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The commercial banks have committed to providing smooth banking services to customers while fully implementing the week-long lockdown announced by the government. The government has declared a lockdown since March 24 to stop the spread of coronavirus infection.
A meeting of the Bankers' Association held online this morning has decided to provide full service by opening essential branches of the banks so as to facilitate the complete utilisation of the earnings of members of the general public at times of natural disaster. The Association said that banks would make available adequate money through ATMs while the bank branches without ATMs would be opened for a limited time.
"The commercial banks' branches will provide essential services like LC and treasury even during the lockdown period. The bank branches will put in adequate money in the ATMs while there will not be a transaction in cash from these branches. However, the bank branches without ATM would be kept open for a limited time," their press release states.
It also stated that bank branches would share the contact phone number of two authorised persons for customers to contact in case they needed essential banking services. The Association has appealed to the customers to carry out transactions through the digital banking system as far as practicable while urging the local and government bodies to provide medical and protective equipment to bank employees.
