ATH Dominicana, the largest local Automatic Teller Machine network, announced yesterday that it is Year 2000 certified. The network links ATM machines at the Banco Popular, Banco Mercantil, Banco de Reservas, Banco BHD, Banco Intercontinental, Banco Global, Scotiabank, Banco del Progreso and Banco ADEMI. Miguel Gil Mejía, general manager of the financial corporation, said that transactions have increased from 4.3 million in their first year, 1996, to a forecasted 20 million this year. Some 447 machines are part of the ATH Dominicana network. The banks have plans to install another 250 this year, for about 700 by year’s end. The network has 80% of the ATMs installed in the DR. Some 1.2 million Dominicans have ATM cards.
