Bengaluru: All banks in Karnataka will have business hours from 10 am to 2 pm from April 22 till May 31 with reduced staff strength, the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC)  said in an advisory yesterday.

Only basic banking services — cash transaction, clearance services, remittances and Government business — will be provided at the branches until this date.

According to the advisory, banks will have business hours until 2 pm and working hours until 4 pm with staff strength to 50 percent.

To ensure smooth functioning, the banks have been directed to ensure that neither bank branches nor ATMs run out of cash.

All customers have to be sensitised about the usage of digital banking, ATMs, cash deposit machines, the Committee said.