Accra (Greater Accra), 5 Jan '99 - Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has installed the first offsite Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to facilitate customer services such as withdrawing cash on the spot. The first three fully networked ATMs are located on the grounds of A-Life Supermarket in Kumasi, A-Life Supermarket in Accra and Planet Hollyhood at Madina-Adenta in Accra. A statement from SCB today said the Kumasi A-life system "has already been fired for operations" and it is expected that the other two units in Accra will go live befoe end of January. "Standard Chartered Bank will be putting a fourth offsite ATM on the premises of Koala Shopping Centre at Osu RE in Accra in January 1999, " the statement said. All the ATMs are linked by a combination of Satellite/Microwave Radio technology as an integral part of the bank's strategy to increase the channels through which customers experience world class service. According to Mr Vishnu Mohan, Managing Director of the bank, the New facility is dictated by the Bank's overriding aim of making life easier for customers. "The bank will continue to focus on the introduction of further new products and services in the New Year," he added.