ICICI Bank organises Coin Exchange Mela at 20 branches in Lucknow

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh): ICICI Bank Ltd. today organised 20 coin exchange melas in Lucknow. These were held at its branches across the city at Gomti Nagar, Ashiana, Alambagh, Aliganj, Aminabad, Faizabad Road, Hazratganj, Rajaji Puram, Mahanagar, Nadan Mahal Road, Naka Hindola, Nirala Nagar, Sadar Bazar cantt., Sitapur Road, Teli Bagh, Vibhav Khand, Vikas Nagar, Indira Nagar, Vibhuti Khand and Chowk branch.

The Bank organizes these coin exchange melas under the aegis of the Reserve Bank of India.

Mr. Ajay Kumar, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Lucknow, inaugurated this event at ICICI Bank, Hazratganj branch.

The Bank periodically organises coin exchange melas to offer free facility of exchanging acceptable soiled and mutilated currency notes with fresh currency and coins to the general public. It is a much-awaited event that receives an overwhelming response from people from all walks of life. Anyone can avail of this facility free of cost.

The coin mela saw participation of around 500 people, where they exchanged coins worth Rs. 43 lakh in the denomination of Rs.10, Rs.5, Rs.2 and Re.1. The Bank exchanged fresh currency worth Rs. 9 lakh at these places in denominations of Rs 100, Rs 50, Rs 20 and Rs 10.

ICICI Bank has 4156 branches and 13372 ATMs in the country (as on December 31, 2015). It has over 200 branches and more than 1000 ATMs in Uttar Pradesh along with one fully automated ‘Touch Banking’ branch in Lucknow, which is available 24x7 on all days.