Azerbaijani banks had 481 branches on 1 March of this year.According to the banking survey published by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, it is up by 5.5% as compared to March 1 last year.The number of bank branches by the end of February totaled 97 which is down by 10.2% from the last year.Thus, the service network of banks consisted of 578 units on the reporting date which is up by 2.5% year-on-year. -0- ...