Karnataka Bank will open 120 ultra-small branches (USBs) by March 2014, as part of its rural outreach and financial inclusion programme. The bank has so far opened 18 USBs and is in process of opening another eight branches by March 31, 2013. With this, the bank is planning to close the current financial year with 26 USBs. The bank has also planned to open another 94 USBs for 2013-14. With this, the total number of USBs will be 120 by March 2014.
Under its financial inclusion initiatives the bank is taking up the activities in 205 gram panchayats covering 1,002 villages. With this, the bank plans to reach out to over 2.10 lakh households in 1,002 villages with a total population of 10.51 lakh.
Karnataka Bank is an old private sector bank which was set up in 1924. The bank had 527 branches and 409 ATMs spread across 20 states and 2 UTs across the country. Majority of the branch network is in the state of Karnataka.
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