Private sector lender Bandhan Bank, on Wednesday, opened two new branches, and plans to open another six before the end of the fiscal year 2018-19. The bank opened a new branch in Burdwan and another in Gurugram.

“By the end of this month, the bank plans to open six more branches, taking its branch count to 986,” the lender said in a statement, adding that with a network of 3,014 doorstep service centres, the total number of banking outlets will reach 4,000 by the end of this month.

Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Managing Director and CEO, Bandhan Bank, said: “We are glad to announce the opening of our eight new branches in the country. We are well and truly on our path to making banking accessible to all.”

The lender’s scrip gained 0.86 per cent and closed at ₹492.60 apiece on the BSE.

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