Leading Bankers shared
innovative suggestions at the forum
The Navi Mumbai
Municipal Corporation (NMMC), in its endeavor to engage with enlightened minds
for the Smart City Mission, held a Smart Banking Connect at NMMC Headquarter,
Belapur on Thursday evening. The NMMC sought bright ideas and suggestions from
the city’s banking community for seeking avenues for smart banking for the
citizens.
The event
witnessed the presence of esteemed banking organizations like Bank of India,
Bank of Maharashtra, SBM, Indus Ind Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank,
Allahabad Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Bank.
The Navi
Mumbai Municipal Corporation was represented by the Chief Accounts and
Financial Officer D.M. Garad and Chief Auditor Suhas Shinde. Members present
were enlightened on how Smart City Navi Mumbai can bring about a drastic change
in the lives of residents due to improved banking.
The
session was followed by the banking fraternity sharing ideas of smart banking
for the smart city. Some of them included introducing incentives on e-payment
of bills, collection of bills through mobile bank vans, smart gadgets and
correspondents that can collect payment of the bills from slum and village
areas. An idea of a smart mobile application and a smart NMMC card for payment
of water, electricity, property bills etc from one point was discussed.
The Smart City Challenge is designed to
inspire greater creativity from municipal officials and their partner
ecosystem. The challenge invites for a more evolved ‘Citizen-Civic’ engagement,
along with an overall development of proposals that will produce concrete
benefits in people’s lives.
