Dharmasthala : Corporation Bank opened its e-Lobby at Kaveri Building, Dharmasthala on Saturday the 8th August 2015. The “e-Lobby” was inaugurated by Padma Vibhushan Rajarshi Dr. D Veerendra Heggade in the presence of Shri S R Bansal, Chairman & Managing Director, Corporation Bank. Shri D Harshendra Kumar, Secretary, SDM Educational Institutions and Shri M B Ganesh, Deputy General Manager & Zonal Head, Mangaluru Zone were present on the occasion.
Inaugurating the e-Lobby, Dr. Veerendra Heggade expressed his happiness for bringing e-Lobby to a small rural town like Dharmasthala. He said that Corporation Bank’s e-Lobby is user friendly and even rural people with limited exposure to technology banking can use it with ease. He also highlighted that e-Lobbies have mitigated the risk of keeping and carrying cash, as people can deposit cash even after close of banking hours.
In his address, Shri S R Bansal said that “Corporation Bank is known for its best services and best products. The Bank offers unique & customer friendly products and value-added services to the customers. He said that Karnataka is a highly potential state and the Bank will focus on opening more number of branches and e-lobbies in the state and the next e-lobby will be opened in Sringeri.
He also said that the Bank is issuing MUDRA card to street hawkers and small vendors to liberate them from the clutches of the money lenders. The MUDRA card holders can avail loan in the morning and repay it at the end of the day without any interest.
The e-Lobby takes care of the multifarious needs of various customers. It has Self-Service Automation Kiosks which include Cash Deposit Kiosk, Cheque Deposit Kiosk, Self-Service Passbook Printer and an ATM. The kiosks are user-friendly and can be used at ease by the customers. The Bank has so far opened 143 e-lobbies across the country and has received excellent feedback from the customers about the utility of these self-service terminals.
Corporation Bank has a wide network of over 9,986 centres across the country, including 2318 branches, 2983 ATMs and 4685 branchless banking units. The Bank has 66 Designated Branches across the country handling Forex business. The Bank has its Representative Offices in Dubai & Hong Kong to cater to the needs of NRI clients.