Syndicate Bank plans `ladies only' branches across country
Mumbai: Taking cue from success of mahila co-operative banks, the Manipal-based Syndicate Bank has embarked on a unique strategy to open "ladies only" branches across the country – perhaps the only national bank in the country to do so.

Four such branches have already been opened in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Calcutta. The bank plans to open more branches across the country. These branches will be exclusively managed by women employees and will only accept members of the fairer sex. Syndicate Bank's `Ladies Only Branch' in Matunga in Mumbai currently has 28 women "manning" the office.

Across the country, Syndicate Bank employs more than 7,400 women spread across its 1,700 branches, many of them serving as officers while some have risen to the position of assistant general managers. Syndicate Bank officials say, while there were initial apprehensions from the customers, they did later sense a gradual improvement in service. Women, they say, are more dedicated, less aggressive and committed to their work.
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