The Reserve Bank of India has on December 5, 2003 cancelled the licence of Trinity Cooperative Urban Bank Ltd., Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to carry on banking business. The bank is precluded from transacting the business of `banking' as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As applicable to Co-operative Societies) and it will not be in order for it, among other things, to accept deposits from public and allow withdrawals by cheque, draft, order or otherwise.

The Reserve Bank has cancelled the licence under Section 22 of the Banking regulation Act, 1949 (as applicable to Co-operative Societies).

P. V. Sadanandan
Manager

Press Release : 2003-2004/719