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K Bank company history timeline

1973

1973 – Thailand’s first bank to offer credit card services, under the so-called “Multi-Purpose Credit Card”

1980

1980 – The first bank in Thailand to issue Floating Rate Certificates of Deposit, valued at USD 25 million, in the London market

1993

During the year 1993 the Bank made tie up with Reuter News Agency for instantaneous information about global foreign currency rates and fluctuations.

1993 – The first to employ the re-engineering system – the impetus for the redesign of branches and service delivery among Thai commercial banks

1995

In the year of 1995 Banking Ombudsman Scheme was launched in June and a loan delivery system was introduced in April which was used for large borrowers.

1998

During the year of 1998 J & K had introduced a new term deposit scheme under the title of Jana Priya Jamma Yojna carrying flexibility in the repayment schedule and in the same year the bank introduced Housing Loan and Education Loan Schemes.

1998 – KBank pioneered the use of SLIPS (Stapled Limited Interest Preferred Stock), a new financial vehicle for fundraising, which was later used by other banks

1999

The Bank had entered into an agreement with IBA to connect its ATMs through a shared network in the year 1999.

2003

The Bank had launched Global Access Card (An International Debit Card) in association with Master Card International during the year of 2003.

2003 – Change the name from Thai Farmers Bank (TFB) to KASIKORNBANK (KBank). A new branch model of “Coffee Banking” was introduced by KBank, the first of its kind in Asia

2005

During the year 2005-06 J&K opened its branches in Chennai Kanpur Agra and Kolkata.

2006

2006 – Partner Bank Strategy with Regional Japanese Banks, by signing agreement with regional and local banks in AEC Plus to reciprocate market knowledge, support and services for the customers from both banks.

2007

2007 – Change the logo into tri-language logo (Thai, Chinese and English).

2009

2009 – KBank issued “K-My Debit Card”, which is Thailand’s first debit card service that allows customers to personalize their own debit cards.

2010

2010 – The first Thai bank with “Off-hour FX dealing” providing an extended service hours for currency exchange and treasury from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.

2012

2012 – The first bank through which Myanmar workers can remit funds to their country and equipped its ATMs with menu in Myanmar.

2013

Change the name of KBank in China to Kāi tài yínháng (开泰银行). 2013 – Open a branch in Chengdu, the second branch in China”

2014

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2020

During the financial year FY19-20 3 EBUs/USBs were established 66 ATMs were commissioned thereby taking the number of ATMs to 1354 as on 31.03.2020.

2021

KBank was granted a license to open a branch in Ho Chi Minh City on January 19, 2021, and the branch is to be fully established in November 2021 in order to provide services to local customers, including Thai and other foreign businesses investing in Vietnam.

Government of Jammu & Kashmir holds majority shareholding of 68.18% in the bank as on March 31, 2021.

Bank has a network of 957 business units and 1386 ATMs as on July 31, 2021 spread over 18 states and 4 UTs across the country.

2022

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