External Market Assessment and Internal Analysis Guideline
External Market Assessment and Internal Analysis Guideline
External Market Assessment and Internal Analysis Guideline
July, 2020
Annexes
1. Market Assessment data collection different templates
2. Product/service sales plan preparation template
3. Branch/ District plan performance reporting template
4. Customer identification & Maintenance database form
5. Action Plan form
6. Related memos communicated to districts earlier
Preamble
Whereas, it is found important to conduct external market assessment and
internalanalysis to prepare proper marketing objectives &sales plan based on the
right information regarding the market;
Now, therefore, the bank has prepared standard templates to undertake external
market assessment and internal analysis and guideline to clarify and show
branches how to conduct external market assessment and internal analysis, how
to develop marketing and sales plan using the templates.
1. Definition of Terms
The terms indicated in this document have the following meaning;
3. Objectives
The general objective of this guideline is to support the resource
mobilization efforts of districts/branches and the bank as a whole in a more
organized, focused and integrated manner.
Part One
Chapter 01
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I. Marketing objectives& Sales Plan
While reviewing the existing marketing objectivesand sales plan of BIB, it is
observed that it is not structured, lacks uniformity and not effective. Lot of gaps
has been witnessed which lead to lower performance in deposit mobilization and
customer base expansion. The improvement areas include but not limited to the
following:
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f. Import &Export business (coffee, sesame exporters, coffee & sesame
growers)
g. Suppliers
h. Commercial Complexes
i. Edirs and other self- help organizations
j. Equbs
k. Religious Organizations
l. Transport association
m. Wood and Metal works
n. Garage services
o. Wholesalers
p. Retailer shops
q. Grinding Mills
r. Contractors
s. Cement distributing and Building Material Shops
t. Market areas “Including Gulit” where petty traders are found.
u. Cereal traders shop
v. Small scale Hotels , restaurants and cafes
w. Traditional coffee traders
x. Fuel stations
y. Bottled water and Beverage distributors shop
z. Butcheries
aa. Shops used for multipurpose trading etc.
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1.2. Population by demographic variables
Demographic variables include but not limited to age, gender, and employment
status and business sector. The populations’ data will help branches to offer,
forecast and suggest the right product to the population variables.
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Temple 1: Population by Age, Gender & Employment Status Category -for Branch
Locality
Population
Total Age Category Male Female
Number
0-13
14-17
18-24
25-60
60+
B-Population by Employment/Unemployment, Sex and Age Category
Total
Employed Male Female Unemployed Female Male
Population
14-17
18-24
25-60
60+
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The information shall be gathered from the respective woreda or zonal
agricultural offices or CSA regional offices (outlying branches). Districts
/branches shall incorporate individual/household farmers’ production
capacity in total.
Agricultural cooperatives/Associations should be considered as business
customers & they shall be incorporated in under agriculture sector.
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Similarly, districts/branches should note that special attention to give to
foreign owned companies operating in the target market of the Branch; as
it greatly help to assess foreign currency potentials and identify cross sell’s
products.
Data shall be gathered from concerned Trade and Industry offices.
Personal observation shall be employed to verify the data on foreign
owned companies.
Temple 3: What are the growth projections and trends in industry/sector and
Population for year 1; year2, year 3, year 4 and year5?
Industry/Sector
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Transport
Construction
TOTAL
Please indicate the growth rate of the sectors and the source.
Base year
1 Year 2 Years 3 Year 4 Year
(2019/2020)
Population 2020/2021 2021/22 2022/23 2023/2024
In Number
Population
Total Figure
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1.5. Main Customers and Suppliers, Farmers and Growers
Shall assist districts & branches to identify suppliers, farmers, growers
and other customers which have trade linkage with the major businesses
operating in the target market.
The information shall be used to proactively tracking of various
payments, selling bank’s products directly and applying referral
marketing which would help branches to effectively exploit the whole
business channels.
Information regarding main suppliers shall include; from whom they buy,
farmers and growers who are major sources of raw material and
customers, to whom they sellcould be obtained from the businesses
operating in the target market through questionnaires, interview or
account analysis, i.e. looking frequent payments and deposits from and to
the business customer’s account.
Temple 4: Who are the main customers and suppliers of the companies in the target
market of the branch – To whom do they sell / buy from?
