Bangalore-based point of sale (PoS) startup Ezetap has partnered with the State Bank of India to launch ‘Chota ATM’, a solution that can double as an ATM device as well as a PoS terminal that can accept payments from any debit and credit card. Targeted at neighborhood Kirana shops, the solution will be offered to merchants for a non-refundable deposit of Rs 499 along with a monthly fee of Rs 150 and a commission of Rs 5 per cash-back transaction. Sanjay Swamy, Managing partner of AngelPrime (which incubated Ezetap) writes that merchants can sign up for this service by opening a zero balance current account with SBI and use this solution over an Android or Windows phone or tablet with an active data connection. It's worth noting that SBI had earlier selected Ezetap to deploy 500,000 PoS terminals in the next 5 years for the customers of SBI and its five associate banks. Cash Withdrawal limits & commission Through this solution, credit and debit card holders can swipe their card to carry out three types of transactions - Sale, Sale + Cash withdrawal and Cash withdrawal only. As per SBI's Chhota ATM FAQs (pdf), cash can be withdrawn in multiples of Rs 100. There is a minimum daily withdrawal limit of Rs 100 per card holder and a maximum daily limit of Rs 1,000 per card holder, in line with the RBI guidelines. There is also an additional 1% charge on customers having State Bank group debit cards to a minimum of Rs.7.50 and maximum of Rs 10 per transaction. For other bank holders, this charge…
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