With
its presence virtually in all the important centres of the
country, Punjab National Bank offers a wide variety of banking
services which include corporate and personal banking, industrial
finance, agricultural finance, financing of trade and international
banking. Among the clients of the Bank are Indian conglomerates,
medium and small industrial units, exporters, non-resident
Indians and multinational companies. The large presence and
vast resource base have helped the Bank to build strong links
with trade and industry.
Punjab
National Bank is serving over 3.5 crore customers through
4525 Offices including 432 extension counters - largest amongst
Nationalized Banks. The Bank was recently ranked 21st amongst
top 500 companies by the leading financial daily, Economic
Times. PNB's attempts at providing best customer service has
earned it 9th place among Indias Most Trusted top 50 service
brands in Economic Times- A.C Nielson Survey. PNB is also
ranked 248th amongst the top 1000 banks in the world according
to "The Banker" London.
At
the same time, the bank has been conscious of its social responsibilities
by financing agriculture and allied activities and small scale
industries (SSI). Considering the importance of small scale
industries bank has established 31 specialised branches to
finance exclusively such industries.
Strong
correspondent banking relationship which Punjab National Bank
maintains with over 200 leading international banks all over
the world enhances its capabilities to handle transactions
world-wide. Besides, bank has Rupee Drawing Arrangements with
15 exchange companies in the Gulf and one in Singapore. Bank
is a member of the SWIFT and over 150 branches of the bank
are connected through its computer-based terminal at Mumbai.
With its state-of-art dealing rooms and well-trained dealers,
the bank offers efficient forex dealing operations in India.
The
bank has been focussing on expanding its operations outside
India and has identified some of the emerging economies which
offer large business potential. Bank has set up representative
offices at Almaty: Kazakhistan, Shanghai: China and in London.
Besides, Bank has opened a full fledged Branch in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Keeping
in tune with changing times and to provide its customers more
efficient and speedy service, the Bank has taken major initiative
in the field of computerization. All the Branches of the Bank
have been computerized. The Bank has also launched aggressively
the concept of "Any Time, Any Where Banking" through
the introduction of Centralized Banking Solution (CBS) and
over 2409 offices have already been brought under its ambit.
PNB
also offers Internet Banking services in the country for Corporates
as well as individuals. Internet Banking services are available
through all Branches of the Bank networked under CBS. Providing
24 hours, 365 days banking right from the PC of the user,
Internet Banking offers world class banking facilities like
anytime, anywhere access to account, complete details of transactions,
and statement of account, online information of deposits,
loans overdraft account etc. PNB has recently introduced Online
Payment Facility for railway reservation through IRCTC Payment
Gateway Project and Online Utility Bill Payment Services which
allows Internet Banking account holders to pay their telephone,
mobile, electricity, insurance and other bills anytime from
anywhere from their desktop.
Another
step taken by PNB in meeting the changing aspirations of its
clientele is the launch of its Debit card, which is also an
ATM card. It enables the card holder to buy goods and services
at over 99270 merchant establishments across the country.
Besides, the card can be used to withdraw cash at more than
25000 ATMs, where the 'Maestro' logo is displayed, apart from
the PNB's over 898 ATMs and tie up arrangements with other
Banks.
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