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Bank’s drive successful

MANGALORE: ‘Corp Compassion’, a feature-rich savings bank account for which the Corporation Bank launched a two-months campaign, is stated to have evoked good response. A press release by the bank here on Thursday said it had proposed to donate Rs. 10 to the underprivileged for every account opened by them between June 1 and July 31.

In all, the bank has been able to attract Rs. 3.63 lakh worth deposit under the scheme. As per the scheme, the bank aims at identifying charitable institutions across the country for rendering financial assistance to the underprivileged. As part of a corporate social responsibility, the bank donated Rs. 50,000 each to Seva Bharati and Abhaya Ashraya of Mangalore on Thursday.

C.R. Kamath, ophthalmologist and director of the bank, handed over the amount to the institutions, the release stated.

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