Core Banking in Post Offices - PTC journal
Core Banking – Towards Execution - 2012-14 G. Natarajan, Director (Core Banking Solutions) The first ATM in India was installed by HSBC Bank in 1987. [1] Post offices will get ATMs next year. The technology gap between India Post and HSBC (India) is more than 20 years. The last branch of SBI went live on the core banking (CB) platform in the year 2008. [2] The last departmental post office will go live on the core banking platform in 2014. There will still be a gap of six years. Reasons for Core Banking The need for core banking for Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) arises out of many reasons: 1. Cost of operations : The cost of operations in core banking is less than those of the present system. The remuneration we get from the Ministry of Finance for Post Office Savings Bank work is based on an average of five transactions per account per year. If we take out the back office work, this would mean that we spend roughly Rs. 30 per transaction. (Surprisingly, banks’ counter transa...