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Mangalore, April 15 Corporation Bank on Tuesday introduced two new facilities – national electronic funds transfer (NEFT) through ATMs, and reverse mortgage -- for its customers. With NEFT through ATMs, the debit cardholder of the bank can use ATMs to submit the NEFT request without the use of any paper application form. The reverse mortgage loan scheme – Corp Shelter -- is started by the bank for the benefit of senior citizens.

Launching the ‘Corp Shelter’ scheme in Mangalore, Mr M. Narendra, Chief General Manager of the bank, said that to qualify for a reverse mortgage the borrower must be at least 60 years of age.

The amount of money that an individual home-owner can receive from a reverse mortgage depends on his or her age and appraised value of the home. The loan amount can be from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 50 lakh.

Asked about the interest rates for the loan, he said as on April 15 the floating rate for the loan is 10 per cent and fixed rate is 10.50 per cent.

The meeting was informed that the bank has become the first public sector bank to launch NEFT through ATMs for its customers. Ms Devaki Muthukrishnan, Regional Director of Reserve Bank of India, launched the facility of NEFT through ATMs at Bangalore on Tuesday.

A statement circulated on the occasion said that the parents who hold Corporation Bank debit card can now remit money to their wards across the country almost instantaneously with this facility.

Funds transfer transaction under this facility will be available during the currency of NEFT clearing window and is open from 7 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. The cardholder can transfer up to a maximum of Rs 15,000 per day.

This facility would enable the Corporation Bank debit cardholders to remit the required amounts within two hours. The advantage of NEFT is its inter-operability between banks as the funds can be transferred to the beneficiaries’ accounts of any bank. At present, over 43,000 branches of scheduled commercial banks in India are having the facility of NEFT.

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