Demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 Notes - Big Bazaar Allows Cash Withdrawal up to Rs 2,000 From November 24,2016

Now, withdraw cash up to Rs 2,000 from 258 Big Bazaar, FBB stores through debit card

With the public still facing cash crunch, Big Bazaar on Tuesday Nov 22,2016 announced that customers can withdraw cash up to Rs 2,000 by using debit cards at all its stores from November 24,2016

In a statement, the Future Retail firm said all its stores, along with all fbb ones, "will be enabled to allow customers to withdraw up to Rs 2,000 from their own bank accounts, using their debit/ATM cards".

It said the facility is now available at 258 Big Bazaar and fbb stores in over 115 cities and towns across the country.

State Bank of India has helped Big Bazaar activate this facility through the bank's Cash at POS machines. Customers can withdraw cash from their bank accounts of any scheduled bank in the country, the company said.

"We are trying hard to ease any difficulties faced by customers due to the demonetisation of some currency notes and support the government's initiative in meeting its objective," Kishore Biyani, chairman, Future Retail, said.

"Now with customers being able to withdraw cash at Big Bazaar stores, they are welcome to visit our stores instead of qeueing up at banks and ATMs."