NOTE: SBINEWS DOES NOT PERMIT CIRCULATION OF ATTACHMENTS. ATTACHMENTS, IF ANY, CIRCULATED WILL BE ONLY BECAUSE OF VIRUSES. PLEASE,THEREFORE, IGNORE ATTACHMENTS IF ANY IN SBINEWS MESSAGES ************************************************************************ SBI to launch 100th ATM in Kerala today (Businessline) Our Bureau Thiruvananthapuram , March 25 CLOSE on the heels of commissioning the world's first "ATM-on-ferry" at Kochi last month, State Bank of India (SBI), Kerala Circle, is set to unveil its 100th ATM in the State on March 26. The bank will commission 12 ATMs simultaneously on the day at various part of the State, taking the total number of the machines from 88 as of now to 100, according to Mr C. Narasimhan, Chief General Manager, Kerala Circle. He said the bank, which has 234 branches in the State, proposed to double the number of ATMs over the next one year. And, to popularise the use the machines, the bank's branches across the State would hold ATM melas. The number of the bank's ATM-cum-debit card holders in the State has crossed the one-lakh mark. Besides, the Internet banking facility is now available in 62 branches and the bank is planning to introduce it in more than 100 branches in the next six months. Mr Narasimhan said that SBI's core banking solution would be introduced in the State on a pilot basis in September this year and this would be gradually made available in other branches in the course of time. The bank is also set to open its offshore banking unit at Cochin Export Processing Zone. This will be SBI's second such unit in the country, the first being at SEEPZ, Mumbai. Mr Narasimhan said the bank's total business in the circle was projected to cross Rs 10,000 crore in the current year with deposits of around Rs 7,000 crore and advances of more than Rs 3,000 crore. *************************************************************************** Mailing list (sbinews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) related information: News/articles about SBI and Banking related matters published in the print media, Internet etc will be circulated through this Mailing List. The messages in this list will help in improving awareness of SBI and its activities vis-a-vis the happenings in the Banking industry. This should be of help to all staff members of SBI, particularly those who are preparing for promotional written tests/interviews/group discussions. Subscription to this Mailing List is simple and FREE. Please check the procedure below. Please share this information with other colleagues/branches that could be interested in subscribing to this Mailing List. The messages circulated here should not be deemed to have the official endorsement of the SBI or any of its employees. The correct factual position may be ascertained from official sources. To join this mailing list, just send an email to sbinews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject of the email message. To leave this mailing list, just send an email to sbinews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject of the email message. Archives (old messages) are available for viewing at: //www.freelists.org/archives/sbinews Click on the month-year at the lower left corner to view messages posted during that month. This is an announcements/newsletter type mailing list i.e. only the Moderator/s can post messages to the list. This mailing list is maintained and moderated by Sri. R.S.Pai, currently working as Chief Manager(IT-Internet Banking), SBI, Corporate Centre, Mumbai. Visit http://rspai.tripod.com for some useful Banking, Reference and Utilities Links