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Conveniently and Safely use Credit/Debit Cards

  Credit and Debit Cards are still modes of money transaction because it is safe to do so, even in the age of digital banking. The problem with Credit/Debit Card usage is someone peeks and sees what is your Credit/Debit Card PIN, while you use it in shops. I will provide a simple solution by which using Credit/Debit cards will be very convenient and safe. Shop using Smart Phones and Credit/Debit Cards We all use smartphones nowadays. There are Applications (Apps) in the Smart Phone for all kinds of Banking Services. So we will take a Bank like HDFC Bank. There is an App for its Banking services. You can log into the App in any mode you like. Let's say you go into a store to purchase an item. When you swipe the Credit/Debit Card, it will send a pop-up to the App. In the pop-up, you will see the amount of the transaction, the organization (like More Supermarket) for which the transaction is happening, and the location of the transaction. The safety feature is, it won't allow the ...
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Deposit and Withdrawal Automation

  This method makes the cashier’s work simple and transactions like deposits and withdrawals can be done with speed, and efficiency without any error whatsoever. This method automates the deposits and withdrawals that are done by cashiers in banks or Institutions that handle cash. Introduction It is a common practice in rural Banks, where people don’t use ATMs to Deposit or Withdraw money. Also not everyone has adopted digital transactions still. So, anyway people go to Banks and wait for their turns. So, it is necessary to automate the Withdrawal and Deposit process, to avoid fraud, and to provide easy transactions. We are going to use two methods for Deposit Automation. The first is with the help of Kiosks, installed on Bank premises. Second, takes advantage of a Mobile Banking App, which is hugely beneficial for hassle-free transactions. We will also discuss withdrawal with the help of kiosks. In all the above methods, cash is handled only by the Cashier. Deposit with Kiosks Let...

ATMs for Uneducated Customers

This is a proposal to convert ATMs to be accessible for uneducated customers in rural areas. The method uses audio to convey to the uneducated customer what she needs to do and color codes to get inputs from her. Overview Before going into the next generation of banking and the techniques and technologies that are going to change the future of banking, I would like to propose a solution to a rather simple problem, which I personally faced when I was working as an Assistant in a rural bank. Rural banks have a lot of uneducated customers, who do not want to use Debit cards. Though it is inconvenient for them to come to banks and stand in long queues every month, they do it because they cannot withdraw money in ATMs without others’ help and it is not secure for them to do so. We will try to make ATMs usable for an uneducated person.  Goals All the options I am going to propose are specifically for the uneducated who will be having a different mode of use, working in parallel with othe...

Instant Banking with Currency Notes

I would like to propose a new method of depositing money in banks, simply using currency notes, with the help of a Mobile Banking App. This is a new system never before used in any bank. It will help customers to deposit amounts from Rs. 100 to Rs.10,000 per day. The system works with the help of Currency Notes Numbers. A customer can deposit up to 5 Currency Notes per day. Deposit with Currency Notes First, the Customer needs a Mobile Banking App on his Mobile phone. All the details of the Customer’s Bank Account will be in the App. The Customer needs to use the App to take pictures of the Currency Notes, She wants to deposit. The App scans the Currency Note Number and asks for confirmation from the Customer. After confirmation, the details of the Currency Note, along with the Customer’s details will be sent to the Bank's Central Database. After this, the Customer should go to the bank and simply deposit the Currency Note(s) in a specially designed Currency Collector Machine. When...

Bar Chart Software for assisting Bank Cashiers

This is a software that comes in handy for cashiers to determine the denominations of different notes of cash, which need to be given to the customer during withdrawal from customer in a cash counter. It is an assisting software, that makes the work of the cashier easy and error-free, at the same time decreasing the transaction time of the process. Using Bar Chart Software to make Cashier’s job simple It is common practice in banks, to appoint cashiers, who dole out cash, using currency notes of different denominations. Usually, it is difficult to find Currency Notes, which totals to exact Amount, the customer demands. I am proposing a method to make cashier’s job, quite easy using a Bar Chart Software. Existing method Let us first get into the existing method, banks are using. For every transaction, cashier has to put denominations of each note in the existing Software, to total up to the Amount, the customer demands. For example, If the Customer needs INR 25,500, Cashier has to find ...