Banking on Pranab

........At the moment, it’s a problem of plenty. Omarpur, a small town on the way to Mukherjee’s home in Jangipur, has seen 20 banks spring up in the last couple of years. From private banks like ICICI Bank and Axis Bank to Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank (a regional rural bank) and state-owned United Bank of India, the people of Omarpur are clearly spoilt for choice. There are too many banks chasing too few customers. Customers are therefore treated like royalty here. So intense is the competition among banks in Omarpur that in the last one year, around four branch managers have sought transfers because they found it impossible to meet the business targets assigned them................... 

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