The Fingerprint Scanner fitted in the machine that only recognizes the customer’s thumb impression will prove a major relief to people in rural areas.

The Kisan ATM is designed for rural India. It incorporates Video & Voice Animation system coupled with single-touch application that will make things not only easier and safer for farmers who will not have to depend on others for withdrawing money from ATMs.

The ATM is from Wincor Nixdorf whereas the integration with fingerprint scanner and the development of Single Touch Transaction has been by AGS Infotech.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sunil Udupa, CEO & President AGS Infotech, said,

“Kisan ATMs work in the same way as a normal ATM. However, keeping in mind that the Rural Banker is a simple person with simple needs and most often cannot read or write, we have incorporated features like fingerprint verification and voice guided animated screens with one touch-enabled transaction, leaving no place for complex navigation menus in our ATMs. Recently Dena Bank, Andhra Bank and Union Bank have installed our biometric ATMs in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu respectively. ”

This launch follows the Union Budget wherein a lot of emphasis was laid on Financial Inclusion and Banking for Rural India.

AGS Infotech was established in 2003 in as a Master Distributor of Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH to serve technology based requirements in the Banking, Retail, Fuel and Postal verticals in India.The company has its headquarters at Mumbai with 54 service centres catering to 100 + locations all over the country. A trained and motivated crew of 150+ engineers forms the support base and provides the capability to offer timely support to customers.

Further information go to ags infotech