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|May 25, 2026
Credit expansion, better margins, improving asset quality and strong distribution network to deliver healthy performance
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City Union Bank is an old sector private sector bank with 1000 branches across 18 states and 4 Union territories. The bank was incorporated as The Kumbakonam Bank on 31 October 1904. The bank has completed more than 120 years of operations since inception on 31 October 1904. It is a scheduled commercial Bank regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. It is professionally managed and governed. City Union Bank has contemporary technology and infrastructure including ATMs, Net Banking, Mobile Banking, E-Wallet, Social Media Banking for personal as well as business banking customers. The Bank positioned itself as a banker to SMEs, Agri and Traders apart from all other banking activities.
City Union Bank has a wide pan India distribution network of 1000 branches spread across 18 states and 4 union territories in India as on 27 April 2026. The ATM network of the bank is robust at 1764 ATMs end March 2026. The bank has a strong foothold in the southern part of India with 770 branches with a strong presence in the industrially developed state of Tamil Nadu with 578 branches.
As for the Branch spread, region wise, the bank has 198 branches in rural areas, 228 branches in metro, 231 branches in urban areas and 292 branches in semi urban areas end March 2026.
During the last 12 months ending of March 2026, the bank expanded its branch network by adding 74 more branches. The employee base of the bank has increased to 8894 employees end March 2026. The bank has added 1289 employees in the last 12 months. The bank is continuously building resources and capacity to push growth.

This story is from the May 25, 2026 edition of Capital Market.
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