State Bank of Travancore

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State Bank of Travancore

Type	Public (BSE, NSE:SBT)
Founded	Thiruvanathapuram, 12 Sep 1945 (as Travancore Bank Ltd)
Headquarters	Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Key people	Chairman [Om Prakash Bhatt] Managing Director [Ramaswamy M. (Officiating)]
Industry	Banking Capital Markets and allied industries
Products	Loans, Credit Cards, Savings, Investment vehicles etc.
Website	www.statebankoftravancore.com

State Bank of Travancore(SBT) is a nationalised bank in India.

State Bank of Travancore (SBT), an associate bank of the State Bank Group, is a premier bank of Kerala state, India. SBT was originally established as Travancore Bank Ltd. in 1945 under the active support of the then Maharaja of the princely state of Travancore.

The bank became a subsidiary of State Bank of India as per the State Bank of India Subsidiary Banks Act, 1959, enacted by the Parliament of India. Many of the old private banks of Kerala like the Travancore Forward Bank, Kottayam Orient Bank, Bank of New India, Cochin Nayar Bank, The Latin Christian Bank, etc., were amalgamated with the Bank between 1961 to 1965.

SBT has a network of over 710 branches spread in 14 states of the Republic of India. The bank is one of the leading banks in Kerala, with 552 branches, out of 710, located in Kerala.

As of the 12th of September 2005, the State Bank of Travancore went online with core banking implemented across all its branches. It is the second associate bank of State Bank Of India to have implemented core banking. The entire state bank group is expected to implement core banking by September 2006.