FamilyMart offers 24-hour cash deposits
FAMILYMART is moving forward with store expansion and introduction of more quality services aimed at accessing potential customers living in different areas.
The chain recently joined hands with CenPay, a bill payment operator and a unit of Central Group, to launch a 24-hour cash deposit via “KBank Service”.
The new banking service will strengthen FamilyMart’s position as a leading operator of “One-Stop-Shopping” convenience stores offering fast and convenient services to individual shoppers.
Ruedee Euachongprasit, vice president/marketing at Central FamilyMart, the operator of FamilyMart convenience stores, said that “FamilyMart has expanded its stores in many clusters, and we need to prepare ourselves to provide quality services to diversified groups of customers in residential areas that are appropriate to their different lifestyles. Cash deposit is a new service at FamilyMart. It will allow individual clients more convenience in handling money transactions. We have teamed up with CenPay of Central Group, which had been appointed by Kasikornbank as its banking agent in providing the 24-hour cash-deposit service at all CenPay counters at FamilyMart stores.
“With the strong market coverage of FamilyMart stores, the cash-deposit service will serve all requirements of our customers including business entrepreneurs in the community, school and university students and the public in general, so that they do not have to travel to a commercial bank. The service will be launched at the first five branches of FamilyMart, and will then be expanded to other stores in the near future,” Ruedee said.
Kanyaporn Panich, the Central Group vice president for financial product development, said: “CenPay is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as banking agent of Kasikornbank to provide ‘KBank Service’, starting from cash deposit to KBank’s account at our FamilyMart stores.
“This is another significant service, aimed at providing extra convenience to our customers in banking transactions. It will be the latest service provided by CenPay in addition to our existing bill payment and prepaid services. Cash deposit is the latest in the CenPay plan to provide a comprehensive service. We believe that with the strong points of FamilyMart and CenPay, we can offer the best services to our customers,” said Kanyaporn.
“The new offering by KBank Service will be another dimension of service to be provided by FamilyMart in order to create differentiation for its stores and to be a selling point to attract customers who will be able to enjoy quality services that are convenient, fast and safe. The cash-deposit service provided by CenPay, however, is limited to a maximum of Bt2,500 each time and cannot exceed Bt5,000 a day.
The fee will be set at Bt20 per deposit,” she added.
