- CEO
- Rajendra Kumar Saboo
- Full Time Employees
- 20,993
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Address
- No. 10, BTM Sarani Kolkata WB India 700001
- IPO Date
- Oct 9, 2003
- Business
- UCO Bank (UCOBANK.NS) operates as a public sector commercial bank in India, offering a comprehensive range of retail, corporate, and treasury banking products and services; these include savings and current deposit accounts such as UCO Basic and UCO Care Current Account; fixed and recurring deposits with tenures from seven days to ten years; home loans, personal loans, education loans up to Rs 20 lakh for studies abroad, and loans against property; credit cards, debit cards, and RuPay prepaid cards; digital banking platforms including internet banking and mobile apps; SME and agricultural financing through dedicated hubs; corporate lending in sectors like renewable energy, cement, iron and steel, data centres, smart metering, and electric vehicles; insurance solutions via partnerships; and treasury operations through integrated branches. The bank maintains a domestic network of over 3,300 branches and 2,600 ATMs across all Indian regions, supplemented by specialized units such as 43 retail loan hubs, 43 SME and agriculture loan hubs, 25 MCU branches, and 70 currency chests; internationally, it operates branches in Singapore and Hong Kong, with approval secured for a new branch in GIFT City to support cross-border activities. Founded in 1943 as United Commercial Bank by G.D. Birla and headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, the bank was nationalized in 1969 and renamed UCO Bank in 1985; it serves individual retail customers, SMEs, mid-corporates, exporters, NRIs, and large corporates in trading, manufacturing, power, telecommunications, and construction sectors. In recent developments, UCO Bank plans to open 150 new branches in 2025-26, focusing on central, western, and southern India to expand its footprint; it launched a CMS platform, Eterna metal cards, and premium savings products for affluent clients, alongside scaling wealth management through mutual fund and stockbroking tie-ups and deploying trained wealth executives; the bank received RBI approval for Rs 2,500 crore fundraising in FY26, eyes M&A financing opportunities leveraging its overseas presence under new guidelines, and began provisioning ahead of expected credit loss norms with a Rs 1,000 crore buffer.