The bank offered a wide range of financial products and services to customers through its various delivery channels.

As of March 2017, the bank had a network of 2031 branches throughout the country and over 4,000 customer touch points including 2001 ATMs.

B. Shetty on 23 October 1931[7] in Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada district of Princely State of Mysore (present-day Karnataka).

[8] During the economic chaos created out of the Great Depression of 1927–30, Shetty approached leading Bunt personalities to start a bank with the objective of extending credit facilities at a lower rate of interest to enable the farmers to cultivate their lands and prevent them from falling into the clutches of money lenders.

[citation needed] The present head office building of the Bank is at Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore.

[citation needed] On 17 September 2018, the Finance Ministry of the Government of India proposed to amalgamate 3 state run banks, viz.

Vijaya Bank provides access to over 2.21 lakh ATMs connected under National Financial Switch across the country.

The bank is also implementing the modified Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) programme of the Government of India.