MITR was a multilateral

interbank network An interbank network, also known as an ATM consortium or ATM network, is a computer network that enables ATM cards issued by a financial institution that is a member of the network to be used to perform ATM transactions through ATMs that belon ...

sharing arrangement of 6 member Banks in

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for

automated teller machine An automated teller machine (ATM) or cash machine (in British English) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, fun ...

s (ATMs) that operated between 2003 and 2016.

Punjab National Bank Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Delhi. The bank was founded in May 1894 and is the second largest government-owned bank in India, both in terms of its business volumes and its network ...

(PNB) acted as the settlement bank for the MITR Network

History

It came into existence on 8 October 2003 with five member banks,

(PNB),

Oriental Bank of Commerce Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) was an Indian public sector bank headquartered at Gurgaon, Haryana. It had 2390 branches and 2625 ATMs across India. In April 2020, the bank along with United Bank of India has been merged with Punjab National B ...

(OBC),

Indian Bank Indian Bank is an Indian public sector bank, established in 1907 and headquartered in Chennai. It serves over 100 million customers with 39,734 employees, 5,721 branches with 5,428 ATMs and Cash deposit machines. Total business of the bank has ...

Karur Vysya Bank Karur Vysya Bank is a Scheduled Commercial Bank in India. It has completed 100 years of operation and is one of the leading banks in India, headquartered in Karur in Tamil Nadu. It was set up in 1916 by M. A. Venkatarama Chettiar and Athi Krish ...

and

IndusInd Bank IndusInd Bank Limited is an Indian financial services headquartered in Mumbai (Maharashtra). The bank offers commercial, transactional and electronic banking products and services. IndusInd Bank was inaugurated in April 1994 by then Union Financ ...

with

UCO Bank UCO Bank, formerly United Commercial Bank, is an Indian public sector bank, established in 1943 in Kolkata. During FY 2020–21, its total business was 3.24 lakh crore. Based on 2020 data, it is ranked 80 on the Fortune India 500 list. UCO Ba ...

joining later. ATM transaction switching technology was provided by

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-based Financial Software Solutions Ltd. The sharing arrangement formally ended in 2016 when each of the member banks joined the Indian

National Financial Switch National Financial Switch (NFS) is the largest network of shared automated teller machines (ATMs) in India. It was designed, developed and deployed by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) in 2004, with the goal ...

directly.

Competitors

Cashnet Cashnet is an interbank network in India managed by Euronet Services India Pvt. Ltd. which is a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide. Banks can join the Cashnet shared ATM network whereby each member banks’ cardholders can perform transactions at ...

CashTree CashTree is an interbank network founded in 2003 by five public sector banks, Syndicate Bank, Bank of India, Indian Bank, United Bank of India and Union Bank of India, for sharing their ATM networks. Dena Bank later joined the network. Members *B ...

BANCS Banks ATM Network and Customer Services (BANCS) is an interbank network in India. It was launched on 25 February 2004, with 13 member banks. It is managed by an advisory board consisting of member banks. It is successor to the now-defunct Swadhan ...

References

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