Fake news proliferated in the early days of the outbreak, and still does. There was chaos about how to avoid getting infected. ICICI Bank corporate social responsibility teams called and texted 6.25 lakh people with precautions to take. ATM vans were plying the streets so that citizens could withdraw cash during the lockdown. The bank also aided the government in collecting donations digitally, since it has received a mandate for the central government's PM CARES Fund and other state disaster relief funds.