Our Correspondent
Mokokchung, August 26 (EMN): To commemorate its golden jubilee celebration, the Season Star Club of Ungma organised a seminar on digital payment/ cashless transactions with resources persons from NIELIT Extension Centre, Chuchuyimlang, at Mangkusong School Hall on August 26.
The seminar is part of the year-long celebration of Season Star Club Ungma on attaining 50 years anniversary. The grand celebration of the jubilee has been planned in December 2017.
Resource person Temjenngangtet Jamir, a teaching faculty of NIELIT, asserted that digital payment/ cashless transaction is an instant and convenient way to make payments which do not involve hard cash. He said digital payments save people from long queues at ATMs and banks to deposit or withdraw cash, adding it is “easy to use, safe and secure.”
He further demonstrated on internet banking using mobile application such as UPI, wallet (e-wallet), SMS and USSD and services made available in the apps in real time.
Another resource person Daniel Meren, Joint Director of NIELIT, Chuchuyimlang, shared some critical security tips to avoid from fraud risk in internet banking. The Joint Director also informed the people to verify the domain name displayed on the site to avoid spoof websites, adding the bank would never ask you to verify your account information through an e-mail.
He informed the people not to reveal/share banking information or online banking/ payment card user-ids and passwords to any third party and not to access internet banking or make online payments using debit card from shared or unprotected computers in public places such as cyber cafes.
Chubanungba Jamir delivered the welcome speech, while Temjenyapang Pongen, Tatar, offered exhortation and Takotong Longkumer, convener of jubilee planning committee, delivered the vote of thanks.
The seminar was attended by more than 80 people from different walks of life.