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Industr Main Suppliers and Main Customers
No. y/ Companies Name Trading Markets
Sector Local Foreign Local Foreign
1 1
1 Agriculture 2 2
N n
1 1
Manufacturin
2 2 2
g
N n
1 1
3 Construction 2 2
N n
1 1
Hotels and
4 2 2
Tourism
N n
Domestic 1 1
Trade 2 2
5
( Whole sale
N n
and Retail)
Others 1 1
N (Mention 2 2
them) N n
Additional raw can be inserted for if the business has more customers and suppliers
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IV. To obtain various supports while delivering their services &
safeguard the bank through creating close Relationship with local
administrators & security offices etc.
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(produced)
1.
2.
Temple 8: What levels of Exportation and Importation are conducted in the target
market – in what sectors and show volume, value, key products and
trading markets?
If there is no export or import of goods made by businesses in the target
market, the branch must state this.
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in the distribution chain (from production to end user), proactively track
payments including foreign payments, and apply referral marketing.
Information shall be gathered from the source companies operating in the
target market through interview or observation;
Districts and branches should write the place (city/town) of the
distributors, where they are doing their business, in case of Ethiopia; the
names of the country will be indicated for overseas channels.
The information shall be collected, organized& used to coordinate money
tracking efforts among branches and districts.
Temple 9:What are the main channels used by the companies to sell / distribute their
products both in Ethiopia and overseas? List the name of whole seller,
retailer etc who is distributing the company’ product and services
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2
N
1
Hotel and Tourism 2
N
Construction 1
2
N
Transport 1
2
N
Domestic 1
Trade( Whole sale 2
and Retail)
N
Others(Mention) 1
2
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c. Marketing and sales tactics;
d. Promotion creativity;
e. Price (interest rate, service charges, etc.);
f. Salesmanship (how do the competing banks sale their product);
g. Technical service (ATM, POS etc);
h. Agency banking services;
i. Mobile money services
j. Card banking services;
k. Branch location; and
l. Employees’ attitude & skill.
2. Internal Assessment/Analysis
The commonly used definition of internal analysis is an exploration of a given
organization's competency, cost position and competitive viability in the
marketplace.
The branch shall make account base analysis and make improvements in other
areas to;
a. Branches\Districts identify the contribution of top depositors (saving &
current) to overall branch deposit; and to know the extent to which large
portion of the branch deposit is concentrated in the hands of few
customers (concentration risk);
b. improve per branches’ balance /Districts objectives/
c. identify with zero, low balance deposit accounts as well as inactive
accounts and improving their productivity /Per account balance/
d. Expand cards, Mobile, merchant pay & internet banking through properly
recruitment and enhance activation status and utilization rates. And all
digital banking channels
e. Branches \Districts enhance transactions made via ATM and POS
machines
f. Expand Agent and merchant banking services
g. Exploit the large shareholder base of the bank
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The account base analysis will help the branches;
3. SWOT Analysis
I. SWOT is a strategic planning technique and should beused identify
Strength, Weakness, Opportunity & Threat related to business competition.
II. SWOT shall assistbranches\districts to develop a full awareness of all the
factors involved internally and in their surroundings which have
direct/indirect impact before making a planning decision.
III. In SWOT, branches should categorize Strength and Weakness are
internal-i.e. the existing situation inside the company while Opportunity
& Threat are external- i.e. situations outside the company.
IV. SWOT analysis should be district /branch centric, need to be analyzed
using the templates annexed in this document;
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firm a comparative advantage in the Performance?
market place. Lack of facilities, financial resources
management capabilities,
- What is done well? marketing skills and brand image
- What are the advantages? can be source of weakness.
- What could be improved?
deposit per account, branch
etc
- What is it done poorly?
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During COVID-19 pandemic: Referral marketing, video conference /video
calling/, tele-conference; selective face to face discussion and use of telephone-
(high value company/org/schools etc.) to work with us; use of
comp/org/schools as referral to convince salaried employees/ students refer
parents to be customers. Approaching parent/ company employees while
coming to our branches to open account for their children and also use our
digital banking services etc.
4. Assumptions
i. Are issues commonly agreed as accepted as true or as certain to
happen in future.As much as possible, assumptions should be
reasonable.
ii. Districts and branches shall draw assumptions on factors that will
serve as input for the development of achievable sales targets and
workable strategies.
iii. Assumptions should be drawn considering the internal, external
market assessment and competitors’ analysis.
