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Corporation Bank new ATM in Sirsa,
makes 12/12/12 auspicious by opening '12' new ATMs in Haryana
12 December 2012
Pictures and Videos: Amar Singh
Jyani, GS Mann.
While world over many had apprehension for 12/12/12 as a
dooms day, Corporation Bank a leading Public Sector bank in an effort to imbibe
scientific temper in public and make 12/12/12 an auspicious day went ahead with
inaugurating a new ATM near Shiv Chowk Sirsa. Including this ATM Corporation
Bank today inaugurated 12 (1 dozen ATMs at different places in Haryana thus
adding another '12' to 12/12/12!
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The New ATM near Shiv Chowk was inaugurated in SIRSA on
12-12-12 by Sh Niranjan Mohanlal A Sr. bank executive from Chandigarh. Mr Sunil
Vardhan Sr Bank officer (officiating Branch Manager at SIRSA) who is also
looking after the setting up of soon to be inaugurated Corporation Bank branch
in Dabwali made all the arrangements for today's inauguration with the support
of the staff of the Sirsa branch of Corp Bank. While talking to media persons
at the ATM. Mt Niranjan said that Corporation bank is one of the oldest banks
of India, it was setup in 1906 with a meagre capital of Rs5000/- only, today
the bank has an impressive business of Lakhs of Crores of rupees per annum.
Apart from banking, Corporation Bank also actively pursues Corporate Social
responsibility by carrying out various projects in the welfare of public, setting
up of rural libraries, helping the disabled with funding of ‘Jaipur Foot’ etc
are few of these. RK Indora, Manphool Verma, Sukhmeet Sethi, Naresh Singla, Ms.
Rachna Grover, Ms Poonam, Ms Kiranbala, Mukesh Deepak Jagdish Soni, Tejveer
Singh. Mehgnath Sharma, Arvind Sharma, Mahender Mehta and several others were
present at the occasion.
The 12 newly opened ATMs
were opened across the State of Haryana. The News ATMs are located at Panchkula
– Sector 8, Narnaual – Hero Honda Chowk, Samalkha – New Grain Market, Saha –
Industrial Growth Centre, Charkhi Dadri – Rohtak Road, Sirsa – Shiv Chowk,
Gannaur – Railway Road, Amabala Cantt. – Staff Road, Bhiwani – Krishna Cloth
Market & Rohtak Road and Panipat – Kishanpura and Gohana Chowk.
The Bank has a nationwide
network of over 6,400 service outlets, including 1601 branches, 1302 ATMs and
3,545 branchless banking units spread across 26 States and 3 Union territories.
The Bank has its Representative Offices in Dubai & Hong Kong to cater to
the needs of NRI clients. With the opening of 12 more ATMs the total number of
ATMs in the State of Haryana has gone up to 34. The Bank has a presence of 32
Branches in the State of Haryana and five new branches will be opened shortly.
Corporation Bank is one
of the first public sector banks to introduce transaction-based banking in
tablet PCs and iPads. The Bank has launched App on Apple iPad, Android Tablets
and Android Phones. Through the App the user can access the Internet Banking
Account, Open and Close Term Deposits Online, Transfer funds online within and
outside the Bank, Pay LIC premium Online, Book Railway tickets through IRCTC,
Get latest interest rates, Get the branch & ATM locater of the Bank, Get
daily economic briefs and synopsis of business news from financial dailies and view
market indicators and know about products and services of the Bank.
For the benefit of the
customers and ensuing festival season, Corporation Bank has launched Grand
Festival Bonanza for Various Loans Schemes of the Bank from September 01, 2012
for a limited period. The Bonanza is offered for Home Loans, Vehicle Loans, NRI
Home Loans, Doctor Plus (Finance for Medical Professionals) and Vyapar Schemes
(Loan for Trade & Business).
For Corp Home (Housing Loan) - Loans for construction
of house/flat or purchase of ready built house/flat or take-over of housing
loans from other Banks/institutions. The Floating Rate of interest for all
tenors and for amount upto Rs. 50 lakhs is offered at 10.50% p.a., for amount
upto Rs. 1 crore is offered at 10.75% and for amount above Rs. 1 crore is
offered at 11.00%. For Corp Vehicle
(Vehicle Loan) – Loans for purchase of vehicles - the rate of interest for a
period of five years is offered at 11.25% and for period of seven years is
offered at 11.75%. The processing charges are fully waived for Housing &
Vehicle Loans. The Bank also provides an exciting “Combo Offer” for taking both
Corp Home and Corp Vehicle Loan together by an additional concession in the
Rate of Interest on Vehicle Loan only by 0.25%.
The Bank has a wide range
of products and services which includes a host of IT Products and high tech
delivery channels. The Bank is forerunner in the field of financial inclusion. It
has been the thrust area for the Bank and it has actively implemented and
operationalised “Branchless Banking” in 3,545 locations in the country. For its
efforts in Financial Inclusion, the Bank has bagged the Best Performance Award
in SHG Bank Linkage in Karnataka from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD). The Award was given to the Bank on 29th February 2012 at
Bangalore. The Bank has also bagged “SKOCH Financial Inclusion Award 2012 for
SHG Initiatives” instituted by SKOCH Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd.
During it’s over 106
years of fruitful and purposeful service to the nation, the Bank has earned
many accolades and awards. In the last two years the Bank has bagged many
awards from various organizations. Some of them include – Most Customer
Friendly Bank” by Outlook Money & TNS. Best Manpower Efficiency Award in
Public Sector Bank Category at FIBAC Banking Awards 2011. First Prize Under
“National Award for Excellence in Lending to Micro Enterprises” for the year
2010-11 from Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of
India. “Safest Banker” by The Sunday Standard FINWIZ 2012 – Best Bankers’ Award
and the recently received Best Mid Size Public Sector Bank (Commendation) Award
at “India Best Banks and Financial Institutions Awards 2012” by CNBC-TV18.
Corporation Bank strongly
believes that – ‘behind all the achievements and accolades, the driving
force for the Bank remains the Customer and his satisfaction.’
1 comment:
Yeah! December 12, 2012 really brings apprehension to some individuals especially for those who believe in superstitions. But I guess this idea of putting up ATMs during this day would counteract this apprehension.
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