India Post is on a technology
upgradation mode to provide a host of financial services to the public, besides
strengthening its hold on the logistics sector.
As part of its strategy to get closer to
people and make India Post one stop shop for logistics and financial services,
including banking and insurance, it plans to provide internet banking facility
shortly, reveals its Senior superintendent of Ongole postal division T.A.V.
Sarma.
“The online banking facility is
presently available to its agents who can generate token number on their own
online and transact on behalf of their customers,” he says in a conversation
with The Hindu here.
“The facility will be provided to all
account holders in a month or two after setting right teething troubles so that
the account holders can log into indiapost.gov.in and transact without any
hassles,” he adds.
In Ongole division, all the 98 post
offices have migrated to the Core Banking Solutions (CBS) to offer a host of
insurance products and banking services real-time, he explains.
All savings bank account holders will be
provided with Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to avoid the unpleasant
practice of standing in long queues to transact, he says.
All post offices in the division are
provided with sufficient number of ATM cards to cover pensioners and other
savings bank account holders and make ATMs the preferred mode of transaction by
customers from any India post ATMs from anywhere in the country.
Negotiations are on at the highest level
for setting up Post Bank of India and also enable its account holders to
withdraw money from any public or private bank ATMs soon with ATM cards issued
by the department, he says.
The department has so far set up five
ATMs in the division. “More ATMs will be rolled out in the coming months,” he
says.
Customers can now track the postal
articles from the time of booking to delivery by just giving the details of the
mobile numbers of themselves and that of the receivers.
Purchasing stamps online
They can also
purchase stamps online from the e-post office by registering on the portal
epostoffice.gov.in and also download android app to transact with their mobile
phones.
Source
: :http://www.thehindu.com
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