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muday, minor, teen youth, youth, student etc) depending on inputs from
internal/external market assessment and competitor findings and basic
assumptionswith respect to the target market.
III. Besides, branches should have a plan for execution of digital banking
services like mobile, internet banking, card banking focus on active cards,
POS and merchant banking users taking into account the market
situation.
IV. After finalizing of the annual plan, branches shall prorate it to weekly
and even to daily basis.
Accordingly, branches shall use their own judgment and rank the company
potential as high, medium and low considering the following points;
Finally, based on ranking, branches determine their priority area and design
convenient selling techniques to snatch the market as much as possible.
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Chapter Two
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d. Facilitate the development of database in relation to market assessment
findings in collaboration with CIO/directorates;
e. Facilitate trainings and workshops to districts and selected branches on
how to prepare a marketing plan following steps in market assessment
and other related issues;
f. Creates integration with chief strategy office for smooth conduct of
market assessment and market plan preparation;
g. Share best practices of top performing districts and branches to other
districts and branches.
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3. Districts:
a. Support branches on external market assessment , internal analysis and
marketing plan preparation and make branches onboard on sales plan
implementation;
b. Facilitate in collection of common types of information regarding
population, sector growth rate projections and the like in collaboration
with Marketing Directorate;
c. Make sure that the branches external market and the marketing plan
documents are prepared as per the designed templates;
d. Review, comment and approve the respective branches product plan
before communicated to CSO;
e. Collect and compile the external market and the marketing plan
documents from branches under their domain;
f. Using the branches’ external market assessment and marketing plan,
develop their own external market and marketing plan;
g. Maintain district wide database in relation to external market
assessment and marketing plans;
h. Share the district level compiled document to the CBSO/Director
deposit mobilization;
4. Branches
a. Engage in identification of target markets, conducting of external market
assessment and internal analysis of their locality;
b. Collect relevant data/information on their respective target market (by
use of designed template) to be used as input for the preparation of
marketing and sales plan;
c. Maintain database of their own regarding all market assessment
findings of the target market; and forward to respective districts;
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d. Analyze the collected data/information and based on it prepare
branches sales plan regarding deposit mobilization (by product type),
account, digital banking and interest free banking service users;
e. Forward the annual/monthly product plan to districts for review and
then to CSO for further review, discussion at EMC, revision and
approval.
Part Two
I. Monitoring & Evaluation of Plan Performance
Close monitoring and supporting of the district and branches effort in
areas related to their deposit mobilization process and subsequently,
evaluating their performance against plan is very important for the
successful implementation of the strategy.
The monitoring, supporting & evaluation effort, however, have to be
executed in a holistic and integrated manner with active involvement of
concerned bank organs.
Integration helps to address missing and overlapping responsibilities and
to create efficient product and channel ownership. To this end, it is highly
required to define duties & responsibilities of the integrating concerned
organs in overall resource mobilization effort and also to establish
resource mobilization team at branches, district and head office.
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1. Resource Mobilization Teams
The establishment of resource mobilization team at different levels is expected to
create a smooth work flow relationship and integration between branches,
districts and head office resource mobilization team and improve the overall
support efforts which in turn enhances the business performance of the bank.
The establishment of the team specifically:
I. Helps to clearly set uniform duties and responsibilities for the team
expected at all districts/ branches;
II. Clearly shows the workflow/work relationship between branches and
districts, between districts, chief banking service offices and all chief offices
in close monitoring and exchange of feedbacks on plan performance
progress of resource mobilization activities.
3. Team Composition
As stated in the scope, the team establishment is expected at branches, districts,
and Head office level.
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The resource mobilization team at the branch level is entrusted to carry-out the
following major activities:
9. Shall evaluate the actual customer service provision at the branch for its
contribution to operational excellence and propose resolution
mechanisms if there is any gap.
10. Branch managers are also responsible to identify best performing
branches and benchmark from their best practices/ critical success areas/
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Considering the fact that the performance of a district is the sum of the
performance of branches under its domain, activities performed by the resource
mobilization team should be aligned with the activities carried-out by district
resource mobilization team so that continuous feedback and related supports
will be provided in a timely manner.
