Axis Bank bets on Aadhar, mobile apps to expand digital transactions
Financial News : Axis Bank, the country’s third largest private sector lender, is looking to expand the scale of its digital transactions . Such transactions currently make up 70 per cent of the bank’s overall transactions compared to branch banking which accounts for only 12 per cent. “ Our intent is to increase the volume of digital transactions. People are getting used to it and it is on us how we intensify the digital operations. At present, digital transactions contribute around 70 per cent to our total transactions and we see lot of opportunities in this space driven by Aadhar-enabled payments and mobile app based banking”, said Sidharth Rath, group executive (corporate relationship group and transaction banking). Mobile banking transactions of Axis Bank surged 140 per cent while internet banking moved up 36 per cent in last fiscal, largely due to demonetisation that significantly suck cash out of the system. “ All our customers are digitally enabled. Digital tran...