[February 06, 2006] ICBC's ATM Transaction Volume Exceeds CNY500bn Tweet (SinoCast Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)BEIJING, Feb 06, 2006 (SinoCast via COMTEX) --Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's largest commercial bank, saw the money handled on its automated teller machines (ATM) hit a record high of CNY 515.3 billion in 2005, up CNY 181 billion year on year. ICBC officials told journalists that financial self-services are receiving rising favor from customers. Last year, the volume of ATM transactions topped 1.62 billion, 510 million more than the year-ago period, and the volume of interbank transactions were 128.05 million, up 39%. The E-banking operations in Beijing-based ICBC have accounted for more than one-fourth of the bank's total businesses. Over the past one year, ICBC intensified its efforts in improving ATM's functions and distribution, greatly boosting the utilization efficiency of such machines. From www.nbd.com.cn, Page 1, Sunday, February 05, 2006 [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]