Bandhan, the Micro Finance Company is Going to Start Operation as a Commercial Bank
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About Bandhan: Bandhan Bank is banking and financial services company in India. it՚s headquarter is in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was founded by Chandra Sekhar Ghosh who is act as a managing director.
- Ashok Lahiri is chairman of the new bank.
- It is world՚s largest Non - Deposit - accepting Microfinance Institution (MFI) .
- Bandhan Micro - Finance helps by provide money to low income business women, Self Help Groups and small - scale businesses.
- Earlier, it was started as a micro - finance company in 2001 with IDFC.
- It has received Banking licenses by Reserve Bank of India in 2014.
- Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley officially granted as the bank in a program held in Kolkata On 23rd August 2015.
- In the beginning, it has opened its 501 branches across India.
- As of now, it has 2022 branches in India which are spread across 22 states with focus in the Eastern and North - Eastern Regions of India.
About Bandhan as commercial bank:
- Bandhan Bank has become the first micro - finance company in India by starting its operation as commercial bank.
- Its aim is to helping in country՚s banking sector to spread the awareness of banking to unbanked population.
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