Master of Business Administration Rajasthan Technical University, KOTA
Master of Business Administration Rajasthan Technical University, KOTA
Master of Business Administration Rajasthan Technical University, KOTA
2010-2012
SUBMITTED BY: ROMA AHUJA MBA IV Sem. SUBMITTED TO: MS.SHIKHA BHARGAV (Asst. Professor)
PREFACE
With the changing time, the Banking Industry increase in new and innovative technology. There are various regulations, directions, legal section and uniform customs and practices prevalent in the banking sector, which I have tried to assimilate in very small manner in form of project. Banking is very vast subject and there are very frequent changes regularly.
This study identifies the popularity and challenges of Mobile Banking Services. Chapter one incorporates with the introduction, history of Banking Industry in India, Indian Banking Industry, Banking Services in India, financial and Banking Sector reforms, Banks in India, present scenario of banking industry and major banks in India. Chapter two incorporate with the meaning, introduction, business model, services, various mode of communication, technology, advantage, RBI guidelines, safety measure, how fraud in this occurs, challenges, present market scenario of Mobile Banking and Mobile Banking in India. Chapter three incorporated with the research methodology of the project, objectives of the study, sample design, collection of data required for the project. In this also points out some limitations whose absence may lead to the easier. Chapter four incorporated the analysis and interpretation of the data. Chapter five incorporated the various suggestions are given on the basis of the conclusions of the project.
Attempts have been made to make this report up-to-date as per availability of data. Suggestion from the faculty and students are always welcomed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
My sincere gratitude to my esteemed supervisor. MS.SHIKHA BHARGAV, Assistant Professor, Pacific Institute of Management under whose guidance and direction, we were able to give shape to my project. Her constant review and excellent suggestions throughout the project are highly commendable. I wish to express our grateful respect & thanks towards Prof. B.P. Sharma, Director, Pacific Institute of Management for allowing us to undergo to the project.
I wish to record our sincere thanks for the assistance received from all of our teachers, who gave us their precious time & invaluable suggestions to make our work presentable.
I have no words to express adequately our deep sense of gratitude to each and every one who have directly or indirectly helped us to complete this project successfully.
ROMA AHUJA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Mobile banking is a term used for performing balance checks, account transactions, payments etc. via a mobile device such as a mobile phone. Mobile banking today (2007) is most often performed via SMS or the Mobile Internet but can also use special programs called clients downloaded to the mobile device. Mobile banking provides unique opportunities for customer engagement that the majority of the banking industry appears keen to explore. Mobile banking poses many questions for the financial sector and telecoms providers alike. There has been a generous effort by all interested parties to leverage the potential benefits that mobile banking can deliver to customers. Mobile banking services in an increasingly competitive retail and professional banking world.
Indian telecom market is galloping with 162.3 million mobile users as on March 2006 and an average of 5-6 million mobile users being added every month. Given that mobile phones in India have become affordable, wherein a user can now go mobile for as low as Rs. 1,500, mobile banking can be a powerful tool to bank the un-banked. Banks and telecom companies can collaborate to offer the latest in banking services to rural areas.
Mobile banking is the evolutionary step after Internet banking. It is an additional service bolted on top of an existing solution, making access to services more immediate and reducing customer reliance on branch infrastructure or access to the Internet.
From the research the awareness, perception and challenges of mobile banking services are finding out by awareness, services, reasons, problem, frauds and different modes of communication regarding mobile banking services analyzed.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Particular
1 2 3 4 Executive Summary Introduction to industry Introduction to topic Research Methodology
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5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Analysis and Interpretation Facts and Findings SWOT Analysis Conclusion Recommendations Appendix : Questionnaire Bibliography
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Early phase from 1786 to 1969 of Indian Banks Nationalization of Indian Banks and up to 1991 prior to Indian banking sector Reforms.
New phase of Indian Banking System with the advent of Indian Financial & Banking Sector Reforms after 1991.
