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ROLE OF E- BANKING IN CURRENT SCENARIO

Jyoti Vij & Kavita Vij, Vinod Vij
SBMIMSAR, Baba Mastnath University
Rohtak, India
Abstract E-Banking is one of the latest approaches to provide
comfort to the client regarding monetary transactions. Through
E-Banking the bank wants to introduce the core concept of IT
based Enabled Services (ITES). The major idea is to provide a
series of services to the customer through the internet, and make
the customer feel flexible in calling out simple tasks faster instead
of making visit to the bank every time. Today, one of the surest
most comfortable and less risk oriented faced by banking sectors
the application of electronic commerce. E-banking is considered
to have a substantial impact on banks performance. The main
reason behind this success is the numerous benefits it can
provide, both to the banks and to customers of financial services.
For customers it can provide a greater choice in terms of the
channels they can use to conduct their business, and convenience
in terms of when and where they can use E-banking. More and
more people are adapting to this technique and the banking
industry is bound to grow. The evolution of electronic banking
started with the use of automatic teller machines and has
included telephone banking, direct bill payment, electronic fund
transfer and online banking. This research shows that the
application of e-banking can help their local banks reduce
operating costs and provide a better and fast service to their
customer. It provides an insight into various aspect of E-banking.
Key words E-banking, E-banks, E-commerce, E-marketing.

I. INTRODUCTION
The new millennium has opened a plethora of opportunities in
information technology and has made tremendous impact in
Banking. Banking scenario has been changed rapidly since
1990s. The banking industry recognizes that the internet must
be secure to achieve a high level of confidence with both
clients and business. Anywhere banking and anytime banking
has become reality. E-banking refers to electronic banking. It is
like e-business in banking industry. It means using electronic
means to transfer funds directly from one account to another.
E-banking is also called as "Virtual Banking" or "Online
Banking. It refers to system that enables bank clients to
access accounts general information and services through a
personal computer. It provides the opportunity to harness
technological power to handle more transactions, faster, more
efficiently and with less man power. E banking has become
very much popular now a days throughout the globe. Now
people are trying to learn more about the E-banking. Banks
launched e-banking service and take effort to attract customer
towards e-banking services like ATM, Net-banking, Mobile
banking. Since banking plays a very important role in the
economy of a nation, then there is truly a need to maximize and
improve its features to be client friendly and easy to access. A
bank performs many functions.

Bank customers can transact banking tasks through

online banking, including Fund transfer.

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Bill payment.
Balance inquiry.
Investment activity.
Loan application.
Downloading transaction information.
Cash management.
Other value-added services.
A bank customer can perform non-transactional tasks
through online banking, including
o Viewing account balances.
o Viewing recent transactions.
o Downloading bank statements, for example in PDF
format.
o Viewing images of paid cheques.
o Ordering cheque books.
o Download periodic account statements.
o Downloading applications for M-banking, E-banking
etc.
Some financial institutions offer unique Internet banking
services, for example
Personal financial management support, such as
importing data into personal accounting software.
Some online banking platforms support account
aggregation to allow the customers to monitor all of
their accounts in one place whether they are with their
main bank or with other institutions.
II. OBJECTIVES
This paper aims
1. Identifying the most widely used internet banking
services.
2. To get the full acquaintance of the E- banking and its
benefits for the customer.
III. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
Among the advantages of online banking include the
following: Unlimited service day and night: The services and
various features of your bank is always available
seven days a week and 24 hours daily. The most
interesting thing here is that, everything can happen at
just one click of your mouse.
Very convenient: Online banking is a totally easy
thing to do. In the comfort of your home or offices,
you can do whatever monetary transactions you wish
to do with your bank.
Security: The client expects to provide a level of
security that commensurate with the sensitivity of
information and individual banks risk tolerance.
Efficient and Effective: E-Banking is both efficient
and effective. With just one secure site, all your
financial transactions can be managed orderly.
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Smart: Online banking is also ubiquitous or simply

