- Business
- Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMB.BO) operates as a private sector scheduled commercial bank in India, providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial services through its Treasury, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, and Other Banking Operations segments. The bank offers savings, fixed, recurring, term deposit, and current accounts; debit and credit cards; demat and equity trading accounts; portfolio management services; POS terminals; e-tax payments; online bill payments; mutual funds; insurance; sovereign gold bond schemes; forex services; and internet and mobile banking facilities. Its lending portfolio includes home, car, two-wheeler, personal, loan against property, pension, pharma and health care, education, gold, jewel, commercial vehicle, traders and service, MSME, rice and dhall mill, NRI, doctor, agricultural, green energy, and Mahalir loans, along with sovereign gold bonds secured overdraft facilities and microenterprise and pharma finance; the bank serves retail, MSME, agricultural, and corporate customers, with a focus on South India while expanding nationally. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, TMB maintains approximately 600 branches, over 1,150 ATMs, and various e-lobby centers across India. Recent developments include a strategic partnership with Wegofin Digital Solutions in October 2025 to launch a Banking-as-a-Payment Aggregator model for MSMEs, startups, and enterprises, enhancing digital payment services, merchant onboarding, UPI transactions, and fraud detection; the bank opened its 600th branch and plans 36 more in FY26 alongside a Rs 250 crore technology spend for national expansion; it also launched a new digital platform in November 2025 and reported total business of Rs 1,02,417 crore as of September 2025, with 11.47% year-on-year growth.