105 branches of Canara Bank inaugurated
May 28th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANSAgra, May 28 (IANS) The executive director (ED) of Canara Bank Monday opened 105 ultra-small branches of Canara Bank and 100 ultra small branches of Shreyas Gramin Bank at a function here.
“These branches have been opened in remote un-banked rural areas of the country, where no banking facilities are available. These branches will connect these remote villages and provide basic banking facilities to 6 lakh rural people of the country,” said Archana Bhargava, the Canara Bank ED.
Canara Bank has a nation-wide network of 3,600 branches, of which 1,007 are in rural and 1,019 in semi-urban areas across the country.
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