Coastal Bank, India's first local Area Bank, operates in which state?

Q. Coastal Bank, India's first local Area Bank, operates in which state?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Notes: Coastal Bank operates in one of the most prosperous regions of India; the five districts of Krishna, Guntur, West Godavari, East Godavari and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The Bank has 50 branches in these five districts with the Corporate Office in Vijayawada.

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