1. The First Bank in India – Bank of Hindustan (1770- Calcutta )
2. First Governor of RBI – Mr. Osborne Smith
3.  First Indian governor of RBI – Mr. C D Deshmukh
4. First Bank to introduce Mutual Fund – State Bank of India
5.  First Bank in India to get Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) status- SBI
6. First domestic bank to open branch in Yangon – SBI
7.  First Bank in India to launch its own Payment Aggregators – State Bank of India. (SBIePay)
8.  Country’s first all woman bank – Bhartiya Mahila Bank(now merged with SBI)
9.  First Bank to introduce Internet Banking – ICICI BANK
10. First Universal Bank in India – ICICI Bank
11.  First bank in India listed in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) – ICICI Bank
12. First Indian private sector bank to open a branch in the African continent – ICICI Bank
13. ICICI Bank data centre becomes country's first CII-IGBC Platinum rated project
14. India's first transaction on Block-chain executed by-ICICI
15.  First ‘contactless’ credit cards for small and mid-sized enterprises – ICICI
16. First Bank to introduce Credit Card in India – Central Bank of India
17.  India’s first small and medium enterprises (SME) Bank - HDFC
18. First life insurance Chatbot introduced by HDFC Bank
19. First Humanoid Banking Assitant introduced by HDFC Bank
20.  First issurer of Masala Bonds – HDFC
21.  First certified green bond at London Stock Exchange – Axis Bank
22. Axis bank become the first bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar -based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.
23. Axis Bank, Kochi Metro launches India's first single-wallet contactless, Open Loop Metro Card 
24. First Bank to Introduce ATM in India – HSBC
25.  First Bank in India to launch Talking ATMs for differently able person – Union Bank of India
26.  First Aadhaar-based ATM launched by – DCB Bank
27.  DCB bank launches Aadhaar based iris eye scan customer verification service
28.  IDFC launches Aadhaar Pay, becomes the first to launch biometric based payment system
29. Edelweiss Tokio launches India's first insurance that can be bought at PoS
30. First Bank to Introduce Cheque system in India – Bengal Bank 1784
31. First Foreign Bank in India – Comptoire d’Escompte de Paris of France in 1860
32. First Joint Stock Bank of India – Allahabad Bank
33. First Indian bank to open branch outside India in London in 1946 – Bank of India
34.  First Indian Bank started with Indian capital indigenous Bank -- Punjab National Bank
35. First Regional Rural Bank(RRB) - Prathama Grameen Bank ( Sponsoring Bank- Syndicate Bank)
36.  First India bank Got ISO – Canara Bank
37.  First Bank to introduce saving Bank in India – Presidency bank in 1830
38.  First Payment Bank – Airtel m commerce, Rajasthan
39. First small finance bank - Capital Small Finance Bank Limited, Punjab
40. First private sector bank to open dedicated branch for Startups - RBL
41. First bank to sell Indian gold coins - IOB
42. Manipur's Karang is India's first cashless island
43.  Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural areas through SHG
44.  IDBI initiated insolvency proceeding against Lanco, first among 12 accounts identified by RBI
45. First firm to get debt recast under RBI’s S4A Scheme – HCC
46. First bank to introduce merchant Banking in India- Grind lays bank
47. First bank to introduce voice biometric - Citi bank
48. kotak becomes first bank to roll out AI-run voicebot named keya

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