Ministry of Communications
“Government to leverage the accomplish together with trust of Post Offices to offering doorstep banking to the unbanked, through Republic of Republic of India Post Payments Bank”: Manoj Sinha
Posted On: 29 AUG 2018 3:07PM yesteryear PIB Delhi
Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge), Shri Manoj Sinha today said that the launch of Republic of Republic of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) volition significantly augment the accomplish together with affect of the banking sector inward the country. Briefing the media hither nearly the upcoming nation-wide launch of the IPPB yesteryear the Prime Minister on the 1st September, 2018, Shri Sinha said, the trusted Postman volition instantly cash inward one's chips a banker to millions of unbanked together with under-banked Indians who induce got together with thus far had no access to fiscal services. This launch volition to a greater extent than than double the expose of depository fiscal establishment branches inward the soil – from the acquaint 1.40 lakhs to to a greater extent than than 2.90 lakhs. Similarly, the expose of rural branches inward the soil volition increase from the electrical flow 49,000 to to a greater extent than than 1.75 lakhs.
The vision of IPPB is to laid upward the most accessible, affordable together with trusted depository fiscal establishment for the mutual man, to spearhead the fiscal inclusion agenda of the Government. It volition leverage the vast network of the Department of Posts, which covers every corner of the soil amongst to a greater extent than than 300,000 Postmen together with Grameen Dak Sewaks. This volition enable IPPB to duet the last-mile gap inward banking services.
Shri Sinha said, on the solar daytime of the launch, IPPB volition induce got 650 Branches together with 3250 Access Points spread across the country. The depository fiscal establishment volition offering a make of products such equally savings together with electrical flow accounts, coin transfer, straight produce goodness transfers, nib together with utility payments, together with corporation together with merchant payments. These products, together with related services, volition live offered across multiple channels (counter services, micro-ATM, mobile banking app, SMS together with IVR), using the bank’s state-of-the-art applied scientific discipline platform. All the 1.55 lakh Post Offices inward the soil volition live linked to the IPPB arrangement yesteryear Dec 31, 2018.
IPPB has built a potent integrated model amongst the Department of Posts (DoP), nether which Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) concern human relationship holders volition live able to avail additional services provided yesteryear IPPB, yesteryear linking their accounts. Commenting on this, Shri A.N. Nanda, Secretary, DoP said – “The IPPB concern human relationship volition render DoP customers amongst a consummate bouquet of banking services which they induce got never experienced before.”
The Minister informed that the launch itself is slated to live a mega event. While the Prime Minister volition live the Chief Guest at the nation-wide launch at the Talkatora Stadium inward New Delhi, simultaneous launch events volition live held at all 650 branches together with 3250 access points of IPPB across the country. Senior dignitaries of the Central together with State Governments volition grace these events amongst their presence.
“The upcoming launch of the IPPB volition live or together with thus other pregnant milestone inward our Government’s displace to induce got the benefits of a chop-chop developing Republic of Republic of India to the remotest corners of our country, ensuring that the benefits of the Government’s flagship programs such equally Digital Republic of Republic of India catamenia to the final citizen standing inward the queue of development, together with our dream of fiscal inclusion becomes a reality for all”, concluded Shri Sinha.
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