Private Sector Banks By – Meenakshi Aggarwal(82) Nishant Shekhar(88) Vaibhav Shekhar(113) Vinod Varyani(116) Nishu(119) Internet Banking • A bank may offer its customers online access to account information and payment and fund transfer facilities. ADVANTAGES : • Shopping Online • Prepaid Mobile Refill • Register & Pay • Online Payment of Taxes Mobile Banking • Expansion in the use and geographical reach of mobile phones has created new opportunities for banks to use this mode for banking transactions. • The operative guidelines for banks on Mobile Banking transactions in India were issued on October 8, 2008. • Till June 30, 2009, 32 banks had been granted permission to operate Mobile Banking in India. • Point Of Sale(POS) : Use of debit cards/credit cards for the purchase of an item or for payment of a service at a merchant's store, the card has to be swiped in a terminal (known as Point of Sale or POS terminal) kept at the merchant's store. • RTGS Fund Transfer : RTGS is an inter-bank funds transfer system, where funds are transferred as and when the transactions are triggered (i.e. real time). • Magnetic ink character recognition(MICR) : • (ASBA): This is a facility where the investment application is accompanied by an authorization to the bank to block the amount of the application money in the investor’s bank account. • ECS(Electronic Clearing Scheme) : Facilitates payment from a single account at a bank branch to any number of accounts maintained with the branches of the same or other banks – Eg., Payment of dividends.