Canara Bank rolls out facility to check status of Aadhaar linkage

Canara Bank has launched a facility to enable customers to do a self-check on whether their Aadhaar numbers have been linked to their account. The bank has also provided a facility for submitting Aadhaar seeding, or mapping, request in the bank’s web site. According to R. K. Dubey, CMD, Canara Bank, “The bank is the first to launch such a self-check facility for the customers. The facility offers Aadhaar seeding without having to visit the branch.” The customer has to simply key-in details, such as account number and customer ID. The system checks whether the Aadhaar number is available in the bank’s server. If yes, it informs the customer about its presence. If no, it prompts the customer to provide Aadhaar number through simple steps. In a matter of few minutes the customer’s Aadhaar seeding request is taken. The customer can simply SMS the Aadhaar number along with bank account number to get his/her Aadhaar linked to the bank account. Another option is to call the bank’s call centre. All the requests are centrally processed and on successful seeding of the Aadhaar number, an SMS is sent to the customer.