CHENNAI, February 23,
2016
Chennai's
Park Town head post office’s new postal ATM.
In six months, those having accounts
with post offices can use their postal debit cards to withdraw cash from
Automated Teller Machines (ATM) operated by banks too.
With the inauguration of an ATM
facility at the Park Town head post office on Monday, all the city’s nine head
post offices, including the ones at Mylapore, Avadi and St.Thomas Mount, have
ATMs now.
In the Park Town head
post office, to start with, 250 customers will be provided with debit cards and
more customers will get theirs soon. Charles Lobo, chief postmaster general,
Tamil Nadu circle, inaugurated the ATM and distributed debit cards.
Once the facility of
interoperable ATMs are in place, bank customers can withdraw cash from ATMs at
post offices too, said Mervin Alexander, postmaster general (Chennai City
Region) at the function.
At present, there are
52 lakh postal savings account holders in the Chennai city region. Of these,
nearly 16,000 account holders have been provided with debit cards.
Officials of the
postal department say that such cards were given to those who maintain a
minimum balance of Rs. 500. Steps are being taken to create more awareness
about postal ATMs among customers.
Customers are likely
to soon enjoy the benefits of net banking with the department now operating it
on a trial basis. Post offices in the Chennai north division are conducting a
campaign to get residents, especially autorickshaw drivers and vendors in the
Park Town area, to take up Pradhamar Natchathra Paadhukappu.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
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