Central Bank of India Dena Bank Syndicate Bank Indian Bank Bank of Baroda Allahabad Bank UCO Bank
Bank of Maharashtra Punjab National Bank Canara Bank Indian Overseas Bank Union Bank United Bank of India Bank of India
Before the steps of nationalization of Indian banks, only State Bank of India (SBI) was nationalized. It took place in July 1955 under the SBI Act of 1955. Nationalization of Seven State Banks of India (formed subsidiary) took place on 19th July, 1960.The State Bank of India is India's largest commercial bank and is ranked one of the top five banks worldwide. It serves 90 million customers through a network of 9,000 branches and it offers -- either directly or through subsidiaries -- a wide range of banking services. The second phase of nationalization of Indian banks took place in the year 1980. Seven more banks were nationalized with deposits over 200 crores. Till this year, approximately 80% of the banking segment in India was under Government ownership. After the nationalization of banks in India, the branches of the public sector banks rose to approximately 800% in deposits and advances took a huge jump by 11,000%.
1955: Nationalization of State Bank of India. 1959: Nationalization of SBI subsidiaries. 1969: Nationalization of 14 major banks. 1980: Nationalization of seven banks with deposits over 200 crores.
With stiff competition and advancement of technology, the service provided by banks has become more easy and convenient. The past days are witness to an hour wait before withdrawing cash from accounts or a cheque from north of the country being cleared in one month in the south.
This section of banking deals with the latest discovery in the banking instruments along with the polished version of their old systems.
5. Non-banking finance companies 6. The capital market 8. Overall approach to reforms 10. Capital market developments 7. Mutual funds 9. Deregulation of banking system
1.5.2 REGULATORS:
The Finance Ministry continuously formulated major policies in the field of financial sector of the country. The Government accepted the important role of regulators. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has become more independent. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) became important institutions. Opinions are also there that there should be a super-regulator for the financial services sector instead of multiplicity of regulators.
banks and the Financial Institutions Act, 1993 was passed, and special recovery tribunals set up to facilitate quicker recovery of loan arrears. Bank lending norms liberalized and a loan system to ensure better control over credit introduced. Banks asked to set up asset liability management (ALM) systems. RBI guidelines issued for risk management systems in banks encompassing credit, market and operational risks. A credit information bureau being established to identify bad risks. Derivative products such as forward rate agreements (FRAs) and interest rate swaps (IRSs) introduced.
ABN-AMRO Bank Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank American Express Bank Andhra Bank Allahabad Bank Axis Bank (Earlier UTI Bank) Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharastra Bank of Punjab Bank of Rajasthan Bank of Ceylon BNP Paribas Bank Canara Bank Catholic Syrian Bank Central Bank of India Centurion Bank China Trust Commercial Bank Citi Bank City Union Bank Corporation Bank Dena Bank Deutsche Bank Development Credit Bank Dhanalakshmi Bank Federal Bank HDFC Bank HSBC ICICI Bank IDBI Bank
Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank IndusInd Bank ING Vysya Bank Jammu & Kashmir Bank JPMorgan Chase Bank Karnataka Bank Karur Vysya Bank Laxmi Vilas Bank Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab National Bank Punjab & Sind Bank Scotia Bank South Indian Bank Standard Chartered Bank State Bank of India (SBI) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Saurastra State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank Taib Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India United Western Bank Vijaya Bank
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC
Using compact HTML and WAP technologies, the following operations can be conducted through advanced mobile phones which can is further viewed on channels such as the Internet via the Channel Manager.
Bill payments Fund transfers Check balances Any many more which is also available in SMS Banking
System Design
Wap Request
Wap Response
HTTP request
search
Interface Server
Bank Server
HTTP response updat e
Database Server
With mobile technology, banks can offer a wide range of services to their customers such as doing funds transfer while traveling, receiving online updates of stock price or even performing stock trading while being stuck in traffic. According to the German mobile operator Mobilcom, mobile banking will be the killer application for the next generation of mobile technology. Mobile devices, especially smart phones, are the most promising way to reach the masses and to create "stickiness" among current customers, due to their ability to provide services anytime, anywhere, high rate of penetration and potential to grow.
employees. This model promises the potential to substantially increase the financial services outreach by using a different delivery channel (retailers/ mobile phones), a different trade partner (Telco / chain store) having experience and target market distinct from traditional banks, and may be significantly cheaper than the bank-based alternatives. The bank-led model may be implemented by either using correspondent arrangements or by creating a JV between Bank and Telco/non-bank. In this model customer account relationship rests with the bank
2.4.1 SMS: SMS is the simplest form of mobile banking. It is largely used for informationbased services. SMS has the maximum reach amongst consumers since all the mobile phones support SMS. The premium SMS charges are charges from the end users. But, the biggest challenge in SMS based mobile banking is that, it is the least secure form of mobile banking.
