Bank holidays in Kerala include national holidays and the regional government holidays. They also remain closed on Sundays and 2nd and 4th Saturdays of every month. One can find out about bank holidays in Kerala below.
List of Kerala Bank Holidays in 2019
Below mentioned are the dates and days when all private, as well as public banks in Kerala, are closed:
| Date | Day | Event |
| 26th January 2019 | Saturday | Republic day |
| 20th February 2019 | State Day/Attukal Pongala | |
| 4th March 2019 | Mahashivratri | |
| 1st April 2019 | Monday | Annual closing of Accounts of Commercial and Co-operative Banks |
| 15th April 2019 | Monday | Bengali New Year’s Day/Vishu/Bohag Bihu |
| 19th April 2019 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 1st May 2019 | Wednesday | May Day/Maharashtra Din |
| 1st June 2019 | Saturday | Ramzan Id (Id-ul-Fitr)(Shawal-1)/Khutub-E-Ramzan |
| 1st July 2019 | Monday | Annual Closing of RBI |
| 12th August 2019 | Monday | BAKRID / Id-Uz-Zuha |
| 15th August 2019 | Thursday | Independence Day |
| 10th September 2019 | Tuesday | Moharram (Tajiya)/Ashoora/First Onam |
| 11th September 2019 | Wednesday | Moharram (Ashoora)/Thiruvonam |
| 13th September 2019 | Friday | Indrajatra/Pang-Lhabsol/Sree Narayana Guru Jayanthi |
| 21st September 2019 | Saturday | Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Day |
| 2nd October 2019 | Wednesday | Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti |
| 7th October 2019 | Monday | Maha Navami/Ayudhapooja/Durga Puja (Dasain) |
| 8th October 2019 | Tuesday | Dasara/Vijaya Dashmi/Durga Puja (Dasain)/Dussehra |
| 9th November 2019 | Saturday | Milad-i- Sherif (Birthday of Prophet Muhammed) |
| December 25, 2019 | Wednesday | Christmas Day |
Note: In India, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month is public holiday for banks.
Banking Services Available on Bank Holidays in Kerala
On bank holidays not all banking services are unavailable. To ensure customers can transfer funds and perform other bank-related duties, banks developed online platforms, which customers can access from anywhere at any time. Some of the banking services that customers can access even on bank holidays in Kerala are:
- Cheque drop facility at ATMs
- Payment facility through Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
- Access to Net-banking and Mobile-banking services
- Instant fund transfer facility through Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)
- Cash withdrawal facility at ATMs