{"id":2449,"date":"2015-09-08T02:33:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T02:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2015-09-08T02:33:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T02:33:37","slug":"npci-announces-nationwide-e-payment-literacy-workshop-world-literacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=2449","title":{"rendered":"NPCI announces nationwide e-Payment Literacy Workshop on World Literacy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"a<\/a>National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced a first-of-its-kind \u2018e-Payments Literacy Workshop\u2019 pan India on the occasion of World Literacy Day in Chennai today. Seen in the picture<\/span><\/p>\n

From L to R<\/p>\n

\u00a01. Mr K.V. Rao,Chief General Manager, NABARD,\u00a02. Mr M Balachandran, Chairman, NPCI,\u00a03. Mr S K Gupta, Chief Project Officer, NPCI,4. Mr Giridhar, Vice President, Southern Grid, NPCI<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>28 States, 120 Locations, 24000+ Participants<\/i><\/p>\n

Financial Literacy workshops scheduled at 120 centres across India on World literacy day<\/i><\/p>\n

Chennai, 7th<\/sup> September 2015<\/b>: National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organization for all retail payment systems in the country, today, announced a first-of-its-kind \u2018e-Payments Literacy Workshop\u2019 pan India on the occasion of World Literacy Day.<\/p>\n

A nationwide literacy workshop will be hosted by NPCI across all 56 Regional Rural Banks at 120 centres. More than 24000 participants will join the initiative at the same time. In Tamilnadu, the workshops will be held at Krishnagiri, Salem, Thiruvenelli and Virudhunagar.<\/p>\n

Participants will be familiarized with customs of ATMs and its numerous features like Cash Withdrawal, Balance Enquiry, Mini Statement enquiry etc. Consumer redressal advices and other precautionary tips on PIN change and Fund transfer will be demonstrated. Security tips like mobile number registration, seeding Aadhaar with bank and LPG subsidy process will also be presented along with highlighting payment solutions through RuPay card at PoS, e-comm, ATMs channels along with NPCI\u2019s customer friendly fund transfer services.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the conference, Shri Balachandran M, Chairman, NPCI said, \u201cDigital and smart banking systems shall be accessible even in the remotest corner of our country; our initiative is to tap consumers belonging to all sections of the society and elevate their banking experience. Every citizen should be empowered with technologically-advanced banking facilities and should be eventually brought under the umbrella of mainstream banking. This workshop is aimed at motivating all our stakeholders and consumers to optimally utilise state-of-the-art payment products that are designed to suit the customised needs customers from different strata of the society.\u201d<\/p>\n

A \u2018smart payments\u2019 e-Book Manual will also be launched by the hands of Shri Balachandran M and will be shared with banks across all locations by NPCI officials. The booklet contains 136 basic, relevant and easy to understand processes and procedures through FAQs on ATM transactions, RuPay Debit Cards, PoS Usage, E-commerce transactions, IMPS (Immediate Payment Service), AEPS (Aadhaar Enabled Payment Service). \u00a0The FAQs have been divided into 5 sections based on combination of payment products and NPCI\u2019s services like NFS (National Financial Switch), Debit Card, IMPS, AEPS and APBS (Aadhaar Payment Bridge System) which are meant to address the basic challenges faced by the consumers.<\/p>\n

Cumulative sessions on the same lines have been envisioned to accelerate the Digital India<\/b> initiative to transform India into a less-cash economy and mark a positive difference in the payments ecosystem. NPCI has been on the forefront to introduce several safe, secure and simple means of payments for customers and has been actively empowering its stakeholders. It is now willing to educate elementary banking fundamentals to fresh entrants and encourage usage of electronic payments in everyday lives.<\/p>\n

About NPCI<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which has been set up in 2009 as the central infrastructure for various retail payment systems in India, was envisaged by the Reserve Bank of India as the payment utility for all banks in the country. During the last five years, the organization has grown multi-fold from 2 million transactions a day to 20 million transactions now. From a single service of switching of inter-bank ATM transactions, the range of services have grown to Cheque Clearing, Immediate Payments Service money transfer (24×7), Automated Clearing House, Electronic Benefit Transfer and a domestic card payment network named \u2018RuPay\u2019 to provide an alternative to international card schemes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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