Computer has become an inevitable part of life and office environment. It’s like without computer an organization cannot run. That is the bang of computer. So it is very essential that students or candidates who wish to be part of the bank should have little computer knowledge. If the candidate wishes to be placed in bank or anywhere then he has to have some knowledge of computer.

In every bank there are special banking softwares which are designed as per the convenience of the banking officers. But before installation of the software the staff has to be well trained so that there are no complications when the clients want to open an account in the bank.
Therefore computer knowledge is a must and nevertheless if the candidate is not associated with IT department then also it is necessary for everyone to learn computer. Banks spend crore of rupees on developing software so that the priceless data of its customers can be saved and reutilized. Computer knowledge is required and one can do any computer course or a full time computer course to educate them in that field. There are courses like Tally which is a learning tool and a ticket to enter banking and insurance sector.

Some of the Computer related questions asked in bank exams are:-
• What typically connects personal computers within a very limited geographical area, usually within a single building?
Answer – LAN
• Computers manipulate data in many ways, and what is this manipulation is called.
Answer – Processing
• An e-mail address typically consists of a user ID followed by the ____ sign and the name of the e-mail server that manages the user’s electronic post office box.
Answer – @
• What is an ad hoc query?
Answer – pre scheduled question
• A Web ____ consists of one or more Web pages located on a Web server.
Answer – site
• A computer ____ is a set of program instructions that can attach itself to a file, reproduce it and spread to 2 other files.
Answer – Virus

Computers knowledge include feeding the data of the clients, updating their accounts, making passbook entry, calculating interest and being internally connected to the co workers. No bank has same software. But the software which is used in head office can be used by the branch office. Huge software companies are involved in making the software so that there is enough security and safety for the customers. 
A full time course in Computer can place the candidate in best of the banks. There are so many opportunities which are waiting for the students who are really interested in IT and ITES. When we talk about computer knowledge for banking jobs it does not mean that the bank is looking for an eligible candidate in IT department. Bank is trying to say that there is vacancy in finance department, for example but the candidate should have computer knowledge. It means that he should be at least able to operate simple bank transactions and should be well versed in basics of computer.

Thus IT vacancy is different and computer knowledge for banking job is different. They are not connected at all. To make the long story short in today’s world computer knowledge is a must in any field and for any job.