2.4.2 Interactive Voice Response: IVR allows a caller to select options from a voice menu and interact with the phone system. The IVR system would then take the necessary instructions from the consumer by recording the tones of the number selections that the consumer enters on the key pad, or through spoken commands, and creates an instruction that is given to the service provider/bank. The security in IVR systems is relatively high than SMS.
2.4.3 USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data): In USSD, the interaction is in the form of a continuous session as opposed to SMS. USSD is available on all handsets. Security in USSD is similar to IVR. Barclays have launched their mobile banking services on USSD.
2.4.4 Wireless Internet Protocol: WAP is the usage of Internet on mobile for mobile banking applications. It is similar to Internet banking. The consumers handset needs to be WAP enabled. WAP banking is open to similar threats as Internet banking.
2.4.5 J2ME: J2ME has dual advantage. One, it can use GPRS, USSD or SMS to carry the consumer data/ instruction in an encrypted format. Second, it can be operator agnostic. J2ME applications are secure since the application resides on the handset.
2.4.6 SIM Application Tool Kit (STK): The SIM Application Toolkit allows for the service provider or bank to house the consumers mobile banking menu within the SIM card. Many mobile operators around the world for many applications, where a menu-based approach is required, such as mobile banking and content browsing, have deployed STK. STK is the most secure method of mobile banking. It allows the bank to load its own encryption keys onto the SIM card with the banks own developed application. Thus the consumers data can be stored on the SIM Card and the consumer can be authenticated on the handset prior to having to carry any data across the mobile network. The industry is optimistic about the usage of STK application for mobile banking.
2.5.3 Investments
1. Portfolio management services 2. Real-time stock quotes 3. Personalized alerts and notifications on security prices
2.5.4 Support
1. Status of requests for credit, including mortgage approval, and insurance coverage 2. Cheque book and card requests 3. Exchange of data messages and email, including complaint submission and tracking 4. ATM Location
Mobile payments are a wireless consumer product or service. In short a benefit convenience, like, escalators, ATMs, etc. Methods and approaches for mobile commerce will differ across region, country and even service providers, as each stakeholder has its own assessment of what works best and what value proposition appeals to the consumer. Technically speaking most of these services can be deployed using more than one channel. Presently, Mobile Banking is being deployed using mobile applications developed on one of the following four channels. 1. IVR (Interactive Voice Response) 2. SMS (Short Messaging Service) 3. WAP (Wireless Access Protocol) 4. Standalone Mobile Application Clients
Greater reach to consumers Limited number of branches was a deterrent for banks to increase its reach to its customers. With the usage of mobile banking, the banks can now increase their consumer base.
Integration of other m-commerce services with mobile banking Slowly, banks are using mobile as platform to enable users to conduct all their financial transactions. This would enhance the utility of Mobile phones. Also, it would enable banks to provide better services to their consumers. This, in turn, would increase the effectiveness of banking operations.
2.9.1 Interoperability
There is a lack of common technology standards for mobile banking. Many protocols are being used for mobile banking HTML, WAP, SOAP, XML to name a few. It would be a wise idea for the vendor to develop a mobile banking application that can connect multiple banks. It would require either the application to support multiple protocols or use of a common and widely acceptable set of protocols for data exchange.
2.9.5 Personalization
It would be expected from the mobile application to support personalization such as: 1. Preferred Language 2. Date / Time format 3. Amount format 4. Default transactions 5. Standard Beneficiary list 6. Alerts
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.11 METHODOLOGY:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Prepare the list of information needed. Frame questionnaire. Collect information. Convert information in to data and graph. Analyze and interpretation.
3.12 FIELDWORK:
The questionnaire was prepared and was also filled by the respondent through interviews.
2. The sample size of the respondents was small, so it does not sufficiently convey the attitude of the respondents.
3. Respondents might have some biased views and this could have affected the findings to a certain extent.
4. In the questionnaire, questions are very limited, because it is very difficult to get the information from the busy officials.
8. This sample may not be the true representative of the complete population
1.
100%
INTERPRETATION:
In above findings, Out of 100 respondents all Businessmen, Student, Private & govt. employees have a customer of bank.
2.
Yes No
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
In above findings, out of 28 all Private Employees are aware about Mobile Banking Services but out of 26 Business only 22, out of 20 Govt. Employees only 18 & out of 26 students only 20 are aware about the services of mobile banking & rest 4 business, 2 Govt. Employee & 2 students are not aware about the services of mobile banking.
