ICICI Bank branches to remain open on April 2

ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, branches to remain open on April 2, a public holiday on account of Mahavir Jayanti.

"All its bank branches across 30 states and union territories will be operational on April 2 as per their regular business hours.

"This will include states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh and union territories of Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagra Haveli, where April 2 is a public holiday," ICICI bank said in a statement.

The bank’s branches will be open for customers on April 3 in the states of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tripura," the statement added.

This is to enable ICICI Bank customers get access to branch banking on either of the two days of April 2 or 3.

An ICICI Bank spokesperson said, “Owing to Financial Year closing on April 1 and subsequent bank holidays on April 2 and 3 in various states, many customers would not have been able to conduct banking transactions through branches for a period of three continuous days.

"Keeping in mind the convenience of our customers, we have decided to keep our branches functional on April 2 in most states that will allow customers to access to branch banking without any hindrance.”

Customers will be able to conduct most of the regular banking services such as placing RTGS and NEFT requests till 16:00 and 18:00 hours respectively for same day transfers , transfer funds from an ICICI Bank account to another account in the bank, Deposit and withdraw cash from branches and Create Fixed / recurring deposits and open new accounts.

Meanwhile, cheques deposited at the branch on Thursday, April 2, 2015 will be sent for clearing on the next working day.