Canara Bank
Canara Bank is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, founded in Mangalore in 1906 and nationalised in 1969. The Government of India held 62.93% of equity as of the June 2026 quarter disclosure. Its most recent development noted is the appointment of Brajesh Kumar Singh as MD & CEO reported 1 June 2026, alongside the 1 May 2025 formation of Karnataka Grameena Bank under its sponsorship.
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How we verify →Canara Bank is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, founded in Mangalore in 1906 and nationalised in 1969. The Government of India held 62.93% of equity as of the June 2026 quarter disclosure. Its most recent development noted is the appointment of Brajesh Kumar Singh as MD & CEO reported 1 June 2026, alongside the 1 May 2025 formation of Karnataka Grameena Bank under its sponsorship.
What happened
Canara Bank is described as an Indian public sector bank based in Bengaluru, established in 1906 in Mangalore and nationalised in 1969, with head office at Town Hall Junction, Bengaluru, per the pages opened (bank site confirms Bengaluru presence).
Scale noted on the page: 10,131 branches and 7,907 ATMs and 2,940 CRMs as of June 2025, and 10,097 branches as of March 2026; merger of Syndicate Bank into Canara Bank completed 1 April 2020 creating the fourth-largest PSB at the time, per the page opened.
Ownership and recent changes: promoter holding 62.93% as of October 2025 and in the June 2026 quarter disclosure; Brajesh Kumar Singh became MD & CEO reported 1 June 2026; sponsored RRBs include Kerala Grameena Bank and Karnataka Grameena Bank headquartered at Ballari with 1,750 branches established 1 May 2025 under One State-One RRB, per the page opened.
What we could not confirm
Profit/revenue/asset figures on the opened page carried citation-needed tags and are not used here; latest audited FY2025-26 profit and capital-adequacy figures were not confirmed from an official filing directly opened in this run.