Apex bank gets SKOCH Order of Merit Award: Arunachal

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Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh State Cooperative Apex Bank Ltd has received the SKOCH Order of Merit Award for its efforts in the area of financial inclusion. The award, which was received by Apex Bank Administrator Habung Lampung, was given on December 22 last during the 55th SKOCH summit at New Delhi, a press release informed here on Monday.

The award is given for ‘innovative and replicable approaches’, and as per the evaluations of the jury. The Apex Bank received the award for its efforts towards providing banking services to the people, especially in un-banked remote areas of the state.

“The Apex Bank has been trying to provide banking services through innovative and replicable approaches in the un-banked villages through Sarkar Aapke Dwar and financial literacy camps, through self-help groups, ‘Go Digital’ camps, and IT products like micro-ATMs, so that the people in the un-banked areas are connected to banking services,” the release added.

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