Internet banking allows individuals to perform banking activities online via the internet. It provides automated delivery of traditional and new banking products and services directly to customers through electronic and interactive communication channels. Some banks offer both online and traditional banking, while others are online-only.
The concept of internet banking developed alongside the world wide web in the 1980s. The first online banking services launched in the United States in 1994 and India in 1997. The Reserve Bank of India categorized internet banking into three types - information only, electronic information transfer, and fully electronic transactional - based on access levels.
Internet banking provides benefits like convenience, lower costs, faster transactions, and increased competition for both customers and banks. However, security risks and the