ATM for the poor

The poorer India has less trouble with modern cash machines (Photo: BBC)

Mehandra Sahni is a poor fisherman in the fishing village of Vaishali district (Bihar, India). He works as a worker in the government's rural program and earns only 2,000 rupees a month (about 700,000 VND), but usually he spends all his days working out payroll at the end of the month.

That misery has become a thing of the past since he got his hands on ATM identification cards. He just put the card inserted, waiting for the instructions in Hindi: 'Please put your thumb in the place marked on the machine'. He followed and, as a miracle, his salary appeared in a gentle voice: 'Your money is ready, please take it.'

Mr. Sahni and 14 other poor people were the first lucky ones to receive a bio-identification ATM card in the pilot program of the cash dispenser system for people with little words (graphic or animation manual). accompanied by voice).

The Central Bank of India hopes the cash machine will reach its target of 210 people a day, and furthermore, it will save time and money for rural banking where 70% Their goods.

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