State Bank of India, country’s largest Bank operationalised 16 new branches in Bhopal Circle (MP & CG) taking the total tally of branches to 1521 in the Circle. Out of the 16 branches inaugurated today, 6 are SME Intensive branches focussing primarily on SME business.
The total number of SME intensive branches in Bhopal Circle has now gone up to 61. Further, out of these 16 branches, 3 are located at Rural centres, 5 each at Semi Urban and Urban centres and 3 branches are located at Metro Centres.
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, Managing Director (Retail & Digital Banking) virtually inaugurated the branches. Shri Rama Mohan Rao Amara, Chief General Manager, Bhopal Circle, along with Rajiv Kumar Saxena, Smt. Gita Tripathi and Sundeep Kumar Dutta, General Managers were also present in the programme.
Setty congratulated the Branch Managers of all the 16 newly inaugurated branches and emphasized the need to provide excellent customer service to their satisfaction. He further called upon the Branch Managers to promote SBI’s Digital Products such as YONO, Internet Banking etc amongst the customers. Setty drew their attention towards the renewed focus of the Bank on SME business and understanding needs of MSME customers. He emphasised to ensure financial inclusion and to keep close liaison with Local Bodies, Govt Authorities, Farmers’ Societies and the local people.