Banking in Covid Times: 6 Contact-less Ways to Reach Your Bank

Half-way through 2020 and still locked down. With banks, universities, offices, all working with limited capacity, humans have fast learned to stay put with “new normal” and indeed surpassed the anxiety of staying at home to escape Novel Coronavirus.

The battle against COVID 19 pandemic has challenged every activity of humans. Like Doctors & essential service providers, bankers have also acted as frontline warriors, meeting financial needs of diversified customer base and ensuring seamless financial transactions for all.

Though banks and financial institutions are working within trimmed work hours 10 am to 2 pm and ensuring social distancing with limited staff presence, at the same time, we have also witnessed remarkable digitisation and innovation by these institutions for ultimate customer satisfaction.

From opting for Moratorium to Applying for Credit Card or Overdraft against your existing Home Loan, banks have ensured contact less service using the best of technological solutions. You can use digital channels for almost all types of transactions, including and not limited to, transferring funds, paying out bills, requesting baking services like cheque books, credit card, debit card etc, mandating standing instructions, starting FDs/ RDs, opening a savings account etc. Whether you want to request for a service or terminate it, all can be successfully processed online.

So, without a further adieu, let’s list out below some of the handy ways to contact your bank digitally. You need not delay or worry about limited mobility we are facing in the times of current health emergency.

1. Net Banking

Internet Banking enables seamless banking experience online. You can integrate all of your banking products and services under a single dashboard and manage them according to your convenience. Right from your bank account, deposits, transfers, online bill payments, loans and credit cards, everything can be controlled right from your laptop. It is safe, instant, and convenient. You do not need any third party assistance to pull out your account statements, start investments. What’s more? The bank sends you all preapproved offers right there in your dashboard.

If you haven’t activated net banking yet, you must login now and experience the agility of instant banking services. Visit your bank’s official website. Click on Login & select internet banking. Here you can sign up with your account details and set a PIN/Password. You may be asked to verify your identity by filling up your PAN and Aadhaar details. All PSBs and private sectors banks offer convenient net banking experience to customers.

In case, you are unable to start internet banking, you may also consider opening a new savings account online with the help of eKYC. The account will enable all basic digital services and transactions. Within next 12 months, you are required need to visit the bank for once and complete the physical KYC and enjoy the regular benefits on this online account.

2. Mobile banking

Another on the go facility is mobile banking. You can access all bank products under a single account by downloading your bank’s app. For instance SBI YONO app and ICICIBank’s iMobile App. By logging in to your bank’s app you can transact instantly.

Let’s take example of SBI YONO App to understand how bank apps work:

Download the app and log in with credentials. With SBI YONO App you can meet your all SBI relationships at one place – be it related to banking, insurance, investments, and daily expenses. Some of the notable features are:

• All in one interface for easy to navigate & process bank products
• Paperless account opening for new customers
• Exclusive discounts for SBI customers across e-commerce landscape
• Online banking
• Quick pay facility
• Pre-approved personal loan up to Rs. 1 lakh without any documentation in 2 minutes

3. Social Media

The voice & tone of Social Media campaigns speak volumes about brands’ value. Thus each B2C operation ensures prompt response to customer queries and requests.

Banks use social media to announce their achievements and offers for customers. You can reach out to your bank through following social media platforms, such as:

A)Facebook

B) Twitter

C) Whatsapp

On Facebook you can either send message on the FB Messenger or tag your bank and post the concern on the Facebook wall. Likewise you can tweet the concerns tagging twitter handle of your bank. In both cases, the bank will respond you and assure of the timely resolution. While sharing details on social media please make sure you do not share any confidential details on the public platform. Share Account Numbers only on direct message to the bank. You never need to share OTP or PIN to access any of the banking services.

Social Media Handles of Top Banks