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Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian government public sector bank based in New Delhi. [5] It was founded in May 1894 and is the second-largest public sector bank in India in terms of its business volumes, with over 180 million customers, 12,248 branches, and 13,000+ ATMs .
The Unique Identification Authority of India is a central government agency of India. [6] Its objective is to collect the biometric and demographic data of residents, store them in a centralised database, and issue a 12-digit unique identity number called Aadhaar to each resident.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an Indian public sector company that operates retail payments and settlement systems in India. The organization is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in India.
In 2001, Bank of America became the first bank to top 3 million online banking customers, more than 20% of its customer base. [11] In comparison, larger national institutions, such as Citigroup claimed 2.2 million online relationships globally, while J.P. Morgan Chase estimated it had more than 750,000 online banking customers.
Using the system, funds could be transferred to any Aadhaar-linked bank account if the Aadhaar number was known. It was announced that an SMS could be used for amounts up to ₹ 5,000 (US$60) and for amounts over that a mobile bank app could be used. By this time around 440 million Aadhaar numbers had been issued. [79]
Transactions on BHIM are nearly instantaneous and can be done at any time, including weekends and bank holidays. BHIM now also allows users to send or receive digital payments through Aadhaar authentication. [9] BHIM will be made available on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in an effort to challenge PhonePe and Google Pay's hegemony. [10]
Jeevan Pramaan is an Indian Life Certificate program affiliated with Aadhaar for people with pensions. [1] It was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 November 2014. [2] [3] The certificate was made for people who receive pensions from central or state governments or other government organisations. [1]
The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 is a money bill of the Parliament of India. It aims to provide legal backing to the Aadhaar unique identification number project.