Equity Bank joins Interswitch network; bank customers can now transact at over 650 ATMs countrywide

Interswitch and Equity Bank have entered into a partnership that gives Equity customers faster and more affordable access to banking services at over 650 Interswitch-enabled ATMs countrywide.  The partnership will also enable Equity Bank Uganda ATM machines to accept customer bank cards of other local participating banks and institutions on the Interswitch network. Equity Bank also becomes an acquirer for Verve cards adding to its wide portfolio of cards accepted by all Point-of-sale machine locations and ATMs countrywide. There are approximately 250,000 Verve card holders in Uganda.  Announcing the partnership at a press launch held at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on…