MUMBAI: Continuing its aggressive list of acquisitions in 2015, Madison Media has added one more account to the tally. The media agency has won the media mandate for the proposed Bandhan Bank in Kolkata.

Bandhan Financial Services, a microfinance entity, was set up in 2001 to address the dual objective of poverty alleviation and women empowerment. Bandhan has been the talk of the banking and financing community having got an in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to start its banking operations.  Currently, it operates in 22 Indian states through more than 2000 branches, run by 14,000 employees. It has a borrower base of 6.5 million. As a bank, it will have pan-India operations and meet the credit needs of different types of customers even as offering various savings products.

Bandhan chairman and managing director C S Ghosh said, “As we embark on this new journey, we need to reach out to new consumer across Indian states and we are confident that Madison will help us achieve our objective.”

“Bandhan’s accomplishments are truly remarkable and we are delighted to partner them in this exciting new phase in their life which will make them play an even more meaningful role in the Indian financial sector, changing lives of many millions,” added Madison World CMD Sam Balsara.

Madison Media was in the news recently for handling the media mandate for BJP for the national elections and for Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and the current Delhi election. It has recently won a host of new accounts like Viber, Lenskart, Amul Hosiery, Metro Cash & Carry, DHFL and Gaana.com.