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Abstract
The paper fills significant gaps in knowledge about the consumer’s perspective
of Internet banking, trace its present growth and project the likely scenario. The
paper presents the data, drawn from a survey of Internet banking consumers and
the services providers (banks) that offer Internet banking and develops a
functional model for maximizing value to the consumers, which the banks may
choose to adopt Internet banking strategically. The paper identifies the
weaknesses of conventional banking and explores the consumer awareness, use
patterns, satisfaction and preferences for Internet banking vis-à-vis conventional
form of banking and also highlights the factors that may affect the bank’s
strategy to adopt Internet banking.
is tremendous and can be a potential tool for building a sound strategy. However,
it has raised many public policy issues before the banking regulators and
government agencies. Interestingly, reliable and systematic information on the
scope of Internet banking in Indian context is still not sufficient, particularly what
it means to the consumers and the bankers.
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Chapter 1
Introduction:
banking systems. The paper also suggests strategies to banks to maximize the
value of services to consumers. The primary data used in the research consists
of survey conducted on a sample of 2000 consumers arrived at using relative
precision technique (Taylor, 1997). The survey includes in major cities of India,
instrument being questionnaires filled up from the consumers and personal
interaction, discussions with the front line executives of online banking divisions
of the major players, particularly their marketing and customer servicing
departments and the banking experts, personal visits at Automated Teller
Machine (ATMs), Point of Sale (POS) counters of major banks. The major
assumptions in this research are – (a) online banking is synonymous to Internet
banking (b) the behavior of the surveyed population viz. consumers and bankers
confirms to a normal distribution. The study limits itself to major cities given the
fact that Internet Banking has no geographical boundaries. The banks have
become an essential component of most of the economies as banking services
are described as “engines for economic growth” or act as “conduits towards
promoting economic growth” (Prema, 2011). In recent years the world economy
has gone through a new phenomenon which is considered as one the most
important changes since the industrial revolution, i.e. the birth of “Internet-based
Economy” (Singh, 2013). Considering the benefits of using internet the banks
have started to invest in this newly created market. At the initial level, banks
mainly focus on developing the commercial web- sites, with the purpose of
promoting their products and services using the internet (Karimzadeh and Alam,
2012). Gradually, it was realized by banks that the Internet can be an effective
distribution channel too.
Definitions:
E-Banking
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History of E- Banking
Till 1990s banks are adopted traditional method of banking over branch
banking. After financial reforms, the banking business also viewed the
innovative movement of banking services. The Indian banking sector has
accepted computerisation since 1993, more out of sheer compulsion and
necessity to cope up increasing overload and incompatibility of the manual
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Evolution of E- Banking:
Internet Banking has become an integral part of banking system in India. The
concept of e-banking is of fairly recent origin in India. Till the early 90 ‟ s
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traditional model of banking i.e. branch based banking was prevalent, but after
that non-branch banking services were started. The credit of launching internet
banking in India goes to ICICI Bank. Citibank and HDFC Bank followed with
internet banking services in 1999. The Government of India enacted the IT Act,
2000 with effect from October 17, 2000 which provided legal recognition to
electronic transactions and other means of electronic commerce. The Reserve
Bank is monitoring and reviewing the legal and other requirements of e-banking
on a continuous basis to ensure that e-banking would develop on sound lines
and e-banking related challenges would not pose a threat to financial stability.
According to report of RBI in jan 2016, there are 196079 ATM and 1337310 point of
sale devices in India.
According to the RBI in its Annual Report 2020-21 stated that the payment systems
recorded a robust growth of 26.2% in terms of volume on top of the expansion of 44.2%
in the previous year. Here some of the major key facts are as follows:
Private sector banks represent about 67% of the POS terminal market while public
sector banks account for 27%. Payments banks accounted for 5% market share,
and foreign banks represented 1%.
The total number of cards in circulation stood at 960.25 million as of March 2021.
Out of which, there were 898.20 million debit cards and 62.05 million credit cards,
up by 8% and 7% YOY respectively.
There were 2.20 billion prepaid payment instruments in the country. Out of which,
189.93 million comprised of prepaid cards and over 2.01 billion comprised of
mobile wallets.
The number of transactions through mobile wallets in Q1 2021 was 1.13 billion
and the value was INR 411.75 billion. This includes the purchase of goods and
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services and fund transfer through wallets. Transactions through wallets are
growing steadily.
Features of E-Banking:
1. Faster Transaction:
People don’t need to wait in queue to transfer their funds or pay off their bills;
they can easily do it through their device. It saves the time of customers as they
can easily access their account with the help of their device.
Whole transactions are done online over the internet. It has also reduced the
paperwork in organisations as all transactions are recorded digitally. There is no
need to manually enter & store each record.
E-banking has reduced the chance of human error. It has reduced the role of the
human in the whole transaction process. E-banking system works fully
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automated over the internet. All transactions are recorded & stored digitally.
There is no need to manually maintain each & every record in books of account.
So, the chances of human error are minimised.
E-banking helps the banks to develop large number of loyal customers. Through
E-banking service banks are able to serve their customers well. They are able to
provide fast & better service to customers.