3.
Respondents
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
In above findings, Out of 22 businessmen only 12, out of 28 private employees only 10, out of 20 govt. employees only 4 & Out of 20 students only 6 possesses the mobile banking services. Rest of them not possesses mobile banking services.
4.
Respondentsle
0 0
00 Others
Students
Lack of knowledge
Technical Problem
Various Reasons
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 100 respondents, only 88 respondents are aware about mobile banking services and out of these 88 respondents only 32 possess the services. Rest 56 respondents do not possess the services, 12 respondents out of these 56 do not possess because of lack of knowledge, 12 respondents do not possess services because of risk, 2 respondents do not possess services because of technical problem, 20 respondents do not possess services because of no utility and other 10 respondents not possess for other purpose and they are like, prefer the net banking services, facility is not provided in there bank.
5.
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 56 respondents do not possess the services so in if the bank given the information in regarding to mobile banking services in a right way, 30 respondents out of these 56 avail these services and Rest 26 respondents not avail these services.
6.
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 32 users, 6 users are saying that charges are associated with mobile banking services but Rest 26 users feel that there is no charge in these services.
7.
Respondents
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 32 users, 28 respondents use the SMS 2 private employee use both SMS and IVR, Rest 2 Businessmen use both SMS and WAP.
8.
Various Reasons
INTERPRETATION:
In our findings, out of 32 respondents 6 businessmen, 6 private employees, 2 govt. employee and 6 students has use this services for ubiquitous (anywhere, anytime), out of 32 respondents 2 businessmen has received it for fast reaction to market developments, out of 32 respondents 2 businessmen has avail this for time saving, out of 32 respondents 2 private employee, 2 govt. employee has use for others purpose like free availability and overview over bank accounts and Rest 2 businessmen, 2 private employee avail this services for both time saving and ubiquitous.
9.
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
In our findings, out of 32 respondents 2 businessmen, 4 private employees, 6 Students has use these services for Balance Enquiry, out of 32 respondents 6 businessmen, 2 private employees has use for Accounting Transaction, out of 32 respondents 2 businessmen, 4 private employee and 4 govt. employee has use for both Accounting Transaction and Balance Enquiry and Rest 2 businessmen use the services accounting transaction, Balance Enquiry and bill payments.
10.
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
In our findings, out of 32 respondents 6 has use these services in a month Never, 8 has use frequently, 18 has use sometime in a month.
11.
Respondents
6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Businessmen Private Employees Govt. Employees Students 3 0 3 6 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 Network Accessibility Access Speed Others No
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 32 users only 3 have face problem for Network Accessibility, 6 users have faced the problem of Access Speed, 3 have faced others problem like security concerns, fear for hackers and complicated and rest 20 users faced no problem regarding these services.
12.
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 32 users 29 feel that Mobile Banking Services is useful and rest 3 users feel that it not much requires.
13.
Classes
INTERPRETATION:
Out of 32 users 18 feel yes it is secure in banking from our mobile and rest 14 feel that no it is not secure banking in our mobile.
FINDINGS
As per this survey: Out of 100 respondents only 88 respondents are aware about the mobile banking services. All 28 private sector employees included in sample are fully aware about mobile banking services. Out of 26 businessmen, 20 govt. employees and 26 students included in sample 4 businessmen, 2 govt. employees and only 6 students are not aware about the mobile banking services. Out of 56 Non-Users, 20 respondents have no utility, 12 are scared for risk, 12 have lack of knowledge, 10 are not using this services because of they prefer net banking and facility is not available in her bank only 2 have a technical problem regarding this services. Out of 56 Non-Users not possess the services so if the bank given the information regarding mobile banking services in a right way then 30 respondents are avail these services and Rest 26 respondents are not avail these services. Out of 32 users, 28 respondents use the SMS 2 private employee use both SMS and IVR, Rest 2 Businessmen use both SMS and WAP. Out of 32 users, 20 respondents avail these services for ubiquitous (anywhere, anytime), 2 respondents has received it for fast reaction to market developments, 2 respondents has avail this for time saving, 4 respondents has use for others purpose like free availability and overview over bank accounts and Rest 4 respondents avail this services for both time saving and ubiquitous.
