Bank of India is a premier and one of the oldest commercial banks in India, with presence all over India as also in all time zones of the world. The Bank has a glorious history dating back to the early years of this century. The Bank was founded in September 1906 and has all along maintained a position of pride among the top 5 commercial banks in the country. In July 1969, Bank of India was nationalized alongwith 13 other large Indian commercial banks. Since then, the Bank has made enormous contribution to India's efforts towards agricultural and rural development, industrial diversification and modernization and export development. Keeping pace with financial sector reforms in India, the bank has ventured into Merchant Banking, Mutual Funds, Housing Finance, Custodial & Depository through it's subsidiaries.

Today the Bank has over 2884 branches spread all over India and 27 branches/representative offices/subsidiaries/joint ventures etc. spread in 13 countries, spanning all time zones. The International business accounts for over 20% of Bank's total business. Bank of India believes in "Total Package Approach" to meet all the financial and non-financial requirements of its customers.