Pubali Bank is the very First Private Commercial Bank in Bangladesh since 1959 and it has the Largest real time centralized online banking network having 455 branches 1959 ==== Pubali Bank Limited was initially emerged in the Banking scenario of the then East Pakistan as "Eastern Mercantile Bank Limited" at the initiative of some Bengali entrepreneurs in the year 1959 under Bank Companies Act 1913 for providing credit to the Bangadesh entrepreneurs who had limited access to the credit in those days from other financial institutions. 1972 ==== In 1972, after independence of Bangladesh, the Bank was nationalized as per policy of the Government and renamed as "Pubali Bank". 1983 ==== Due to changed circumstances the Bank was denationalized in the year 1983 as a private bank and renamed as "Pubali Bank Limited". 2017 ==== At Present, Pubali Bank Limited is the Largest Private Commercial Bank having 459 branches and it has the largest real time centralized online banking network.