Out of 32 users, 12 respondents has use these services for Balance Enquiry, 8 respondents has use for Accounting Transaction, 10 respondents has use for both Accounting Transaction & Balance Enquiry and Rest 2 respondents use the services accounting transaction, Balance Enquiry and bill payments. Out of 32 users only 3 have face problem for Network Accessibility, 6 users have faced the problem of Access Speed, 3 have faced others problem like security concerns, fear for hackers and complicated and rest 20 users faced no problem regarding these services.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strength
Aggression towards development the existing standards by banks. Strong regulatory impact by central Bank to all the banks. Presence of intellectual capital to face the change in implementation with good quality.
Weakness
Poor Technology infrastructure Ineffective risk measures Presence of more number of smaller banks that would likely to be Impacted adversely
Opportunities
Increasing Risk management Expertise. Need significant Connection among, business Credit & risk management and Information Technology. Advancement of technologies. Strong Asset Base would help in bigger growth.
Threats
Inability to meet the additional Capital Requirements loss of Capital to the entire banking system due to merger and acquisitions Huge investments in Technologies.
CONCLUSION
Mobile banking is indeed helpful especially during a situation where banks are not present and a transaction is needed to be done at that point of time. It provides a more secure way of making transactions instead of carrying cash; it facilitates transactions such as deposits and withdrawals. For users.. The users are availing these services for convenience (anywhere, anytime) and rest of the respondents avail for time saving, free availability and fast reaction to market developments. Services of SMS usage is one of the highest in the Udaipur in ratio to population. Most of respondents avail this service for balance enquiry. The major challenges in using these services are network accessibility, access speed, security concerns. Always take care while using Mobile Banking Services. Virtual access to the money.
For non-users Most of the respondents (about 88%) are aware about the mobile banking services but they do not know the rules, regulations & functionality regarding these services. About 35% respondents do not avail this service because they feel that it does not carry any utility for them. This study also reveals that people are aware about these services but they do not have adequate knowledge regarding the Mobile banking services. People are reluctant to use these services because of the possible risk attached with it. Some of non-users not avail this service because of this facility not provided by their bank especially public sector bank. Some of respondents prefer Net Banking.
SMS balance alerts may prove to be a good starting point for mobile banking strategy, but the industry now requires a greater understanding of how to establish a mobile relationship with customers, one that new customers increasingly demand and new technology provides.
Finally Mobile Banking users consist of a very small minority. Consumers are more inclined to the basic services of mobile banking rather than its intricate processes.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mobile banking is not for every customer today, but the range of potential services on offer means that it can become a very flexible customer tool. Mobile banking applications must be introduced on a step-by-step basis and the bank should give adequate knowledge to its customers prior to introduction of these services.
For the mobile banking services providers banks -------- The knowledge about this should be provided for every step, not only for valued customers of the bank but all persons who are related with the account of the bank. Commitments related to the charges, should be fulfilled. Bank should give full knowledge about the services of mobile banking to its potential customers. More strict security measures are required to avoid the risks and fraud. Full transparency in the rules and regulations should be known to the customers in advance. Accessibility speed should be faster. There should be support of M-Banking network in rural areas.
Finally, Mobile Banking Services concept is an innovative concept but need to create more education and awareness among the people. Users of mobile phones will increase in the future for the banking industry to continue investing in mobile banking.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Questions:
1. Are you customer of bank? Yes () No ()
3. Are you user of Mobile Banking services? Yes ( ) If No, 4. What are the reasons for not using Mobile Banking services? Lack of Knowledge Risk Technical problem No Utility () () () () Others______ No ()
5. If your bank has given you the information in regarding to Mobile Banking services, would you like to avail these services or not? ____________________________________________________
If Yes, 6. Of which bank you have taken Mobile Banking services? _____________________________________________________
7. What are the reasons behind taking the services from this bank? _____________________________________________________
9. What mode of communication do you use in mobile Banking? Short Messaging Service (SMS) Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Wireless Internet Protocol (WAP) Both 1& 2 Both 1 & 3 () () () () ()
10. Reasons for availing these services? Ubiquitous (anywhere, anytime) Fast reaction to market development Time Saving Both 1 & 3 Others _________ () () () ()
11. What are the major services you use in Mobile Banking? Balance Enquiry Accounting Transaction Bill Payments Both 1& 2 Both 1, 2& 3 () () () () ()
12. How many times you use Mobile Banking services in a month? Never Frequently Always Sometime () () () ()
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Websites:
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