Let's not take the statements unless they actually do something. Banks today are becoming good at making statements.
Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Amrit Pal Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] FW: (VIB) SBI to install 7,000 talking ATMs for visually challenged It's a welcome step until they render the services of some expert in our field. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kotian, H P" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 6:34 PM Subject: [AI] FW: (VIB) SBI to install 7,000 talking ATMs for visually challenged From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of sandesh Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: (VIB) SBI to install 7,000 talking ATMs for visually challenged Saturday 09 January, 2010. SBI to install 7,000 talking ATMs for visually challenged India's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) plans to introduce 7,000 voice enabled ATMs across the country for visually challenged customers beginning next month. "Out of our 18,500 ATMs, 7,000 will be made voice enabled for visually challenged people. We expect to launch these talking ATMs starting next month," SBI's General Manager (Alternate Channels) Amitabh Kumar said at a CII seminar in Mumbai on Thursday. These voice enabled ATMs, customised with headphones and braille key pads, will offer services like funds transfer and downloading of account statements, Kumar said. Presently, SBI is testing voice enabled ATMs with its partners NCR and Diebold and expects to make these operational in a month's time, he said. SBI plans to install these ATMs in metro, urban and semi urban towns across the country. "The country has 10.6 million visually challenged people and it is the duty of the banks to help these people to meet their banking needs," ICICI Bank's CEO and Managing Director, Chanda Kochhar, speaking at the seminar, said. ICICI Bank has installed its first talking ATM in 2003. Over the years, the bank has also ensured that the basic banking facilities can be used by physically handicapped people, Kochhar said. (DD-8.1) ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n Email secured by TPML Electronics To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
