Barclays unveils paperless banking
Thursday, May 07, 2015
A Barclays employee(in blue) demonstrating some of the bank's digital solutions PIC: Kennedy Ramokone
Addressing the media yesterday, Barclays Africa’s consumer banking director, Rajal Vaidya said as part of the bank’s initiatives to go paperless, they have introduced remote account opening, paperless banking, cash deposit ATM’s and virtual e-wallet, which allows individuals to send money to anyone anywhere, using their cellphone or through the ATM by a Cash Send platform.
The pilot project, which started last July, has been primed to be successful and the bank has already deployed the services across the country.
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