[1838]	MCB incorporated by Royal Charter
[1949]	Lloyds Bank becomes a shareholder
[1952]	Opening of MCB's second branch
[1955]	MCB becomes a limited liability company
[1957]	The Mauritius Commercial Bank Finance Corporation becomes the first of its eight existing subsidiaries
[1970]	MCB sets up an Industrial Loans Division to cater for EPZ clients
[1987]	MCB becomes co-founder of the first Mauritian leasing company
	MCB becomes the first bank to install ATM's in Mauritius
[1988]	MCB becomes the first bank to issue credit cards
[1989]	MCB is listed on the Stock Exchange
	MCB Stockbrokers is incorporated
[1990]	Incorporation of MCB Registry and Securities Limited
[1991]	Opening of representative offices in Paris and Antananarivo
[1992]	MCB becomes an operational member of SWIFT
	Purchase of a majority stake in BFCOI
	Opening of Union Commercial Bank Ltd in Madagascar
[1993]	Opening of a branch of BFCOI in Paris
[1994]	Launch of telephone and fax banking service, TELBEST
[1995]	Set up of the leasing company, FINLEASE
[1996]	Launch of MCB's PC-based Corporate banking service, Fidelink
[1997]	Opening of a representative office through BFCOI in Mozambique
	Implementation of new IT systems in MCB and its banking subsidiaries
[1998]	MCB launches its website www.mybank.org - www.mabanque.org. MCB becomes the first bank to offer Internet Banking service, allowing banking transactions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the world, with high security systems
[1999]	Opening of Uniao Comercial de Bancos (UCB) in Mozambique
	Set up of MCB Private and MCB Factors (also a first)
[2000]	Launch of the first local secure internet payment service, for businesses, MCBe-com
[2002]	Leader in the issue of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition encoded cheques
[2003]	Official and exclusive American Express acquirer
[2004]	First to allow customers to buy air time for pre-paid mobile phones through the telephone and the Internet
	First Mauritian Bank to raise a revolving credit on the international market