Banks and their Headquarters Trick to remember

For those candidates who are preparing for Bank exams, here we are providing you a list of all the Public Sector Banks (PSB) in India with their Headquarters. Also We had provided you the shortcuts / tricks to remember this list quickly and easily.
In IBPS and other bank exams, one question may be asked such as “Canara Bank Headquarter is in _______?. To answer this question, you need to know each banks head office / headquarter location remembered. Here you can check the list.

 

 Name Of  Bank
 Headquarters
Trick to remember using acronyms
Indian Overseas Bank
 Chennai
Indian Bank
 Chennai
Punjab National Bank
 New Delhi
P
Bharatiya Mahila Bank
 New Delhi
B
Punjab and Sind Bank
 New Delhi
P
Oriental Bank of Commerce
 New Delhi
O
Bank of India
 Mumbai
B
Central Bank of India
 Mumbai
C
Dena Bank
 Mumbai
D
State Bank of India
 Mumbai
S
IDBI Bank
 Mumbai
Union Bank of India
 Mumbai
U
Bank Of Maharashtra
 Pune
Maha Pune
Allahabad Bank
 Kolkata
A
UCO Bank
 Kolkata
U
United Bank of India
 Kolkata
U
State bank of Travancore Thiruvananthapuram region-wise
State Bank of Patiala  Patiala
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur  Jaipur
State Bank of Hyderabad  Hyderabad
Andhra Bank
 Hyderabad
capital
Syndicate Bank
 Manipal, Karnataka
Canara Bank
 Bangalore
C
Vijaya Bank
 Bangalore
V
State Bank of Mysore  Bangalore region-wise
Corporation Bank
 Mangalore
1st letter of both:
CM
SIDBI
Lucknow
 SL
Bank of Baroda
 Vadodara
 BV
Trick:
All Banks starting with ‘Indian’ word have their Headquarters in Chennai.
Banks with the word ‘Bank of India’ have HQ in Mumbai.
For Banks headquartered in Mumbai: The following line will let you remember the acronym PBPO quite easily.
a Punjabi Bhartiya Mahila standing in New Delhi Park with Oxford dictionary

State bank of Patiala, hyderabad etc. can easily be remembered only by their names as State bank of Patiala is in Patiala.

The banks in the same area can be remembered by using acronyms given in table above.

Acronym list:

  • Banks HQ in Mumbai: BCDSIU
  • Kolkata : AUU
  • Canara Bank, Vijaya Bank in Bangalore – CV in Bangalore
This article is originally published by ExamFormIndia.in.