KIEV, Aug. 28 ??“ OTP Bank, a major Hungarian bank that is acquiring Raiffeisenbank Ukraine (RBU), plans aggressive expansion next year by effectively doubling the number of branches, OTP Bank Deputy CEO Laszlo Wolf.

"This year we won't open many branches ??“ three or five, [but] next year we want to double the number of branches,??? Wolf told Kommersant daily. ???We have rather aggressive plans."