SBH | |
Formerly | Hyderabad State Bank |
Company type | Public Sector |
NSE: SBH BSE: 972476 | |
Industry | Banking Insurance Capital Markets and allied industries |
Predecessor | Hyderabad State Bank |
Founded | August 8, 1941 |
Founder | Mir Osman Ali Khan |
Defunct | March 31, 2017 |
Fate | Renamed as State Bank of Hyderabad and share capital transferred to RBI in 1956. Made subsidiary of SBI in 1959. Merged into State Bank of India in 2017. |
Successor | State Bank of India |
Headquarters | Gunfoundry, Abids Hyderabad India |
Area served | Pan-India. |
Key people | Rajnish Kumar (banker) (chairman), Mani Palvesan (managing director) |
Products | Personal Banking Schemes, Corporate Banking, SME Banking Schemes, FOREX, Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Credit Cards, Insurance |
Rs. 1317 crores | |
Owner | Government of India |
Number of employees | 17,000 |
Parent | State Bank of India (100% owned) |
State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) was a regional bank India, with its headquarters at Gunfoundry, Abids, Hyderabad, Telangana. Founded by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad State, Mir Osman Ali Khan, it is now one of the five associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI) and was one of the nationalised banks in India. It was established on 8 February 1941, as the Hyderabad State Bank.[1] From 1956 until 31 March 2017, it had been the largest associate bank of the SBI. After formation of Telangana in 2014, SBH was the lead bank of the newly created state. The State Bank of Hyderabad was merged with State Bank of India on 1 April 2017.
SBH had over 2,000 branches and about 18,000 employees. The bank's business had crossed Rs. 2.4 trillion as on 31.12.2015 with a net profit of Rs. 8.12 billion.
The bank had performed well in the decades before merger, winning several awards for its banking practices.[2] Arundhati Bhattacharya was the chairman and Mani Palvesan the managing director at the time of merger.
It was the chief banker of Telangana.[3]