Daopulse Uninterruptible Power Supplies in Banking and Finance Sectors
In the modern society, banking and financial services are not only in the traditional way like bank branches or ATMs. As the intensive application of internet, call center banking, on-line banking and mobile banking are also popular and well accepted by customers. With more and more social media, like facebook, twitter,Linked-in, are prevailing in the cyber space, social media fund transfers are also set to grow nowadays.
There are two typical applications for UPS to be used in banking and finance sectors to protect the mission critical load.
1.Powering ATMs
Banking and finance companies maintain smaller systems, many of which require individual power protection. An automated teller machine (ATM) is one of the typical systems which need an online UPS to protect from possible anomalies in its power supply. ATMs can be located everywhere bank branches, office buildings, hotels,residential areas, convenience stores and even more. There are many powe challenges in ATMs. The cost challenges include the average daily power consumed by ATMs 1~3kW including auxiliary equipment, regular power outages or alternatemeans of power. The infrastructure challenges in ATMs lead to unstable utility power that in turn leads to communications line interruption; switch servergoes down, and frozen screens lead to loss of transactions and serious customer dissatisfaction.
2. Powering Branch Automation Branch automation in banks connects the customer service desk and IT equipment in a bank office with the bank's customer records in the back office. Not only in banks, branch operations ininsurance institutes and securities also need reliable backup power protection to avoid cost of power failure. There are multifarious power challenges in branch automation. Some infrastructure challenges are space constraints for alternate sources of power; servicing power equipment in remote locations and poorly conditioned environments.