Announced at the second-quarter review of monetary policy, the move would make transactions at automated teller machines and point of sale terminals (PoS or merchant terminals) more secure.
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday permitted banks to increase charges on ATM cash withdrawals beyond the mandatory free monthly usage by Rs 2 to Rs 23 per transaction from May 1.
Off-site ATMs are set up on a standalone basis.
Using ATMs beyond the permissible free transactions for cash as well as non-cash purposes will cost more from Saturday. As per the Reserve Bank directive issued in June, the banking customers would be required to pay Rs 21 per transaction with effect from January 1, 2022 for transactions beyond the free permissible limit. Presently, banks are allowed to charge Rs 20 for such transactions through ATMs.
All public sector bank branches will have an automated teller machine by March 31, 2014.
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The world's first publicly accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency - bitcoins - for any official currency has been launched in Canada by a group of young entrepreneurs.
Greece will extend a bank holiday that has been in effect since June 29 for two more days.
Bank of India has become the first state-run lender to allow withdrawal of funds to individuals from its ATMs without an account in the bank.
Providing access to unbanked areas in the country has been high on the agenda of RBI, as almost 40 per cent of the population doesn't have a bank account.
Banks with a large network of automated teller machines will now be able to generate additional revenue by advertising financial products offered by other institutions.
The department plans to give taxpayers the facility of applying for tax refunds and tax credits through ATMs.
By 2017, research provided by NCR Corporation, an ATM maker, suggests that the installed base of these machines in India will reach 400,000 machines, from about 100,000 in the third quarter of 2012.
The machine, installed on the premises of National Institute for the Orthopedically Handicapped, works on the basis of fingerprint identification system and has customised keypads to make money transactions easier.
A man was in for a pleasant surprise when he tried to withdraw Rs 500 from an ATM, but got five currency notes of Rs 500 denomination from the cash dispenser in Maharashtra's Nagpur district.
Filling of Rs 100 and Rs 200 notes result in faster depletion and more frequent cash replenishment. This will cost banks and managed service providers more.
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Many customers have had to deal with printouts saying 'transaction declined.' Customers using their own banks' ATMs did not, however, face similar problems. Transactions on a bank's home ATM network are processed through a different switching system, while inter-bank transactions go to NFS, the country's largest domestic network for authentication and routing payment details of various e-commerce transactions and e-government activities.
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As banks are looking at such infrastructure as ancillary assets, wanting to focus on core activity, they're reluctant to commit their resources here, throwing space open for other players.
The central bank might ensure that the new series of banknotes with more robust security features be introduced as early as possible.
Banks are in a tight spot as ministry wants them to open ATMs at all rural branches
Children need to learn to handle money first, before they spend.
Union Bank, Andhra Bank, YES Bank launch cash transfer.
Currently, the bank charges Rs 50 as cash processing fee.
As ATMs hold huge amounts in cash and criminals use them to get to customers' cards and PIN data, electronic security is crucial
Experts say RBI's norm on deploying a guard is loosely worded and it is discretionary for banks to have all ATMs manned.
Vortex Engineering has launched one of India's greatest initiatives to extend banking services to several parts of rural India.
All leading banks advise clients not to disclose their credit card number or automated teller machine password to anyone.
The new fee structure would come into effect from July 1.
ATMs may soon be used to buy airline tickets with technology firm NCR Corporation developing a software that enables users to make bookings by accessing flight schedules, select destinations and dates of travel.
The transition to UPI-based ATMs will be gradual, and consumers will not immediately switch to using standalone UPI ATMs overnight.
The scaling down of the branch expansion plan is part of SBI's overall game plan to check costs.
At the press of a button in super-ATMs, investors would be able to transact and get all the information about mutual fund schemes.
Now you can withdraw money and simultaneously get your passbook updated at the automated teller machine (ATM) instantly.
In an interview with K Rajani Kanth, NCR Corporation's managing director (India, Nepal and Sri Lanka) Pradeep Sen outlines the company's road map for India, including its plans to scale up its research and development efforts, manufacturing capacity expansion and taking the partner-ecosystem route to penetrate the petroleum and general retail segment.
The free run at automated teller machines might end soon, with banks petitioning the Reserve Bank of India to put curbs on cash withdrawals at third-party ATMs. Representatives from the Indian Banks Association, who met central bank officials late last month to make a case, said RBI had accepted most of their suggestions and these are likely to come into effect soon.
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