Customer Preference towards Use of ATM Services

Automated teller machines have altered the relationship between banks and their customers and competitive relationships among banks. ATMs are self-service vendor machine it permits customers to do anywhere, anytime banking both the bank and customers stand to gain in several ways. In contrast, ATMs bring down the cost per transaction, increase efficiency by reducing the workload of staff, they help to increase accuracy, speed, save time, money and effort of customers. Thus ATM impacts customer services and leads to better customer satisfaction. They enable the bank to transact more business by offering various services in a cost-effective way on one side and to get more customer satisfaction on the other. To analyze the relationship between demographic variables and preferences to use ATM, a structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from a random sample of 50 customers from a syndicate bank in Bhadravati, percentage analysis and chi-square test are applied for data analysis and interpretation. Finally, it attempts to offer suitable suggestions and conclusions to enhance the awareness of ATMs and other related modern services provided by the banks.