Punjab National Bank

Oriental Bank of Commerce is an India-based bank established in Lahore. Oriental Bank of Commerce made a beginning under its Founding Father, Late Rai Bahadur Lala Sohan Lal, the first Chairman of the Bank. Within four years of coming into existence, the Bank had to face partition. Branches in the newly formed Pakistan had to be closed down and the Registered Office had to be shifted from Lahore to Amritsar. The bank offers features such as internet banking, phone banking NRI banking etc. However, it does not allow online banking access from outside India. The bank has progressed on several fronts crossing the Business Mix mark of INR2 lac crores as on 31 March 2010 making it the seventh largest Public Sector Bank in India, achievement of 100% CBS, reorienting of lending strategy through Large & Mid Corporates and establishment of new wings viz., Rural Development and Retail & Priority Sector.