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Banking services, including cheque clearance, cash withdrawals and deposits, are likely to be disrupted for three days beginning on Monday (September 28, 2026) as bank unions go on nationwide strike to press for a five-day working week and other pending demands. The impact is expected to be felt primarily at public sector banks, old generation…
File photo for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: ANI State Bank of India on Thursday (September 24, 2026) issued an advisory, urging its customers to complete all important transactions before the three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28. The customer advisory was issued in view of the proposed nationwide bank strike by the United…
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy In view of the proposed nationwide bank strike by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) from September 28 to 30, 2026, the government has announced that all Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks will operate normally on Sunday (September 27, 2026). The UFBU, which…
Services such as cash deposits, withdrawals, cheque clearances, and administrative work were hit at branches of most public sector banks. File | Photo Credit: Venkatachalapathy C Banking services, especially at public sector banks across the country, were impacted on Friday (September 11, 2026) after the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) called a nationwide strike…
United Forum of Bank Unions had striked work in January this year too. Photo shows a deserted State Bank of India’s branch in Tirupati during the bank employees strike. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar The story so far: The Government recently announced that it was putting on hold the performance-linked incentive (PLI) system it…
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If the strike by the influential forum of the bank unions happens as planned, for customers there will be no branch-level services for four days consecutively. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), which consists of nine unions of bank employees and officers, has called for an all India bank…
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