The first-ever ATM machine was
inaugurated on board aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, the country's largest
warship. The ATM on the ship docked at the naval base at Karwar will be
operated by the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) and will
cater to over 1,500 personnel and officers deployed on the ship. "The
facilities offered by the State Bank of India to the ship include cash
withdrawals, generation of mini-statements, access to bank balance details and
change of PIN numbers.
"In the near future, the
facility will be upgraded to a recycler machine with a cash deposit facility.
Additionally, facilities like cash transfer, card-to-card transfer, credit card
payment, mobile number registration and updation would also be available,"
an official statement said. It added that a Point of Sale (PoS) system will
also be installed in the future on the warship and this "would go a long
way in supporting cashless transactions on the ship, in line with the
government's policy of digitising the Indian economy". The facility was
inaugurated jointly by Flag Officer Commanding of the Karnataka Naval Area Rear
Admiral K J Kumar and SBI MD and Group Executive Rajnish Kumar.
INS Vikramaditya's Commanding
Officer Captain Krishna Swaminathan said that the ATM machine "will enable
personnel of the ship to manage their domestic financial requirements better
and assist them in conducting their money transactions at their own
convenience."
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