Canara Bank, one of India’s leading Public Sector Banks in India, already launched Shri Shikhar Dhawan, ace cricketer and youth icon as brand ambassador on 11 March 2014. Today Canara Bank is felicitating Shri Shikhar Dhawan on his being awarded the best one day international player of the year and wisden cricketer of the year 2013. Canara Bank is gearing up for the next phase of banking with a focus on the youth – the future of India.
Canara Bank founded in the year 1906 by Sri Ammebal Subba Rao Pai, is 108 years young and has an unbroken record of profits since its inception.
Shri. R. K. Dubey, Chairman and Managing Director, Canara Bank, said, “At Canara Bank, we are constantly innovating and setting industry benchmarks. Our growth trajectory is on the upswing and our progressive outlook is the cornerstone of our success. The Bank and Shikhar Dhawan have a lot in common. He has an admirable record, is constantly innovating his game and setting new standards. He represents the dreams of today’s youth and their aspiration, confidence and energy. Shikhar, as a youth icon, cements the partnership between the Bank and the youth.”
Shikhar Dhawan said, “It is an honour to be associated with Canara Bank that has a legend of more than a century. I share some of the Bank’s qualities and was fortunate to be chosen as its Brand Ambassador. The Bank is vibrant and very future-focussed. Today’s youth don’t just have big dreams but also have great self-belief and confidence. With an innovative bank like Canara Bank, the youth have the right support and can say – Together we can; Together we will.”
Canara Bank as of the leading banks in India is currently on a rapid growth path. Outpacing industry trend, the Bank has grown tremendously with total business reaching Rs.7.22 lakh crore as at March 2014. Canara Bank has a strong pan India presence of 4773 branches and 6480 ATMs, catering to all segments of an ever growing clientele base of exceeding 5.50 crore. The Bank has plans to take the number of branches to 6000 plus and number of ATMs to 10000 plus by March 2015.
Across the border, the Bank has a branch each in London, Leicester, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Manama, Johannesburg and a Representative Office at Sharjah, UAE. The Bank is opening branch at New York (USA) by June’14 and 8 other international centres by March 2015, such as, DIFC (Dubai), Qatar Financial Centre (Qatar), Frankfurt (Germany), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Tokyo (Japan), Abuja (Nigeria) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). The Bank has identified 11 other centres, such as, Kingsbury, East Ham & Birmingham (U.K), Mexico City (Mexico), Istanbul (Turkey), Jakarta (Indonesia) Kigili (Rwanda), Singapore, Auckland (New Zealand), Sydney (Australia), Ontario (Canada) for opening in the medium term.
According to the recently done ET Brand Equity Survey, the Bank’s rank has considerably improved by 7 notches to 14th rank from 20th rank last year.
