The entire country has felt the ripple effects of the cash crunch resulting from the recent demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes.
Looong queues outside ATMs and Banks has become a rather common sight from the day post the announcement. Add to it the quick drying up of cash in banks and ATMS which has left most of us returning back empty handed.
It is indeed a big problem for the masses, but thankfully this problem was identified by the tech community
Pune-based money management and payment service Walnut has come With a way to help users track ATM machines with cash and a short waiting time.
For those of you who do not know, Walnut is a money management app which helps users to keep a track of their spendings. The Walnut app has rolled out a feature #ATMwithCash which makes it one of the most relevant App at this point of this. The ATMs with our without cash are shown on the google map interface
Walnut tracks the transaction records(through the message and email alerts sent on the mobile phones) of its 1.8 million user base to find out which ATM is functioning at a particular time.
Once the user withdraws money, Walnut asks them to feed them with information about the queue of The ATM or bank from where they made the transaction. based on the data provided by them, the app highlights atm's with long queues by a red pin and the ones with short queues with an orange pin. The app displays non-functional atm's too by a grey pin
The app also provides the option to share information about functional ATMs with friends, family, and followers through Whatsapp, facebook, and twitter.
Walnut is a free application and is available for both android and Ios users
