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BUSINESS REPORT

Prime Bank, one of the leading private commercial banks in the country, is going to launch ATM Services at eleven regions in the capital Dhaka.

This was disclosed by M. Shahjahan Bhuyian, Managing Director of Prime Bank Limited while addressing a press conference at a local hotel in the city yesterday on the eve of launching ATM services in the capital today.

The Managing Director of Prime Bank Ltd said the 11 regions, where ATM Services are going to be launched today are: Motijheel, SBC Tower at Dilkusha, Shantinagar, Eskaton, Panthapath, Elephant Road, Rampura, Dhanmondi, Gulshan, Banani and Wari.

Besides, two other ATM booths will be opened at Mohakhali and Pallabi shortly, he said. The features of the ATM Service are: Customers can draw money from those ATM booths 24 hours a day. Besides, a customer will be able to know account balance and can receive a mini statement of their accounts. In case of changing of ATM code, one can do the same from the ATM booth. Moreover, a client can get 'Fast Cash' service and drawing own choice of notes service from the same booth.

A client also can pay utility bills like gas, electricity, water supply, mobile phone bills etc from the same ATM machine. VISA Card and Master Card holders can avail their required services through those ATM machines and ATM Card holders will be able to use those in shops and markets for shopping through POS machines.

Highlighting different services and benefits of ATM Service, M. Shahjahan Bhuyian said that Prime Bank Ltd had introduced sate-of-the-art 'Core Banking Software' information technology in last July 2005 for its banking system.

"There would be no charge initially for the ATM services," he also said.

Nasiruddin Ahmed, Additional Managing Director, Mahbubul Alam, Deputy Managing Director, RQM Forkan, Deputy Managing Director, Md Mukhter Hossain, Senior Executive Vice President, Adil Rahman, Senior Vice President (Card), Md Iqbal Hossain Senior Vice President (Information Technology) were, among others. present at the press conference.