The statewide launch of Kiosk Banking through Akshaya Centres was held on December 23 at Hotel Residency Tower, Government Press Road, Trivandrum.
As mandated by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, every sub service area of 1,500 households has to be covered by a banking channel.
Canara Bank has tied up with Akshaya State Mission to launch this service in 92 Akshaya centres, statewide. By this facility, customers can open account, deposit and withdraw cash at Akshaya Centres and need not visit the bank. RK Dubey, chairman and managing director, Canara Bank, launched the kiosk banking with Bala Kiran, IAS, director, Akshaya State Mission, Bhagwan Ghadge Patil, chief operating officer, CSC E-Governance, Ministry of Communications and IT and VK Chopra, deputy secretary, DFS, Ministry of Finance.