Banking in India in the modern sense originated in the last decades of the 18th century. The among the first banks were Bank of Hindustan, which established in 1770 and liquidated in 1829-32; and General Bank of India, established 1786 but failed in 1791.
| Banking Act | Year |
| Negotiable Instrument Act | 1881 |
| Negotiable Instruments Act | 1881 |
| Bankers Books Evidence Act | 1891 |
| Reserve Bank of India Act | 1934 |
| Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act | 1948 |
| Banking Companies (Legal Practitioner Clients’ Accounts) Act | 1949 |
| Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act | 1949 |
| Banking Regulation Act | 1949 |
| State Financial Corporations Act | 1951 |
| Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Misc. Provisions) Act | 1953 |
| Industrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act | 1955 |
| State Bank of India Act | 1955 |
| State Bank of India Act | 1955 |
| Companies Act | 1956 |
| State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act | 1959 |
| Subsidiary Banks General Regulation | 1959 |
| SBI Subsidiaries Act | 1959 |
| Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act | 1961 |
| IDBI Act | 1964 |
| Banking Companies (Acquisitionand Transfer of Undertakings) Act | 1970 |
| Banking Services Commission Act | 1984 |
| Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SRFAESI) Act | 2002 |
