
 of Ushs.350/-. The offer shall open on August 26, 2002. The said
 offer has been approved by RBI.
 
 -Bank of Baroda has informed BSE that the Government of India,
 Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, Banking
 Division, New Delhi has nominated Mr Vinod Rai, Joint Secretary,
 Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs, Deptt of Economic Affairs
 (Banking Division), New Delhi as Director on the Board of the Bank
 with effect from October 25, 2002.
 
 -Bank of Baroda elects 4 Directorsthe Director so elected will assume
 office w.e.f. today (November 16, 2002) and will hold office till
 November 15, 2005.
 1. Shri Amritlal Sanghvi
 2. Dr M J Manohar Rao
 3. Shri Pradip N Khandwalla
 4. Shri Prem P Pareek
 
 -RBI grants BoB Capital Markets Ltd. to operate as a primary dealer
 in Govt. securities market
 
 -Comes out with two special policies for the victims of the communal
 riots in Gujarat
 
 -Decreases its deposit rates by 25 basis points
 
 -IFCI gets Rs 100 cr credit from Bank of Baroda
 
 -BOBCARDS Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, in
 collaboration with Mastercard International, unveils PARAS credit
 cards
 
 -Tops Non Performing Assets (NPA) list
 
 -Shifts Central Office from Ballard Peir to Bandra
 
 -Unveils flexi-deposit scheme for corporates
 
 -Contributes Rs 1 lakh for repair of Akshardham temple for repairs of
 damages caused by terrorist attacks
 
 -Slashes down deposit rates by 25 basis points
 
 -Reduces its deposit rates by 50 basis points at the longer end
 deposits
 
 -Brings down floating rate on home loans by 0.75%
 
 -Launches international debit card in alliance with Visa
 International
 
 -BOB CARDS, a subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, and Cholamandalam
 Investment and Finance Company declare a tie-up to issue co-branded
 credit cards to Cholamandalam's vehicle finance customers
 
 2003
 
 -Decreases interest on domestic term deposits by 25-75 basis points
 across different maturities effective January 10,2003
 
 -Gets govt. approval to raise Rs 600 crore through bonds
 
 -Unveils Super Savings Account, savings account with value added
 propositions
 
 -Appoints IBM, H-P, Accenture for Business Process Reengineering
 (BPR)
 
 -Paves the way for single-window banking across its 2,200 branches in
 the country
 
 -Cuts lending rates by 25 bp
 
 -Extends super savings scheme to Coimbatore account holders
 
 -Ties up with Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd. (BOBL) to expand credit cards
 business in South India
 
 -Amends interest rates for FCNR(B) deposits
 
 -Picks up 10 pc stake in IFCI's Asset Care Enterprise (ACE)
 
 -Sign MOU with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to
 co-finance the small scale industries sector
 
 2004
 
 -Mobilizes Rs 300 Cr through Tier II bonds
 
 -Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, Banking
 Division, New Delhi vide their Notification dated January 09, 2004
 has nominated Shri G K Sharma, Chief General Manager in-charge
 Reserve Bank of India, Dept. of Administration & Personnel
 Management, Central Office, Mumbai as Director on the Board of the
 bank w.e.f. January 09, 2004 in place of Shri Ramesh Chander,
 Regional Director, RBI, New Delhi.
 
 -S P Garg is new managing director of Bobcards Ltd, a wholly-owned
 subsidiary of Bank of Baroda.
 
 -Bank of Baroda has informed that the Government of India, Ministry
 of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Banking Division), New
 Delhi vide their notification dated February 4, 2004 has appointed
 Dr. A K Khandelwal, Executive Director (ED) of Bank of Baroda as
 Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Dena Bank.
 
 -The government has chosen Bank of Baroda for channelising government
 credit to other countries which runs into billions of dollar
 
 -Ties up with Punjab Tractors for offering finance to farmers for
 buying tractors from Punjab Tractors
 
 -Bank of Baroda signed a memorandum of understanding with L&T John
 Deere Pvt Ltd to prop up farm sector lending.
 
 -Bank of Baroda inks pact with Escorts Ltd, Indo Farm Tractors &
 Motors Ltd to boost farm lending
 
 -BOB join hands with NIC for non-life insurance products
 
 -Bank of Baroda enters China
 
 -Ties up with Chennai-based Tractor & Farm Equipments Ltd (TAFE) for
 financing their tractors
 
 -Mr T.V. Lakshminarayanan has taken over as the Head of the South
 Zone, Bank of Baroda
 
 -Bank of Baroda (BoB) has tied up with Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd
 (M&M) for tractor financing
 
 2005
 
 - BoB has appointed Dr A K Khandelwal, as the Chairman & Managing
 Director (CMD) of the Bank for a period of three years with effect
 from March 01, 2005 upto March 31, 2008
 
 - Bank of Baroda signs contract with HP India Sales Pvt Ltd for
 implementation of Bank's IT enabled Business Transformation Process
 
 -BoB unveils new logo, ropes in Dravid as brand ambassador
 
 -Bank of Baroda inks co-financing agreement with SIDBI
 
 -Bank of Baroda has amalgamated its three sponsored regional rural
 banks (RRBs) into single RRB, called Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank
 
 -BOB signs Memorandum of Cooperation with EXIM Bank
 
 -BoB unveils campaign on tractor, irrigation advances.
 
 2006
 
 -Bank of Baroda (BOB) has informed that the Bank and Infrastructure
 Development Finance Company Ltd (IDFC) have on February 16, 2006,
 entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance the
 provision of financing and other banking products and services to
 entities involved in infrastructure development.
 
 -The Bank of Baroda unveiled its first SME loan factory in Pune on
 Oct 13.
 
 - Bank of Baroda (BOB) has informed that pursuant to powers conferred
 by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 9 of Banking Companies
 (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, read with sub
 clause (1) of clause 3 of the Nationalised Banks (Management and
 Miscellaneous Provisions) Scheme, 1970, the Government of India,
 Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Banking
 Division) vide their Notification Dated October 31, 2006 have
 nominated Shri G C Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary (B&I) MOF, GOI as
 Director of the Bank vice Shri Vinod Rai with immediate effect.
 
 2007
 
 -Bank of Baroda and India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFC)
 on January 10, 2007, have entered into an Memorandum of Understanding
 (MOU) to enhance the provision of financing and other banking products
 and services to entities involved in infrastructure development.