Mangaluru: Regional Office of Union Bank of India organized meeting of all Branch Heads on 17th & 18th August 2019 wherein collective consultative and ideation process was undertaken to align Banking with national priorities.

A press release from the bank added “As branches are the first point of contact with the customers, this consultative process is aimed at understanding performance of branches over a period of previous five years vis-à-vis opportunities available and growth potential in the respective command areas”.

“Through this process several ideas have emerged to align banking with area specific issues and enhancing ease of living by making branches more responsive to customers and enhancing digital access. The specific areas of discussion during the meeting included:- initiatives required for doubling farmers income, enhancing credit to small businesses particularly through psb59minutes.com and MUDRA schemes and empowering Women & SC/ST Entrepreneurs” it stated.

The meeting was presided by Mr.B S Venkatesh, GM, RMD Central Office, and Mr.T Nanjundappa Regional Head and Dy. Regional Head of Mangalaru Region were also present.  They urged the Branch Heads to popularize focused schemes of the Government like MUDRA, psb59 loans, PMJJBY, PMSBY, PMJDY overdraft etc. He also directed branches to convey to customers about reduction in loan rates in various segments.

Mangalaru has 36 branches in the Region. Branches of Union Bank of India have extended credit aggregating to Rs.350 Crore under MSME, Rs.700 crores under Agriculture and Allied activities here in Mangalore region.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).