The DCB Bank on Friday launched India’s first Aadhaar-based ATM in Odisha that accepts the customer’s Aadhaar number and fingerprint impression in addition to the usual debit card.
The bank also opened five new branches in Bijipur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Palla and Patharpada.
The branches were inaugurated by Cuttack Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra, Khordha Additional District Magistrate Krupasindhu Mishra, Jajpur ADM Sarat Biswal and Dhenkanal ADM Judhisthir Nayak, respectively.
“Aadhaar-based ATM in Odisha is a unique and wonderful facility. Odisha is a very important market for us. The new ATMs and branches are a testimony to our commitment to the State,” DCB Bank Managing Director and CEO Murali M Natarajan said at a Press conference here.
The DCB Bank’s branches in the State would offer a range of products for farmers, agribusiness, micro business, small business and individuals. The bank would also provide loans for tractors, dairy, crop, land development, agri processing activities as well as for high tech farming such as greenhouses.
DCB Bank Agri and Inclusive Banking head Narendranath Mishra said the bank’s branches in Odisha have now grown to 21 in number.