All the Banks asked to restore banking services in affected areas as early as possible and provide ATM and other services to the people round the clock

Department of Financial Services conducted a Review Meeting today with all the Public and Private Sector Banks and reviewed the banking services in Chennai and other flood affected districts in State of Tamil Nadu. All the Banks have been asked to restore banking services in affected areas as early as possible and provide ATM and other services to the people round the clock. They have been requested to provide mobile ATMs/PoS Machine services through Bank Mitras mounted on boat or other means. Banks have been asked to replenish cash in all the ATMs. All the Banks in flood affected areas will remain open on Sunday and will also offer extended business hours.

Restoration of banking services: banks must ensure prompt service resumption, mobile ATMs, and extended hours for access. The Department of Financial Services instructed banks to restore operations in flood-affected areas promptly, replenish ATM cash, provide round-the-clock ATM and related services, deploy mobile ATMs and PoS via Bank Mitras on boats or other means, keep branches open on Sundays, and extend business hours to ensure uninterrupted access to banking services.