put smart. This enables you to do troubleshooting
regarding any problem that may arise from your
business.
No time constraint: Online banking is also stress free
because it never closes unlike the traditional banking
that has cut-off time.
Easy to access via PC: Using your personal
computer, you can easily do various transactions with
your bank in view of your business or any other
personal or financial matters.
Easy way of payment: Bill payments can also be
handled properly and smartly. Instead of waiting for
certain due dates, you can easily pay all your
transactions using your computer and in coordination
with your bank.
Easy transaction: Another advantage is the speed of
every transaction. Online transactions, compared to
ATM or traditional banking, works faster. Thus
business matters could benefit so much from this
speed feature.
On the other hand, the following are the disadvantages of
online banking: First is the slow processing from the moment you
entered a financial transaction with your bank via the
computer. Usually the bank will require you to
submit certain documents like an identification card,
signature and the like. Not only will the bank online
require you to submit documents but also to provide
special power of attorney in cases where you want to
do transactions together with your spouse. A concrete
example is when you want to manage all your wealth
and resources together as a couple and you wish to
view it online. Certain technical procedures regarding
online banking may be taxing too and complicated.
Another disadvantage is the so-called learning curve.
This means, banking online especially in locating the
sites may be complicated and hard to find.
Another disadvantage is bank site changes. If this
occurs, the bank will require you to re-enter all your
information again and other related data.
Finally is the trust aspect. Online banking should be
entered very carefully if you wish to enjoy your
financial life.
IV. TOOLS OF ELECTRONIC BANKING
A number of services are being offered through electronic
banking. It is quite difficult to measure the extent of such
services, but an effort has been made by classifying these
services into two categories. Firstly, to judge the impact of ebanking through different websites, services being offered by
the banks have been categorized into informational and
transactional services. Secondly, the extent of these services
has been measured through ATM services offered by the banks.
A. ATM
An (ATM) also known as an automated banking machine
(ABM) that enables the clients of a financial institution to
perform financial transactions without the need for a cashier,

