Public sector lender Syndicate Bank expanded its branch network on Sunday to 3,044 by opening 28 branches, including one in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, which was inaugurated by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The bank's CMD Sudhir Kumar Jain and ED T K Srivastava were also present.

The minister also gave loan sanction letters to borrowers under various schemes of the bank including 25 MSMEs for Rs 1 crore and 25 housing loan borrowers for Rs 5 crore.