List of Foreign Banks in India

HSBC, Chennai Branch/Image Credit: Pagelmp

India is one of the fastest growing economy in the world and one of the contenders for the next world superpower. So it is not usual for foreign banks extending their business to India. As of December 31st, 2016, there are 46 international banks with total 325 branches operating in India. In addition, there are 39 international banks that have representative offices in India.

The Standard Charted Bank, UK is the largest foreign bank in India with 102 operating bank branches, followed by HSBC Bank, Hong Kong with 50 operating branches and Citibank, USA with 45 branches.

List of Foreign Banks with operating branches in India

Australian Banks
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (2)
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1)
National Australia Bank    (1)
Westpac Banking Corporation (1)

Bahraini Bank
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (4)

Bangladeshi Banks
AB Bank (1)
Sonali Bank (2)

Belgian Bank
KBC Bank (1)

Canadian Bank
Bank of Nova Scotia (3)

Chinese Bank
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (1)

Dutch Bank
Robobank (1)

French Banks
BNP Paribas (8)
Credit Agricole (5)
Societe Generale (3)

German Bank
Deutsche Bank (18)

Hong Kong's Bank
HSBC Bank (50)

Indonesian Bank
Bank Internasional Indonesia (1)

Japanese Banks
Mizuho Corporate Bank (5)
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking (1)
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (5)

Mauritian Bank
State Bank of Mauritius (4)

Qatari Bank
Doha Bank (3)

Russian Banks
Sberbank (1)
JSC VTB (1)

Singaporean Banks
DBS Bank (12)
United Overseas Bank (1)

South African Bank
FirstRand Bank (1)

South Korean Banks
Shinhan Bank (4)
Woori Bank (1)
Korea Exchange Bank (1)
Industrial Bank of Korea (1)

Sri Lankan Bank
Bank of Ceylon (1)

Swiss Banks
Credit Suisse (1)
UBS AG (1)

Taiwanese Bank
CTBC Bank (2)

Thai Bank
Krung Thai Bank (1)

UAE Banks
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (2)
Mashreq Bank (1)
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (1)

UK Banks
Barclays Bank (7)
Standard Chartered Bank (102)
The Royal Bank of Scotland (10)

US Banks
American Express (1)
Bank of America (5)
Citibank (45)
J. P. Morgan Chase Bank (1)

Number in the bracket represents the number of operating branches of these international banks in India.

List of Foreign Banks with representative offices in India

Austrian Bank
Raiffeisen Bank International (Mumbai)

Belgian Bank
KBC Bank (Mumbai)

Canadian Banks
Royal Bank of Canada (Mumbai)
Toroto Dominion Bank (Mumbai)

French Banks
Credit Industriel et Commercial (New Delhi)
Natixis (Mumbai)

German Banks
Commerzbank (Mumbai)
DZ Bank (Mumbai)
KfW IPEX Bank (Mumbai)
Landesbank Baden – Wurttemberg (Mumbai)

Italian Banks
Banca Popolare di Vicenza (New Delhi)
Banca Populare Sco.Coop (Mumbai)
Intesa Sanpaolo  (Mumbai)
Monte Dei Paschi Di Sienna (Mumbai)
UBI Banca – Unione di Banche Italiane (Mumbai)
Uni Credit S.p.A (Mumbai)

Malaysian Bank
CIMB Bank Berhad (Mumbai)

Nepalese Bank
Everest Bank (New Delhi)

Norwegian Bank
DNB Bank (Mumbai)

Potuguese Bank
Caixa Geral de Depositos (Mumbai)

Russian Banks
Gazprombank (New Delhi)
Promsvyazbank (New Delhi)
Vnesheconombank (New Delhi)

South Korean Banks
Kookmin Bank (Mumbai)

Spanish Banks
Banco de Sabadell (New Delhi)
Banco Santander (Mumbai)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Mumbai)
CaixaBank (New Delhi)

Sri Lankan Bank
Hatton National Bank (Chennai)

Swedish Banks
Svenska Handlesbanken (Mumbai)
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (New Delhi)

Swiss Bank
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Mumbai)

Taiwanese Banks
Bank of Taiwan (Mumbai)
Mega International Commercial Bank (Mumbai)

Turkish Bank
Asya Katilim Bankasi (Mumbai)

UAE Banks
Emirates NBD (Mumbai)
First Gulf Bank (Mumbai)

USA Banks
The Bank of New York Mellon (Mumbai)
Wells Fargo Bank (Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi)

The name in bracket represents the location of banks' representative offices in India.