Indian Banks » Oriental Bank Of Commerce http://indianbanks.org All India Banking Here! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:48:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Brief History of Oriental Bank Of Commerce http://indianbanks.org/indian-banks/oriental-bank-of-commerce/history-oriental-bank-commerce/ http://indianbanks.org/indian-banks/oriental-bank-of-commerce/history-oriental-bank-commerce/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:55:16 +0000 admin http://indianbanks.org/?p=295 Oriental Bank of Commerce, established on 19 February, 1943, in Lahore (then a city of British India, and currently in Pakistan, is one of the public sector banks in India.Oriental Bank of Commerce made a modest beginning under its Founding Father, Late Rai Bahadur Lala Sohan Lal, the first Chairman of the Bank.Within four years of coming into existence, the Bank had to face the holocaust of partition. Branches in the newly formed Pakistan had to be closed down and the Registered Office had to be shifted from Lahore to Amritsar. Late lala Karam Chand Thapar, the then Chairman of the Bank, in a unique gesture honoured the commitments made to the depositors from Pakistan and paid every rupee to its departing customers. The foundation of customer service thus laid has ever since remained Oriental Bank’s prime philosophy and has been nurtured well as a legacy by all its successors, year after year. The Bank has witnessed many ups and downs since its establishment. It has seen many upheavals in the 66 years of its existence and on every trying situation; it has emerged successful. The period of 1970-76 is said to be the most challenging phase in the history of the Bank. At one time profit plummeted to Rs.175, that prompted the owner of the bank, the Thapar House, to sell / close the bank. Then employees and leaders of the Bank came forward to rescue the Bank. The owners were moved and had to change their decision of selling the bank and in turn they decided to improve the position of the bank with the active cooperation and support of all the employees. Their efforts bore fruits and performance of the bank improved significantly. This was the turning point in the history of the bank. The bank was nationalized on 15th April, 1980. At that time total working of the bank was Rs.483 crores having 19th position among the 20 nationalised banks. Within a decade the bank turned into one of the most efficient and best performing banks of India. The bank has progressed on several fronts, such as crossing the Business Mix mark of Rs.1.50 lacs crores, achievement of 100% CBS, reorienting of lending strategy through Large & Mid Corporates and establishment of new wings viz., Rural Development and Retail & Priority Sector. The Bank has to its utmost credit lowest staff cost with highest productivity in the Indian banking industry.
Established on 19th Feb’ 1943 in Lahore, Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) is one of the public sector banks in India. Its modest beginning is creditable to its founder Late Rai Bahadur Lala Sohan Lal, the first Chairman of the OBC. Within four years of coming into existence, the country partitioned, the Bank shifted its Registered Office from Lahore to Amritsar. The Oriental Bank of Commerce was nationalized on 15th April 1980, and paved its way to count amongst the strongest banks in India.
OBC has a network of 530 branches and 505 ATM’s spread throughout India, out of which 490 branches offer centralized banking solutions. With High Capital Adequacy Ratio, Oriental Bank of Commerce is known be a consistent profit-making bank. It offers various services and products, like current/ savings account, general loans, educational loans, agricultural loans, etc, for the benefit of customers. For its effective services, the National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) rated OBC Bank as “Customer Friendly” Bank.

OBC India Grameen Project
OBC’s Grameen Project aims to reduce poverty & to identify the reasons which are responsible for the failure or success. OBC is implementing a Grameen Project in Dehradun District (UP) and Hanumangarh District (Rajasthan). This Scheme has a unique feature of disbursing small loans, ranging from Rs. 75 onwards. The OBC has various Agriculture Loan Schemes for farmers, such as, Composite Credit Scheme for Agricultural Leading, Overdraft Facility to Farmers, Advance against Warehouse Receipts to Farmers & Purchase of Land for Agriculture Purposes, Agriculture Clinic & Agriculture Business Centers.

Comprehensive Village Development Programme
On 13 April 1997 at the occasion of Baisakhi, OBC launched another unique scheme, ‘The Comprehensive Village Development Programme’ in three villages of Punjab. After the success of this scheme in these villages, the Bank extended the programme to more villages. Today, it covers 10 villages in Punjab, 4 in Haryana and 1 in Rajasthan. This programme focuses on providing a comprehensive and integrated package, which offers finance to the villagers.

Special Services For Women
Oriental Bank of Commerce has also implemented 14 point action plan for strengthening the credit delivery to women. Under this scheme bank provide various loans to women, such as, Oriented Mahila Vikas Yojana, Scheme for Professional & self Employed Women, Scheme for Beauty Parlor/ Boutiques/ Saloons/Tailoring, Scheme for Financing Working Women, etc.

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