Customers are able to get a user-friendly interface from the banking website.
They are able to avail services any time even from their home comfort. This
develops a sense of loyalty among customers when they are happy with the
services of their banks.
E-banking provides the facility of instant transfer of funds both nationally &
internationally. All systems are connected to each other online which
facilitate easy transfer of funds.
It reduces the time required for doing transactions & also reduces the workload
of business organisations. Everything is stored digitally & they don’t need to
store anything manually. It increases the overall productivity of the businesses .
It provides a complete digital footprint of all those who can modify your
banking activities & commit fraud. It thereby adds transparency to your
accounts which reduces the overall chances of fraud.
Statement Of Problem:
India has been one of the greatest IT adopters in the last century. Electronic
banking introduction has innovated and reshaped how banks operated. As
technology is now seen as the primary contribution to the achievement of the
organization’s and their key competences. So the banks, whether national or
international, invest more in offering fresh technologies via e-banking to clients.
E-bank is a significant creation that has altered the banking company. Worldwide
banks are realigning their approaches towards fresh e-banking possibilities. The
latest trend demonstrates that the majority of ' bricks and mortar ' banks move
from a ' product-centered ' model as they grow their fresh e-banking capacities.
The common characteristic of internet banking also involves the importation of
information into private accounting software. Some mobile banking platforms
promote the aggregation of accounts to enable clients to monitor all their records
in one location. E banking is seen as a congratulatory service distribution station
rather than a replacement for brick and mortar banking offices. E-banks have
improved competition between banks, and both national and international banks
are increasingly providing contemporary methods of e-banking.
Like many other banking and finance sectors, the banking industry in India is
facing a quickly evolving market, fresh techniques, economic uncertainty,
strong rivalry, and more challenging clients; and the environment change
has posed immense difficulties. In the current situation, a question is raised
as to whether or not customers are satisfied and what are, in particular, the
elements of retail banking in general e-banking which lead to consumer
fulfillment or disappointment. Understanding of present satisfaction rates
and, in specific, the main satisfaction variables are useful to those in the
sector, enabling them to concentrate and further reinforce important regions
leading to extremely satisfied clients.
Less waiting time: It offers less waiting time and more convenience as
compared to the traditional banking system and significantly lowers the
cost structure than traditional delivery channels (Taft, 2007). It also reduces
the time and place limitation and it provides various benefits to consumers
so that they feel convenient while doing banking activities.
Save time and money: Now customers don’t have to go to branch to avail
banking services it consist various advantages such as: it will save time,
save fuel, do away from traffic, save the environment in term of reducing
the use of motor vehicles and reduce waiting time.
Challenges In E-Banking:
Security Risk: The problem related to the security has become one of the
major concerns for banks. A large group of customers refuses to opt for e-
banking facilities due to uncertainty and security concerns. According to
the IAMAI Report (2006), 43% of internet users are not using internet
banking in India because of security concerns. So it’s a big challenge for
marketers and makes consumers satisfied regarding their security
concerns, which may further increase the online banking use.
The Trust Factor: Trust is the biggest hurdle to online banking for most of
the customers. Conventional banking is preferred by the customers
because of lack of trust on the online security. They have a perception that
online transaction is risky due to which frauds can take place. While using
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Privacy risk: The risk of disclosing private information & fear of identity
theft is one of the major factors that inhibit the consumers while opting for
internet banking services. Most of the consumers believe that using online
banking services make them vulnerable to identity theft. According to the
study consumers ‟ worry about their privacy and feel that bank may
invade their privacy by utilizing their information for marketing and other
secondary purposes without consent of consumers.
The advent of Internet has initiated an electronic revolution in the global banking
sector. The dynamic and flexible nature of this communication channel as well as
its ubiquitous reach has helped in leveraging a variety of banking activities. New
banking intermediaries offering entirely new types of banking services have
emerged as a result of innovative e-business models. The Internet has emerged
as one of the major distribution channels of banking products and services, for
the banks in US and in the European countries.
Initially, banks promoted their core capabilities i.e., products, services and advice
through Internet. Then, they entered the e-commerce market as
providers/distributors of their own products and services. More recently, due to
advances in Internet security and the advent of relevant protocols, banks have
discovered that they can play their primary role as financial intermediators and
facilitators of complete commercial transactions via electronic networks
especially through the Internet. Some banks have chosen a route of establishing
a direct web presence while others have opted for either being an owner of
financial services centric electronic marketplace or being participants of a non-
financial services centric electronic marketplace. ‘
electronic networks especially through the Internet. Some banks have chosen
a route of establishing a direct web presence while others have opted
for either being an owner of financial services centric electronic
marketplace or being participants of a non-financial services centric
electronic marketplace.
26% of Indian customers prefer to access services via their bank’s website,
and the same number would prefer to use a mobile app rather than talk to a
human agent.
It has been noticed that 30% customers are such who are not aware of the
various facilities which come under the umbrella of E-Banking.
It has been noticed that well established private banks have got dominance
in providing better e-banking services to Indian customers.
It has also been observed that despite being educated, there is a class of
bank customers who finds online banking ‘Unsafe.’
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