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Development Credit Bank Limited (DCB) is
one of the emerging Private Sector Banks
in India having access to over 11,000 ATMs
and 72 state-of-the-art branches and extension
counters spread over nine States and two
Union Territories. As of 31 March 2006,
DCB’s deposit base was Rs. 3124 crores
and the advances were over Rs. 1867 crores.
The Bank has recently launched several value
added initiatives and intends to be renowned
as one of the country’s preferred
and profitable Retail Banks in India, providing
a comprehensive suite of “best in
class” products for specific market
segments in chosen geographies and has initiated
a liability and select asset product led
strategy, through a mix of owned and outsourced
products and multi-channel capability.
DCB AT A GLANCE
- Network of 72 state-of-the-art branches
spread across the states of Maharashtra,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, New
Delhi, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, West
Bengal, Union Territories of Daman &
Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
- Dedicated staff of over 1600.
DCB - A Historical
Perspective
- Built on over 75 years of Trust, Tradition,
and Togetherness.
- Converted to a private sector commercial
bank on 31st May 1995, in the wake of
India's economic liberalization.
DCB – Stakeholders
Post the IPO, the holding of principal
shareholders, the Aga Khan Fund for Economic
Development’s (AKFED), the principal
promoters of DCB, stands at 29.80%. In all
DCB has around 90,000 shareholders and over
650,000 customers..
DCB - A Good corporate
citizen
DCB is involved with development agencies
towards sponsorship of activities in areas
of health, education and promotion of welfare
and economic development.
- Providing access to good quality, comprehensive
health care programmes and promoting physical,
social and mental well-being within the
target population through a sustainable
healthcare system.
- Supporting programmes like educational
development of the student population
– enabling them to acquire greater
levels of competency and meritocracy.
- Sponsorship of social and economic
activities, which aim to develop the economic
status of the less privileged families
through small business ventures or vocational
skills.
- Sponsorship of programmes which facilitate
the quality of living for the society
at large, through environment interventions
of issues relating to sanitation, maintenance
and safety of housing societies.
- DCB, a pioneer in Gender Sensitive
Finance, set up an exclusive Women Counselling
Cell, in 1991 with the objective of financially
empowering women. The Cell has been instrumental
in providing access of credit to women
for building entrepreneurial capability
and inculcating a savings habit in them.
Other than providing finance on soft and
easy terms, the Cell also provides non-financial
support by conducting various financial
and banking awareness programmes, reaching
out to a large number of families through
the Bank’s branches in India.
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