human clerk or bank teller. Most ATMs are connected to

interbank networks, enabling people to withdraw and deposit
money from machines not belonging to the bank where they
have their accounts or in the countries where their accounts are
held (enabling cash withdrawals in local currency). Although
ATMs were originally developed as just cash dispensers, they
have evolved to include many other bank-related functions.
B. Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card (ICC) is
any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. Smart
cards can provide identification, authentication, data storage
and application processing. Smart cards may provide strong
security authentication for single sign-on (SSO) within large
organization. Financial institutions worldwide are developing
new methods to maintain and expand their services to meet the
need of increasingly sophisticated and technically smart
customer, as well as to meet the emerging payment needs of
electronic commerce. Traditional credit cards are fast evolving
into smart cards as consumers demand payment and financial
services product that user friendly, convenient and reliable.
C. Debit card
An electronic card issued by a bank which allows bank
clients access to their account to withdraw cash or pay for
goods and services. This type of card, as a form of payment,
also removes the need for checks as the debit card immediately
transfers money from the client's account to the business
account. The major benefits to this type of card are
convenience and security. Debit cards are also considered to be
a safer form of payment as a code is required to access the
account funds, while checks can be easily stolen. Debit cards
are also known as check cards. Debit cards look like credit
cards or ATM cards, but operate like cash or a personal check.
D. Mobile banking
Mobile banking is a system that allows customers of a
financial institution to conduct a number of financial
transactions through a mobile device such as a mobile phone or
personal digital assistant. The scope of offered services may
include facilities to conduct bank and stock market
transactions, to administer accounts and to access customized
information. The following services can be availed through the
Mobile banking application:
Funds transfer (within and outside the bank).
Immediate Payment Services.
Enquiry services (Balance enquiry/ Mini statement).
Demat Account Services.
Requests (Cheque book request/Generate OTP).
Bill Pay (Utility bills, credit cards, Insurance
premium), Donations, Subscriptions etc.
E. Credit card
The word credit originated from the Latin word credo
meaning Trust. A credit card is a payment card issued to users
as a system of payment. It indicates an opinion on the future
ability to the issuer to make timely payment of principal and
interest of fixed income security. A credit card allows small
short-term loans to be quickly made to a customer who need
not calculate a balance remaining before every transaction.
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Credit card enables a card holder to purchase goods, dine in a
restaurant, stay in a hotel or travel without making immediate
payment the bank makes payment to the establishment
concerned. The payment is accommodated for the card holders
for a specific period of time, say for forty-five days. It enables
the card holder to purchase goods and services without cash at
select places. Credit cards can also offer reward points which
may be redeemed for cash, products, or airline tickets.
F. Tele banking
Telebanking in is carrying out financial transactions using
telephones. Telephone banking is a service provided by a bank
or other financial institution, that enables customers to perform
financial transactions over the telephone, without the need to
visit a bank branch. From the bank's point of view, telephone
banking reduces the cost of handling transactions by reducing
the need for customers to visit a bank branch for non-cash
withdrawal and deposit transactions. Information / Services
available through Phone Banking
Information about Products and Services.
Information about Account Balance and Transactions.
Information about status of Cheque Issued or
Deposited.
Information about ATM and Branch locations.
Information / Issues on usage of - ATM, Internet
Banking or Mobile Banking.
Request for Cheque Book etc..
Other services provided by bank.
Online share trading.
Fund transfer.
Online account opening.
Bill payment.
Loan facility.
Online booking.
Tax payment.
V. LITERATURE REVIEW
E-banking include: customer acceptance and satisfaction,
privacy concerns, profitability, operational risks, and
competition from nonbanking institutions (Boss et al., 2000;
Smith, 2006; Hwang et al., 2007; Shin, 2008). Between 1995
and 2003, e-banking increased eightfold (Hogarth and
Anguelov, 2004).
E-banking defined as the delivery of banking services
through the open-access computer network directly to
customers home or private address. Simpson (2002)
suggests that e-banking is driven largely by the prospects of
operating costs minimization and operating revenues
maximization. A comparison of online banking in developed
and emerging markets reveal that in developed markets lower
costs and higher revenues are more noticeable. Karjaluoto
(2002) electronic banking is a construct that consists of several
distribution channels. DeYoung (2005) analyze the
performance of Internet-only banks versus the brick and
mortars in the US market and find strong evidence of general
experience effects available to all start-ups. Between late 2002
and early 2005, use of online banking increased 47%, a clear
evidence that e-banking is associated with better household

financial management (Smith, 2006). For the past two decades,

the banking sector has chosen a new service channel based on
the progress of information technology - the Internet- to
respond to the changes in customer preferences and needs,
increased competition from non-banks, changes in
demographic and social trends, and government deregulations
of the financial service sector Byers, R.E. and Lederer, P.L.
(2001)
E-banking links business to customers no matter their
geographical location. It allows companies to make new
business contacts from different global business alliances, test
new products and services, and make market research and other
enquiries all at a minimal cost both financial and otherwise
(Shin, 2008). The adoption of new IT applications is influenced
largely by factors related to overall organizational attitudes and
culture as well technical and infrastructural elements Shah.M
and Clarke.S. (2009).
Additional research was conducted by Khorshid and
Ghaneh Khorshid, S. and Ghane, H. (2009) and in their article
on ranking the challenges of e-banking identified for managers
of banks; customers privacy, security, and customers trust as
issues arising. For customers; reputation of bank, regulations
and laws, and easy accessibility were seen as the main
challenges for the development of e-banking.
The survey also estimates around 2.4 million E-commerce
users, which included internet banking users. An estimated 4.6
million Indian internet users are availing internet banking
services as of 2007(Kothari, 2007)
This paper describes an empirical study of investigating
recent trend and development of the application of e-banking
(banking though internet) in a typical developing country
Bangladesh, and its economic impact on local financial
institutions. E-banking provides enormous benefits to
consumers in terms of the ease and cost of transactions (Liu,
2008). it can be thought of as a service that allows customers to
use some types of computers to access account-specific
information and possibly conduct transactions from a remote
location such as at home or at the workplace (Saleh and
Andrea, 2002)
A more recent e-banking development is wireless internet
applications of banking sometimes called m-banking (mobile
banking) (Choi et al., 2006; Scornavacca and Hoehle, 2007).
With the combination of two most recent technological
advancements internet and mobile phone, a new service
(mobile data service) is thus enabled and 118 J. Yang and K.T.
Ahmed the first such wireless internet commercial transaction
is performed by the banking industry (Barnes and Corbitt,
2003).
E-banking also can increase competition among banks, and
allows banks to penetrate new markets and thus expand their
geographical reach. Some even see e-banking as an opportunity
for countries with underdeveloped financial systems to leapfrog
into advanced stages (GAO and Owolabi, 2008). Customer in
such countries can access services more easily from banks
outside ones own country through wireless communication
systems, which are developing more rapidly than traditional
wired communication networks (GAO and Owolabi, 2008).

