BoB to open ten overseas offices

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| While new branches will be opened in Ghana, Bahrain and Canada, the bank will be setting up a second office each in Johannesburg, Tanzania and Botswana, ninth one in London, eighth office in Kenya and a representative office in Australia. |
| Regulatory approvals for opening these branches have been received, Khandelwal told reporters here today. |
| He said the bank is exploring possibilities of opening a branch in Kuwait, Yemen, New Zealand and Surinam. |
| The bank's chairman said it is setting up a joint venture in Malaysia with Punjab National Bank and Andhra Bank. |
| It would be a 45:35:25, (BoB:PNB: Andhra Bank) venture, he said. |
| The bank is also planning to launch life insurance products next year, he said. |
First Published: May 26 2007 | 12:00 AM IST