Punjab National Bank today said it will recruit about
6,000 to 8,000
personnel each year for the next few years and open 500 branches across the
country in the current year..
“We will be recruiting 6,000-8,000 personnel each year for the next few years,”
the bank’s Executive Director S R Bansal told reporters. “As of now, we have
over 5,800 branches across the country. In the current year, we plan to open
another 500 branches. The new branches would include about 22 in Tamil Nadu and
10 in Tiruchirappali circle alone,” he added.
Its new venture, PNB Pragati, which offers round the clock services, among
other things, is in the pilot stage after its August 2012 launch, he said.PNB
will convert 500 existing branches into PNB Pragati in metro and urban
locations before December 2012, Bansal said.
The 24x7 service would include
withdrawal of cash, deposit of cash and cheque and updation and printing of
passbooks in specially installed machines and trained staff at venue of the
branches.
PNB has a customer base of 17 million. As of June 2012, Net NPA stood
at 3.34 per cent and CAR (Capital Adequacy Ratio) at 13 per cent.
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