ATMs in India

ATMs in India

Context:

Hitachi Payment Services has unveiled India’s first ever’ United Payments Interface (UPI) –ATM which is set-up as a White Label ATM (WLA) in association with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

UPI-ATM will provide customers with unified and secure card-less cash withdrawals that allows users to withdraw cash from multiple accounts using the UPI app.

Types of ATMs:

White Label ATMs:

  • Set up, owned and operated by non-banks
  • Services offered – Banking services using debit/credit/prepaid cards issued by banks, account information, cash deposit, bill payment, mini statements, PIN change, and cheque book requests.

Non-bank ATM operators are authorised under the Payment & Settlement Systems Act, 2007 by the RBI.

Brown Label ATM:

  • Hardware and the lease of the machine are owned by a service provider
  • Cash management and connectivity to banking networks are provided by a sponsor bank.
  • They have the branding of the bank.

Orange Label ATM:

  • They are mainly used by investors and traders for buying and selling stocks and securities.
  • ATMs provided for share transactions.

Yellow Label ATM:

  • Set up for the purpose of e-commerce.
  • Mainly used by online shoppers and merchants for making payments and purchases.

Pink Label ATM:

  • ATMs monitored by guards who ensure that only women access these ATMs.

Green Label ATM:

  • ATMs are provided for agricultural transactions.
  • They are mainly used by farmers and rural customers for various banking needs.

About NPCI:

  • Purpose – For operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.
  • An initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)
  • Act – Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007
  • Aim – To create a robust Payment & Settlement Infrastructure in India.
  • Incorporated as a “Not for Profit” Company under Companies Act 1956.
  • Services Offered –Bharat Bill Payment Interface, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), RuPay, BHIM, UPI etc.

Source: Economic Times


Previous Year Question

Which one of the following links all the ATMs in India?

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2018 Prelims]

(a) Indian Banks’ Association
(b) National Securities Depository Limited
(c) National Payments Corporation of India
(d) Reserve Bank of India

Answer: (c)

Practice Question

Consider the following statements about ATMs:

  1. When a particular Bank outsources the ATM operations to a third party it is called a white-label ATM.
  2. When ATMs are owned and operated by non-bank entities but are not doing ‘outsourcing-contract’ from a particular bank, they are called Brown-label ATMs.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

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