UP gets digital banking footprint with four of the 75 DBUs on its soil

The DBU are being set up to ensure the benefits of digital banking reach the remotest of places

An excited crowd was milling around outside Indian Bank, a public-sector bank, in the upscale Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow on Sunday morning.

Shunning the goggle-box in the cozy confines of their homes, the people, braving a strong autumn sun, were eagerly watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a makeshift giant screen, dedicating 75 digital banking units (DBUs) across the country via video conference.

With this initiative, Uttar Pradesh and other states were ushered into an era of an accelerated digital banking template. Among the 75 DBUs, four are located in UP — Lucknow, Kanpur Dehat, Varanasi, and Jhansi districts — and