Hence, the resource mobilization team at the district levels entrusted to carry-out
the following major activities:
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B. Head Office Deposit Mobilization Review Team (HDMRT)
Composition:The team is composed of the following:
1. Chief Banking Service Officer (chairperson)
2. Director, Deposit Mobilization Directorate (secretary)
3. Director, Digital Banking Directorate (member)
4. Director, Interest Free Banking Directorate (member)
Frequency of Meeting: every ten days on Saturday on compiled district report (by
Deposit Mob. Directorate) and additional system generated report (by Digital
Applications Directorate).
Reporting: to head office Steering Committee reporting is every Tuesday as per
format from head office. After discussion report of the committee is going to be
compiled by DMD.
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D. Head Office Resource Mobilization Review Steering Team (HRMRST)
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and Districts/branches so as to exploit all available opportunities in
the areas of resource mobilization;
6. Facilitate to bring corporate thinking, and service quality
of international business and banking service throughout the bank;
7. Ensure timely identification, selection and dissemination of best
practices and promote experience sharing among performers of
international business, and branches/districts;
8. Design and propose solutions to problems that have negatively affecting
resource mobilization efforts of International business, and
branches/districts;
9. Support advise and give proper directions to international business, and
Districts/Branches to identify their strengths and weaknesses, to
capitalize on their strength and to scale up and utilize their potential
utmost, and to improve their weaknesses;
10. Review the performance of resource mobilization initiatives;
11. Evaluate deposit and foreign currency earning performances of the Bank
in general, and international business, and Districts and/or branches in
particular in a periodic manner and identify causes/factors that results to
their positive/negative variations.
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b. Identify the borrowers’ raw material suppliers and users of their
finished goods to open account in our bank and transact account to
account basis; and
c. Facilitate to use our digital banking services and IFB services etc
2. District Managers
I. Guide and coordinate the overall integration of credit with deposit
mobilization, digital banking services& IFB services provision within
their discretion.
II. Communicate credit customers who are not working with BIB, if they
couldn’t improve their deposit, reports to Chief Banking Business
Officer or Chief Business Officer
III. Monitor the performance of branches and district credit officers based
on the deposit, account opening, Digital banking services service &
IFB service customers.
IV. Measure branches and credit officers performance in connection with
credit customers vs. deposit
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ii. Identify and establish database of credit customers, regular deposit
account, digital banking services and IFB account maintained at BIB and
communicate to the branch managers.
iii. Identify credit customers bank statement who have scored less than 90%
of their total sales volume to credit account turn over and discuss with
customers to deposit their sales BIB branch/branches
iv. Critically examine to ascertain whether they are regularly depositing
their cash sales or not and discussions should be made on how to
improve their account performances.
v. Identify the Borrowers’ raw material suppliers and customers of their
finished goods so as to track proceeds of checks issued and facilitate
account to account transactions.
vi. Update and report to respective branches and credit approving team on
monthly/ quarterly basis those customers who are not working with
BIB.
vii. Communicate loan approval to the branches
viii. Check the deposit account of the customer immediately after
disbursement of the loan to check whether there is big withdrawal,
communicate the customer to know the destination of the fund and
track, here; integration with credit customers’ suppliers, workers could
be made.
ix. Assess the deposit, digital banking services& IFB status of the customers
and attach with loan processing which will be sent for analysis during
credit request. In the due diligence report, the applicant deposit
contribution should be included.
4. Branch Managers
i. Update the list of credit customers of the branch and do close follow up
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ii. Review the deposit account, digital banking services& IFB performances
and report customers who are not working with BIB to the district
manager/credit Director
iii. Critically examine bank statement of credit customers to ascertain
whether they are regularly depositing their cash sales or not and
discussions should be made on how to improve their account
performances.
iv. Identify the Borrowers’ raw material suppliers and customers of their
finished goods so as to track proceeds of checks issued and facilitate
account to account transactions.
v. Track any transfer of other banks and report to the district manager
vi. Arrange visit with district manager to be done by the bank
management team
vii. Monitor big withdrawals of credit customers, traces the fund
destination, track and attract those customers who have business
relationship with our bank via referral marketing.
i. The two Chief Officers shall closely monitor whether the integration
framework is working smoothly and take/recommend appropriate
actions when necessary.
ii. In addition, the Chief Officers shall report the progress every month to
the CEO in writing including but not limited to the results obtained,
challenges faced and actions taken.
