BANGALORE, May 7: NCR Corporation, the world leader in self service, has launched personaS, an evolutionary range of advanced self service terminals designed to enable delivery of an unprecedented breadth of products and services to customers.

PersonaS which is flexible in design and capability will allow banks to customise their self-service units according to their specific image and branding strategy. The expanded family of ATMs can be sited wherever customers demand service and offer services like cash, personal cheques, concert tickets and postage stamps.

``PersonaS opens up a new world of ATMs for banks, retailers and their customers,'' said managing director NCR India Rajen Kaul. ``In an age where consumers are making demands more than ever before on how they access financial services, personaS gives banks facility to proactively meet their needs quickly and efficiently,'' he added.

The system is also supported by NCR's unique software development system which allows rapid, deployment and testing of new products and services. NCR has also entered into a global agreement with the US-based FORE systems that will combine the latter's high-performance asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networking products with the former's network services.

``This partnership provides an exciting opportunity to showcase the performance and scalablity of ATM to NCR's Fortune 500 customers worldwide,'' said Mike Green, vice-president, sales, FORE Systems. As per the pact NCR will resell and provide systems integration services for FORE's entire range of ATM solutions.

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