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All banks must enable mobile banking by March 31: Government

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NEW DELHI: In a move to promote digital transactions post-demonetisation, the government on Friday said it has asked banks to provide mobile banking facility to all customers by the end of the current fiscal on March 31. “Ministry issues advisory to banks to enable mobile seeding, Aadhaar seeding of bank accounts along with enablement of Mobile Banking for all its savings bank customers on a campaign mode by March 31, 2017,” an Electronics and IT Ministry (MeitY) statement here said.


“As per an estimate, currently only 65 per cent saving accounts are seeded with mobile numbers and only 50 per cent are seeded with Aadhaar numbers. Out of the 65 per cent accounts already seeded with mobile numbers, only 20 per cent are enabled for mobile banking,” it said.


To make the process of 100 per cent seeding of bank accounts convenient to customers, the ministry “has advised the banks to explore ‘Over the Air’ customer consent instead of requiring customers to visit the bank branch or ATM as is required currently,” the statement added.


Declaring that the process of enabling the bank accounts for mobile and Aadhaar-based banking is “completely voluntary”, the statement said: “However, given the benefits of these banking channels, a large number of customers are expected to opt for it.”


Speaking to reporters earlier this week, IT Secretary Aruna Sundarajan elaborated on the rationale behind the move following the recent demonetisation of high value currency and the government’s campaign to encourage digital transactions.


— IANS


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