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VI. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research survey was answered by a mix group of
people among the customers of the Banks. The survey was
conducted through questionnaires to a group of people and only
100 respondents filled in our survey that focused on gathering
information about awareness, usage of and expectations about
the internet banking. In this study convenience-sampling
method is used, thus the respondents were randomly selected.
A. Research Question:
This study is aimed at finding out whether the respondents
are aware about internet and banking services and whether they
use their knowledge of hassle free banking or they are abided
by habits customs and routines.
B. Sample size:
Sample sizes of 100 respondents were selected for this
study.
The respondent profile who participated in the study is
given below.
C. Data Collection:
Data will be collected from both primary and secondary
sources of information.

Finding shows that there is no any significance difference

between Awareness of e-banking & usage of e-banking.
Services

Users
who use
these
services

Atm

Debit
card

94

52

Tele
banking

51

Smart
card

31

Credit
card

68

Mobile
banking

74

D. Primary Source:
All necessary information about the study has been
collected from personal contact and discussion by using of
Questionnaire method.
Type of data
: Primary
Data collection method
: Questionnaire
E. Secondary sources:
Data has been collected from both internal and external
sources such as personal records, annual reports, web links etc.
VII. DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDING
The Following table describes the demographic profile of
the respondents which consists of gender, age, level of
education. From a total of 100 questionnaires received.
According to our analysis of the demographic characteristics of
the respondents we can say that, 36% of the respondents are
between the ages of 20 and 29 and 29% is between the age of
30 and 39. 15% of the respondents are between the ages of 40
and 49, 14% of the respondents are between the ages of 50 and
59.Then the remaining 6% is higher than the 60 years old.
Within the respondents 45% are female and remaining 55% is
male. If we check the education level of the respondents we can
say that, 45% hold Bachelor Degree, 35% hold Master degree
& 20% hold PhD, it is found that Bachelor degree respondent
are using highest e-banking.

Finding shows that all consumers are using WWW

more than a one Year.
88% consumers are visit 1-4 times in a month & 12%
consumers are never visit branch of the Bank.
There is 76% consumer are using ATM for 1-4 times
in a month.& 18% consumer are use over period of 12
months & 6% consumers are never use ATM.
There is 34% consumers are using debit card for 1-4
times in a month & 18% consumers are using 5-8
times in a month & 48 % respondents are not using a
debit card services.
There is 32% consumers are using tele-banking for 14 times in a month & 19% consumers are using 5-8
times in a month & 49% respondents are not using a
tele-banking services.

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There is 19% consumers are using smart card for 1-4

times in a month & 12% consumers are using 5-8
times in a month & 69% respondents are not using a
smart card services.
There is 32% consumers are using credit card for 1-4
times in a month & 36% consumers are using 5-8
times in a month & 32% respondents are not using a
credit card services.
There is 46% consumers are using mobile banking for
1-4 times in a month & 28 % consumers are using 5-8
times in a month & 26% respondents are not using a
mobile banking services.
Main reason for visiting a bank branch is to make a
Deposit with highest % is 40 %.
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