SAINSBURY’S Bank is opening its 200th travel money bureau today.

The outlet, in Salford, is the 34th to open so far this year.

The Edinburgh based bank said that since opening its first bureau in 2007 it has served more than five million customers and dispensed in excess of £1 billion of foreign currency.

It now employs around 600 people across its travel sites.

Simon Taylor, head of travel money at Sainsbury’s Bank, said: “The opening of our 200th bureau is a significant milestone in our strategy to grow our travel money business. We have an ambitious expansion strategy and hope to open many more bureaux by the end of 2016.”