India Post Payments Bank, abbreviated as IPPB, is a division of India Post which is under the

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of the Department of Post, a department under

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of the

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. Opened in 2018, as of January 2022, the bank has more than 5 crore customers.

History

On 19 August 2015, the India Post received licence to run a payments bank from the

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. On 17 August 2016, it was registered as a public limited government company for setting up a

payments bank Payments banks are new model of banks, conceptualised by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which cannot issue credit. These banks can accept a restricted deposit, which is currently limited to ₹200,000 per customer and may be increased further. ...

. IPPB is operating with the

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under

. The pilot project of IPPB was inaugurated on 30 January 2017 at

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and

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. In August 2018, the Union Cabinet approved a cost of for setting up the bank. The first phase of the bank with 650 branches and 3,250 post offices as access points was inaugurated on 1 September 2018. Over ten thousand postmen have been roped into the first phase. By September 2020, the bank had acquired about 3.5 crore customers. The bank had acquired about 4 crore customers by December 2020. In January 2022, India Post Payments Bank has crossed 5 crore customers mark.

Services

Post Office Headquarters Mehsana India Post Payments Bank

IPPB aims to utilize all of India's 155,015 post offices as access points and 3 lakh postal postmen and ''Grameen Dak Sewak''s to provide doorstep banking services. IPPB offers savings accounts, money transfer and insurances through the third parties, bill and utility payments. The bank also provides features like: * Account: The bank offers

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and

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s up to a balance of . * QR Card: Customers can use

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s eliminating the need to remember account numbers, PINs and passwords. * Unified Payments Interface * Immediate Payment Service *

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* Real-time gross settlement *

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* RuPay Debit Card *AEPS(Adhaar Enabled Payment Service) IPPB has been allowed to link around 17 crore postal savings bank (PSB) accounts with its accounts.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Postal Bank of India Government-owned banks of India Payments banks Indian companies established in 2018 Banks established in 2018 Companies based in New Delhi Postal savings system 2018 establishments in Delhi

History

Services

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