GBTI launches new ATM in Anna Catherina

Georgetown: The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) Monday launched a new Automated Teller Machine (ATM) services on the public road of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD). In attendance was GBTI staff, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dennis Jaikarran, Regional Chairman Julius Faerber, teachers and student and special invitees. GBTI’s Manager-Administration Sean Noel said the launch of the ATM was based on the requests of customers to extend the bank’s service. He explained that the two extreme branches at Vreed-en-Hoop and Parika require support in a central area which gave birth to the new ATM. “This ATM service will lend to the business of the area, it will lend to the social aspects of the area and of course the convenience of customers,” the manager said. He charged members of the community to take responsibility of the ATM as part of their community since it enhances business within the district. “At this facility you can pay your bills, do your transfers and so many other things that bring convenience to daily life…no longer will the security of new cards depend on the magnetic stripes behind the card, the bank will soon issue an upgraded version of cards that contains a chip that offer greater protection and security,” he explained. He said GBTI has always been looking at ways to improve the lives of customers and services. The new card, he said now offers greater protection when it is stolen. Regional Executive Officer (REO) Dennis Jaikarran said the confidence the people in region three have placed in GBTI resulted in a new ATM machine being made available to the populace. The REO urged students and teachers present at the opening to urge students to be a part of GBTI’s early savers account. He noted that the banking system of the company has made tremendous leaps across the country and expansion is inevitable.