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6. Credit Approving Committee
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Vision, Mission & Values of BIB
Vision
“To become one of the top three commercial banks in Ethiopia by the Year
2030”.`
Mission Statement
Values
WINNING:
We have a strong conviction to outperform the banking competition in an ethical
manner; by striving for excellence and exercising highest level of
professionalism.
RESPECT:
We respect each other's value, differences and contributions to our customers,
our shareholders, ourselves, our vendors, and our community. We also recognize
that everyone is important and has a role to play. We focus on support,
collaboration and care while we treat our customers, shareholders, regulatory
body and the society.
RESPONSIBILITY:
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Annex
Annex1:
Name of District:…………………………….
Reporting Period:…………………………….
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Annex2:
Name of District:…………………………….
Reporting Period:…………………………….
Number of Account
0
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Annex3:
Name of District:…………………………….
Reporting Period:…………………………….
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Annex 4:
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Compiled Branches Foreign Currency Mob. Performance
Reporting Template
Name of District:…………………………….
Reporting Period:…………………………….
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No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Normal Mobilized
saving (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Special Mobilized
saving (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Youth Mobilized
accounts (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Teen youth Mobilized
Acc. (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Mobilized
Muday Bank (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Mobilized
(Existing)
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
demand Amount to be
deposit Mobilized
accounts (Existing)
No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Mobilized
Minor trust (Existing)
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No. of new
accounts
Amount to be
Mobilized (New)
Amount to be
Mobilized
IFB (Existing)
Taxi&bajaj
Annual Annual
Incremental Incremental
sales targets sales targets Total Incremental
Actual sales from new from Existing Sales Targets for the
(As at June 30, customers customers Year 2020/2021
2020) (A) (B) (C=A+B)
In percent
D-C /in
No.
Products Numb Amou Numb Amou Numb Amou D-C*B Amoun
No. er (A) nt er (A) nt er (A) nt t
Ordinary I N/A
1 Saving
B N/A
Accounts
Special I N/A
2 Saving N/A
Account B
Teen Youth N/A
3 Saving I
Account
Youth N/A
4 Saving I
Account
Muday N/A
5 I
Bank
6 Minor trust I N/A
I N/A
7 Taxi &bajaj
B N/A
Demand I N/A
8
Deposit B N/A
I N/A
9 IFB
B N/A
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Other Annex’s
Annex 1.1. Foreign owned businesses operating in the target market of the branch –
wholly owned or partially owned, and what business sector are they in?
Agriculture 2
1
Manufacturing
2
1
Hotels and 2
Tourism
N
1
Transport
2
Construction 2
Domestic Trade 1
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2
(Whole sale and
Retail) N
1
Others (Mention 2
them)
N
Annex1.2. How is the market structured? List the major businesses that operate in the
target market by industry/sector.
1
Manufacturing 2
1
Hotels and
Tourism 2
Construction 2
Transport 2
Domestic Trade 1
(Whole sale and
Retail) 2
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N
1
Others (Mention 2
them)
N
Annex1.3.How is the branch’s business customers’ ability to expand and grow their
business and their financial capacity to fund their growth (within the
business or through bank finance?)
Manufacturing
Transport
Domestic Trade
Others(mention)
6. Other
Any other information the branch believes that it will be beneficial in developing the marketing
plan of the branch?
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Annex1.4. List the business Customers in your target market by Industry Sector,
Turnover etc.
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Annex1.6.What methods of promotion do the companies in your target market use to
advertise and promote their goods – (Brochures, Newspaper, billboard,
flyers, TV, Radio, Direct Mail, Email, online, gifts, samples, discounts,
cash back etc.)?
Agriculture 1
2
N
1
Manufacturing
2
N
1
Hotel and Tourism 2
N
Construction 1
2
N
Transport 1
2
N
1
Domestic Trade (Whole sale
and Retail) 2
N
Others(Mention) 1
Format for list of business sectors has been attached separately. The
format serves to amalgamate all business sectors in one and use as
data base for potential and existing customers. Customers demand,
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their current bank, employees list and other important items are
incorporated.
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