Country’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has launched multi-function smart cards in association with a Pune based City Corporation Limited. A data centre has been set up for the technical support of the society called Amanora. Around Rs 70 crore has been invested for the setting of data centre.
City Corporation said, Amanora is India’s first digital city and the first fully integrated township has been set up with multiple technologies brought together to facilitate hassle free living for its members.
The card has a combination of microchip, magnetic strip and RFID antenna.
Aniruddha Deshpande, managing director, City Corporation Limited explained, "With our development effort of over three years along with leading technology partners, we are happy to have reached this stage of developing the first such dedicated and integrated application for residential purposes."
The card can be used as an access card similarly to debit card. The card owners can use card to access township, residence, parking lot and different sectors within the township. It can also be used for payment of cable television bills, club expenses, shopping at Amanora Town Centre, among others. This card will have added feature of health records of the Amanora Citizens in case of an emergency.
City Corporation will also collaborate with SBI for providing financial solutions. The card can be used as pre-paid card for paying electricity bill and cooking gas.
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