Banking services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearing and business transactions were impacted across the country on Monday, the Day 1 of the PSU bank union’s strike, against the proposed privatisation of two more state-owned lenders.

United Forum of Bank Unions, an umbrella body of nine unions, had given a strike call for March 15 and 16, and claimed that about 10 lakh bank employees and officers will participate in the strike.