Financial Inclusion

BREDS ventured into financial inclusion space in July 2009 in collaboration with ATYATI Technologies and disbursed more than 200 Crores government money earmarked for NREGS and Social Security Pensions till date in over 800 villages of Srikakulam district through its Business Correspondent Agents. BREDS also ventured into the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, Meghalaya in 2010 and the details are as follows.

S.NO

States

Partner Banks

Technology Partners

Current Status

1

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Bank

ATYATI Technologies

Disbursed more than Rs. 200 Crores earmarked for NREGS & Pension Payments for the past 2 Years in Srikakulam District.

2

Assam

United Bank of India

ATYATI Technologies

Enrollments are underway in more than 450 Gram Panchayats.

3

Bihar

Punjab National Bank & United Bank of India

ATYATI Technologies

Got a mandate to work in 300 GPs spread across 12 districts of Bihar. Opened  more than 2Lakh “No-Frills” accounts and about to commence transactions.

4

Chhattisgarh

Union Bank of India

ATYATI Technologies

Working in Mahasamund district and the distribution of Smart Cards is in progress

5

Gujarat

Bank of Baroda

Tata Consultancy Services 

CSP Selection is yet to commence.

6

Meghalaya

United Bank of India

ATYATI Technologies

CSP Selection is underway in 50+ GPs of Manipur

7

Uttar Pradesh

Punjab National Bank

ATYATI Technologies

Got a mandate to work in more than 250 GPs and more than 2.5 Lakh “No-Frills” are opened and Smart Cards distribution is in progress.

8

West Bengal

Union Bank of India & Bangiya Grameen Bank

ATYATI Technologies & Tata Consultancy Services 

Got a mandate to work in more than 3000 GPs. More than  3 Lakh “No-Frills” are opened and Smart Cards distribution is in progress.

9

Tripura

United Bank of India

ATYATI Technologies

Got a mandate work in 70 GPs and more than 70,000 “No-Frills” account are opened. Smart Card distribution is underway.

 

A CSP is appointed in every village and provided with 1 Laptop, 1 biometric scanner, 1 web cam for the initial 3 months by Technology Service Provider to open No-Frills account. Post account opening process, smart cards are distributed to the villagers and CSPs will commence transactions in the villages. Also, for every 30 CSPs an area manager is appointed and for every 4 area managers a 1 Tech Support Manager is recruited to address technical snags and operational issues. CSPs act as an interface of bank in the villages, does banking transactions and deposit the money in the designated bank accounts on regular basis. A reconciliation team and a call centre at the head office will track everything encompassing transactions in coordination with Technology Service Provider and Banks.

Recently, BREDS hived off the entire business to a Gram Tarang Inclusive Development Services due to regulatory issues.

 
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