Bank Coaching in Bangalore: ₹10,000 to ₹21,000 and a Pre-Pay Check

As of 10 October 2026, the bank-exam courses on the providers' own pages run from ₹10,000 to ₹21,000. We take that range from Veranda RACE, Bharat IAS & KAS and Mahendra's, and it leaves out SSC combos. SSC means Staff Selection Commission, whose exams some students prepare for alongside banking.

Sources: Veranda RACE's Karnataka course page, the Bharat IAS & KAS course fee page and Mahendra's fee structure page. Mahendra's page covers the chain as a whole, so ask the Jayanagar branch for its own figure.

The struck-through figure is the list price Veranda RACE shows before its discount (as of October 2026). Compare the price shown, and check it again when you enquire, because discounts change.

We could not find a published bank-course fee for Prasad's Academy or Competitive Success as of 10 October 2026, so ask each for a written quote for the exact course and batch.

Total cost is the fee, plus books and Goods and Services Tax (GST) if the quote leaves them out, plus travel and stay, plus the exam application fee, minus anything refundable. Our formula: total = fee + books + GST + (round-trip travel × sessions) + stay + application fee − refundable amount. Use the GST on your invoice, not an assumed rate.

The exam fee is separate. In the 2026 cycle IBPS charged ₹850 inclusive of GST for most PO applicants. It charged ₹175 for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and benchmark-disability candidates. Both figures are in the detailed notification on the IBPS PO/MT-XVI page.

Here is a worked example. It is our model with assumed inputs, not an official figure:

• Classroom at Veranda RACE costs ₹21,000. The offline listing includes 4 bank books, so we count books as included.
• Assume about 5 sessions a week for 20 weeks, which is 100 sessions, and ₹50 each way by bus, which is ₹100 a round trip. Travel is 100 × ₹100 = ₹10,000.
• Classroom total: ₹21,000 + ₹10,000 = ₹31,000, before any GST not already in the price, and before stay.
• Online total: ₹10,700, plus your own device and data.
• The gap widens from ₹10,300 (21,000 − 10,700) to ₹20,300 (31,000 − 10,700).

Replace the 100 sessions and ₹100 with your own batch schedule, which the institute can give you, and your own fare. Our reading: commute cost widens the classroom premium, so classroom is worth it only if you study markedly better in a fixed room with a faculty member you have seen in a demo. For the wider trade-off, see our comparison of online versus offline coaching by your constraint.

Count back from the preliminary exam (the first screening stage) of the one exam you will sit. IBPS runs separate recruitments, and each has its own dates. A notification is the official announcement of an exam's dates, eligibility and vacancies, so read the one for your exam.

The IBPS tentative calendar for 2026-27, dated 16 January 2026 and listed on the IBPS CRP updates page, shows:

These dates are tentative, as of October 2026, and IBPS can change them. For the public sector bank exams (PO, SO, Clerk), the preliminaries have passed or fall this month. The next cycle's dates are not in the 2026-27 calendar.

In 2026 the PO registration opened on 1 July and closed on 26 July, according to the IBPS registration page. Our inference is that the next PO cycle follows a similar mid-year pattern. That would put its preliminary around August 2027, roughly ten months away. Confirm against IBPS's next calendar.

The 2026 PO notification set eligibility at a degree in any discipline and an age of 20 to 30 on 1 July 2026, with relaxations for some categories. Our recommendation, by months left before your target preliminary:

These bands are our judgement, not a rule. If online suits you, our guide to choosing banking coaching online by your exam shows how to match a course to the exam you will sit.

Course pages count different things under the word "tests". A mock test is a timed practice paper in exam format. A topic test is a short drill. Veranda RACE lists 50+ mock tests offline and 30+ online. Prasad's lists "800+ online exams" and "Daily Topic-wise Tests: 35 (for 15 Mins)" on its Bangalore bank PO page, with 200 hours of classroom coaching. Its online banking page lists 500+ mock tests, 250+ live classes and 24×7 doubt clearance.

The yardstick is the real paper. The IBPS PO preliminary has 100 questions in 60 minutes, as set out in the detailed notification on the IBPS PO/MT-XVI page. It has English Language (30 questions), Quantitative Aptitude (35) and Reasoning Ability (35). Each is timed separately for 20 minutes, and you must clear a cutoff in each. Eight hundred 15-minute drills do not prepare you for that the way fifty full papers do.

Access periods differ too. Veranda RACE gives three years, while Prasad's states unlimited validity. Because IBPS runs a new cycle each year, longer access matters if you may attempt twice. A cheaper course that expires before your second attempt costs more.

Run these six checks before paying. Each one has a pass and a fail. Our guide on how to choose a coaching institute covers the wider picture.

Our Bengaluru banking listings show five institutes as of 10 October 2026. Online Coaching 4u publishes this page and lists these institutes in its directory. Promoted placement, where an institute buys it, is labelled as promoted.

Fees come from each institute's own pages above. Ratings and review counts come from our listings. The five listings carry 44 reviews between them (13 + 11 + 9 + 6 + 5), and each has fewer than 15, so treat ratings as a starting point. RACE now trades under the Veranda RACE brand and has several Bengaluru branches, so confirm which branch's batch you are paying for.

Profile details come from public sources, and none of the five carries our Verified badge as of 10 October 2026. The badge means an institute shared its details and we verified them. It is not a guarantee of results.

We help before you enquire. You can filter by exam, city, study mode and verification status, then send an enquiry or callback request to the institute you choose. Browsing, comparing and enquiring cost you nothing. You then confirm fees, batches, faculty and refund terms directly with the institute, using the six checks above.