Equitable PCI launches ATM interconnection

Equitable PCI Bank, one of the country's top three banks, now provides convenience to its customers through technology. Putting customer convenience as a priority, the merged bank has completed the interconnection of the pre-merger banks' Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). Now, the 1.6 million client base of the merged bank can have easy access to over 450 Equitable PCI Bank ATMs nationwide. This is a major step forward in the integration plans of the merged bank to provide unified products and services to customers.

While ATM transactions of EBC Teller, FASTeller and FASTeller International cardholders done at the former EBC and PCIB machines before had to pass through several network systems because of separate consortia link (Megalink and Bancnet), the ATM interconnection of the merged bank has given the cardholders the convenience of speed as processing with the networks has been eliminated. The design likewise minimizes possible contact failures caused by the long procedure.

Other features for the ATM of each of the pre-merger banks are now provided in the merged bank. As an added advantage, the ATMs of the merged banks means a wider network for cash advance services of both the Equitable Visa and Bankard clients. Moreover, the FASTeller ATMs are now designed to accept client-initiated debiting of their accounts for Equitable Visa and Mastercard payments while the new EBC Teller ATM has been enhanced to accommodate Bankard payments.

FASTeller cardholders can also avail of Paylink, a cashless shopping facility where purchases are settled at establishments with Electronic Fund Transfer/Point of Sales (EFT/POS) terminals for Megalink member banks. Furthermore, FASTeller ATMs now accept PLUS card transactions.