Mumbai: Union Bank of India, a leading Public Sector Bank, has won
two “SKOCH Gold Awards” viz.
-
Banking & Finance Gold for Technology-Strategic
Transformation (Union Samriddhi Kendra model) &
-
Cyber Security Gold for Governance Risk Management
and Compliance Tool.
Union Bank of India also bagged SKOCH "Order of merit" for
- Technology:
Strategic Transformation & Financial inclusion initiatives under top
Banking & Finance Project in India.
- SIEM Tool,
Governance Risk Management
- Compliance Tool
& Anti DDOS Solution under top cyber security projects in India.
These Awards
were received by the Bank during 55th SKOCH Summit “The Economic
Manifesto” held on 22nd December 2018 at Constitution Club of India,
New Delhi.
Union Bank’s pioneering & ambitious initiative “Hub & Spoke
Model” for Rural & Semi-Urban branches has been implemented to improve
the asset quality as well as sales productivity of the branches. Union
Samriddhi Kendra is a centralized processing centre which processes and
sanctions all type of loan proposals of spoke branches mapped to it under one
roof. The objectives of the model are to increase sales productivity through
partnerships and dedicated outbound processes; specialized and dedicated credit
cell for improved flow of proposals through digitized (paperless) processing;
rapid adoption of new age Digital channels for increased migration of walk-ins,
ensuring more quality interaction at branch and better customer experience by
providing improved coverage through outlets.
This initiative of the Bank aims to accelerate the credit flows to
Retail, Agri & MSME sectors through focused sales and
marketing, enhance customer service through improved Turnaround Time, better
credit appraisal and developing expertise required for examining and processing
of rural credit, reduce NPA. Dedicated teams of RDOs are serving rural folk at
their doorstep for credit requirements and bring awareness about social welfare
schemes.
