{"id":100918,"date":"2015-10-12T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T11:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=100918"},"modified":"2015-10-12T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T11:06:45","slug":"people-choosing-electronic-over-branch-banking-fnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/100918\/people-choosing-electronic-over-branch-banking-fnb\/","title":{"rendered":"People choosing electronic over branch banking: FNB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FNB says that it has seen a steady decline in over-the-counter transactions at branches, as digital and electronic channels continue to gain popularity.<\/p>\n<p>The bank announced that it has expanded its Automated Deposit Terminal (ADTs) footprint, following positive uptake of the system.<\/p>\n<p>Demand for the terminals\u00a0shows increased customer confidence in channelling their banking to electronic platforms, the bank said.<\/p>\n<p>FNB first introduced ADTs three years ago, and has since doubled the number of terminals available across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have seen a steady decline in over the counter deposits in branch, as our devices gain popularity,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest annual report, FNB noted a 15% increase in online banking transactions, and a massive 7% jump in banking through its app, and a further jump of 25% in mobile transactions.<\/p>\n<p>ADTs recycle cash that has been deposited, and makes it available for dispensing and withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, ADT devices can perform cardless deposits which allow any banked or non-banked customer to make a deposit at the ADT without a card being present.<\/p>\n<p>According to FNB, its ADT devices also offer other functionality, including cheque deposits, deposits into eWallet, transfers and payments, opening Savings and Investment Accounts and the option to apply for a loan.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on FNB<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a title=\"Permalink to FNB scores massive government contract\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/95033\/fnb-scores-massive-government-contract\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FNB scores massive government contract<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a title=\"Permalink to FNB now open on Sundays, with extended hours\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/92318\/fnb-now-open-on-sundays-with-extended-hours\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FNB now open on Sundays, with extended hours<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong><a title=\"Permalink to FNB rolls out NFC credit cards\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/89916\/fnb-rolls-out-nfc-credit-cards\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FNB rolls out NFC credit cards<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNB says that it has seen a steady decline in over-the-counter transactions at branches, as digital and electronic channels continue to gain popularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":43686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961],"tags":[25,76],"class_list":["post-100918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking","tag-active","tag-fnb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100920,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918\/revisions\/100920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}