India's central (apex) bank, headquartered in Mumbai; activities: regulating & monitoring the country's monetary & financial system, managing foreign currency, issuing currency, and promoting development efforts

India's largest commercial bank, with branches across the country; divisions: personal banking, NRI services, agriculture, international, corporate etc; central office is in Mumbai

Leading Indian bank with a network of 531 branches across 228 cities & over a thousand networked ATMs; services: personal banking, NRI banking & wholesale banking; headquartered in Mumbai

India's second-largest bank, with a network of about 614 branches & extension counters & over 2,200 ATMs; offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to corporate and retail customers

State-owned commercial bank based in New Delhi; has around 1,000 branches across the country

Public-sector bank that has a countrywide presence with 4,062 branches; headquartered in New Delhi; activities: corporate & personal banking, industrial finance, agricultural finance, financing of trade & international banking

Public-sector bank with 889 branches across the country; head office is in New Delhi

Oldest public-sector bank in India (est. 1865), with branches all over India; headquartered in Kolkata; activities: retail lending, depository services, education loans, international banking etc

Nationalised bank with 1,213 branches, 123 extension counters, 391 ATMs and 37 satellite offices spread over 21 states and two union territories; based in Hyderabad

Private sector bank with a countrywide network of 450 branches; headquartered in Mumbai; promoted by UTI, with co-promoters LIC, GIC & four other public-sector insurance companies