First DR financial entity to enable the possibility of carrying out ATM transactions without contact cards
He BHD Bank highlighted that it is the first financial institution in Dominican Republic in enabling its customers the possibility of carrying out transactions from their ATMs just by presenting the credit and debit card plastics to the ATM machine, without having to introduce them.
The financial entity explained that the update, which is already available in 45 ATMs, allows access to all ATM transactions that require credit and debit card authentication, and applies to all types of cards. He informed that by next April the BHD will have completed this update in 180 ATMs and by the end of the year it will complete 373 ATMs, which represent approximately 50% of all the entity’s ATMs.
Rodolfo Vander Horst, Executive Vice President of Operations and Channels at Banco BHD, stated that “our customers can carry out their transactions just a tap away,” and explained that “this new functionality of our ATMs allows customers to access their accounts and make transactions without the need to introduce the plastic of the card, just showing it to the machine identified with the symbol of contactless transactions”.
