OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2015. ICBC has been stepping up efforts from the year to date to install ATMs. So far, the number of ATMs in service has surpassed 90,000, enabling it to provide customers with uninterrupted services around the clock.

About 55,000 of those ATMs can take deposits in addition to the regular withdrawing service, indicating a further expansion in both number and percentage, which has layed a good foundation for more extensive financial self-services.

While beefing up investment in facilities, ICBC has been optimizing the service functions and processing capabilities of ATMs, driving fast growth of transactions in terms of both volume and value. According to statistics, from January through November, 8.54 billion transactions worth RMB 9.84 trillion were completed on ATMs, with both figures rising by around 20% versus the same period last year.

With robust IT capability and product innovation, ICBC has rolled out an array of creative services including Quick Withdrawal, Reminder of Operation Countdown, Reservation for Withdrawal with Mobile Phone and Passbook-Not-Present Deposit, bringing easier, safer and more user-friendly operations over self-service facilities. Currently, ICBC customers can not only deposit, withdraw and transfer on self-service facilities, but also handle transactions such as investment & wealth management, registration for hospital service, credit card loan repayment and public utility fee payment, expanding self-service banking across all walks of life.