NEW DELHI: India Posts Payments Bank services are expected to be available across the country by April, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha today said. "(India Posts) Payments Bank branches will be opened across 650 districts by around April. All these branches will be linked to rural post offices. It will use post offices for its operations. There are 1.55 lakh post offices in the country.In the private space, Airtel Payments Bank, launched in January this year, started operations with a network of 2.5 lakh merchants.

Source: Economic Times November 03, 2017 13:52 UTC