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The Bandhan Group received a conditional approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for setting up a universal bank in April 2014 – one of the two among 25 applicants that included some of the big business conglomerates in India. The banking regulator gave its final nod in June 2015.

Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, inaugurated the bank on August 23, 2015 in Kolkata –the first bank to be set up in eastern part of India after Independence. The grand function was attended by the regulators, policy makers and luminaries from financial sector and corporate India. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the then, Honourable President of India, graced Bandhan Bank's first anniversary function on August 23, 2016 in Kolkata.

Bandhan Bank is driven by a constant desire to serve better. Bandhan Bank started with 501 branches, 50 ATMs and 2,022 Door step Service Centres (DSCs) on day one. Presently, Bandhan Bank has 3,992 touch points pan India consisting of 978 bank branches, 3,014 Doorstep Service Centres (DSCs) and 480 ATMs, serving more than 15.33 million customers.

The bank has mobilized deposits more than Rs. 34,639 crore and its outstanding loan book is nearly Rs. 35,599 crore. Bandhan Bank has a team of nearly 31,115 employees on roll.

Bandhan Bank offers its world-class banking products and services to urban, semi-urban and rural customers alike. It is a bank for all but the focus remains unchanged to meet the financial needs of people who are overlooked by the formal banking system and create better education, health care and self-employment opportunities. In sync with the philosophy of ‘Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai ’ and keeping financial inclusion at the heart of it, Bandhan is committed to provide a host of products and services, competitively at par with India’s top private and state-owned banks.

The success of the organization is measured by the million lives it has touched and the communities that have blossomed with its tireless efforts. Simply put, when you choose to bank with Bandhan, you are choosing to be instrumental in the nation’s larger growth story.