Mumbai: Private sector lender Axis Bank has opened its representative office at Dubai and will be engaged primarily in promoting the bank's retail NRI products and services.

It would also provide support in facilitating transactions between branches of the bank in India and NRIs based in Dubai, the bank said in a press release issued here today.

"This further extends our presence in international markets, as a response to the growing globalisation of the Indian economy," Axis Bank Chairman and CEO P J Nayak said.

The bank has established its presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and Shanghai apart from concluding strategic alliances with banks and exchange houses in the GCC region, the release said.

The branches in Singapore, Hong Kong and DIFC-Dubai provide platforms for offering corporate credit and trade finance solutions in the financial hubs across Asia and enable the bank to partner with Indian corporates foraying into international markets.

The new representative office in Dubai, in conjunction with the bank's alliance partners, would enable access to the large NRI population in the UAE, the release said.

Axis Bank has a network of 685 branches and 2,798 ATMs spread across 408 cities and towns and its ATM network is the third largest in the country.
Source : PTI