Other-bank ATM transaction fees got lower

The Institute for Development and research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) recently announced that it has removed the inter-bank ATM switching fees. What this means is that when you transact at an ATM that is not owned by your bank ("other-bank" ATM), your bank saves the two Rupees per transaction it would otherwise had to pay to IDRBT to connect to the other bank's infrastructure. So the direct benefit is to the bank. We can now expect this benefit to pass on to the customer, by way of reducing the inter-bank ATM transaction charges. Also, banks with a smaller ATM network can also join the Switch enjoying lower transaction fees for its customers.

Customer Satisfaction lower in metros

Recently, McKinsey & Co. released a study on the Indian Banking System. According to the study, the IT effectiveness of some leading Indian banks is better than that of banks abroad.

The study also finds the level of customer satisfaction in Indian metros is lower than that in rest of Asia. Banks' IT infrastructure in the past year has been focused on implementing Know Your Customer (KYC) as per Basel II guidelines. So does the 'effective IT infrastructure' fall back on satisfying Indian customers? Or do Indians (in the metros) demand 'something more' out of banks that the banks aren't (yet) able to deliver?