Banks to Add 250+ Branches Over 5 Years

Bloomberg, Sean B. Pasternak & Doug Alexander, 21 November 2006A month before Royal Bank of Canada opened a new branch in Toronto's King West Village, manager Neil Joshi donned a hockey jersey bearing his bank's logo and hit the streets and cafes to drum up business.His efforts paid off: 79 people and 19 companies signed accounts in the first month after the branch opened in September in an old