As a step towards including the urban poor into the folds of banking, R.M. Malla, Chairman and Managing Director of IDBI Bank Ltd., launched the Urban Financial Inclusion program at Ambedkar Nagar, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai on Saturday July 17, 2010.
Under this program, basic banking services would be provided at the doorsteps of the customers with the help of biometric smart cards and hand-held devices through Business Correspondents of the Bank.
IDBI Bank has already launched the Financial Inclusion drive, ‘Aarthik Vikas Kee Ore’ in unbanked villages of Maharashtra.