The number of automated teller machines in the country shrank in the past two years despite an increase in transactions, Reserve Bank of India figures showed
The ATM industry has been lobbying for an increase of inter-change by Rs 3 to Rs 18
Interchange fee is the amount charged by ATM operators for every transaction
A whole raft of inter-connected contracts and deals in the industry will now have to be reworked
The bank can declare a withdrawal by you as illegal and deny any remedy in case a problem arises
The process will require an engineer to visit each ATM location and recaliberate one of the cassettes to accommodate the Rs 200 notes
As on June 30, 2017, Standard Chartered Bank had the highest number of branches
Earlier on April 25, a resident of Sheopur received Rs 2,000 note without Gandhiji's image
If biometrics match, cardholder is successfully authenticated and transaction can then be approved
The worrying fact is cash loaders don't use the 'one-time combination' method, which is akin to OTP
Jaitley said RBI had also advised Scheduled Commercial Banks to implement systems to secure ATMs
Police arrested five employees of an ATM maintenance firm for allegedly withdrawing Rs 1.88 crore
While putting in the extra hours is not a problem for Kolkata' security guards, they only hope that they would be paid extra for it too
Long queues were witnessed at banks and ATMs, which opened after two days, as people rushed to get new banknotes in lieu of their old defunct bills. Many ATMs ran out of cash in couple of hours as there were heavy rush to withdraw lower denomination currency. Most of the machines were equipped to tender Rs 100 notes, while some were still not working. Banks are saying that they are trying to recalibrate their machine for higher denomination notes, it will take some days before they start tendering new high security Rs 500 and 2000 notes which is expected to ease pressure. However, to ensure customer convenience, banks have been asked to provide all cash withdrawal transactions at their ATMs free of cost till 30 December. Banks across country are witnessing heavy rush on the second day as people gathered to get new banknotes in exchange of old bills. After the government scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, banks were shut on Wednesday, and ATMs were supposed to be out of service ..
Most ATMs, including those of ICICI Bank, Canara Bank and Corporation Bank are not operational
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Country's largest bank SBI installed 4,222 ATMs against the target of 4,200