# City Union Bank (CUB)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/city-union-bank
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [CUB — official](https://www.cityunionbank.com/)

## Overview

**City Union Bank (CUB)** is **Indian private commercial bank** + **NSE: CUB BSE: 532210** + **Indian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of India's mid-sized private commercial banks** + **founded Oct 31 1904 in Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu India as Kumbakonam Bank Limited then 1965 Kumbakonam City Union Bank then 1987 City Union Bank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [India report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN)</sup>.

## History

**Oct 31 1904 — Kumbakonam Bank Limited founded in Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu India as Tamil Nadu-based Indian private commercial bank** distinctive Indian banking heritage as one of India's oldest South Indian private commercial banks.

**1965 — Kumbakonam City Union Bank rebrand**.

**1987 — City Union Bank rebrand consolidating Kumbakonam City Union Bank**.

**2014 — CUB Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **City Union Bank CUB** (Indian private commercial bank; NSE: CUB; BSE: 532210).

**Major shareholders**: **Indian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Reserve Bank of India RBI**.

## Technical integration

CUB Mobile app (iOS + Android) + cityunionbank.com online + City Union Bank branch network across India + CUB Visa + Mastercard + RuPay cards; RuPay Indian national card scheme + EMVCo QRCPS QR payments + Bharat QR (Indian national QR payment scheme) + UPI Unified Payments Interface (Indian instant payments) + Indian Rupee INR domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Indian banking + payments competitors**: [State Bank of India (SBI)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/sbi-india) (State Bank of India SBI) + [HDFC Bank App](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hdfc-bank) (HDFC Bank) + [ICICI Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/icici-bank) (ICICI Bank) + [Axis Bank / Axis Mobile](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/axis-bank) (Axis Bank) + [Federal Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/federal-bank) (Federal Bank) + [South Indian Bank (SIB)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/south-indian-bank) (South Indian Bank SIB) + [Karnataka Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/karnataka-bank) (Karnataka Bank) + [DCB Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/dcb-bank) (DCB Bank) + [UPI QR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/upi-qr) (Unified Payments Interface UPI).

**Regulators**: Reserve Bank of India RBI.

## Status

**Active, Indian private commercial bank + NSE:CUB BSE:532210 + Indian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of India's mid-sized private commercial banks + founded Oct 31 1904 in Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu India as Kumbakonam Bank Limited then 1965 Kumbakonam City Union Bank then 1987 City Union Bank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.cityunionbank.com/ "CUB — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Union_Bank "CUB — Wikipedia"
[in-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN

- [1] [CUB — official][1]
- [2] [CUB — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[India report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/IN-india.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [city-union-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/city-union-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.