Perhaps the most essential machine on the planet is the ATM. It's more than just a cash dispenser; it's a portal to a plethora of personal and financial services that you'll find yourself unable to function without it. An ATM not only holds your credit cards and other forms of personal identification, but it also gives you access to ATMs where you can make domestic and international withdrawals, transfer cash between accounts, use mobile banking, check your balance, and report lost or stolen cards.
The ATM allows users a level of financial control that was before unavailable. You could only withdraw cash when it initially arrived; today you can transfer money around, check your balances, and verify the status of your accounts just by approaching the machine. In fact, the ATM has grown so commonplace that we no longer consider it a technology. It's just one of those things, like cell phones and WiFi, that has always existed and will continue to exist.
Perhaps the most essential machine on the planet is the
ATM
. It's more than
just
a cash dispenser; it's a portal to a plethora of personal and financial services that you'll find yourself unable to function without it. An
ATM
not
only
holds your credit cards and other forms of personal identification,
but
it
also
gives you access to
ATMs
where you can
make
domestic and international withdrawals, transfer cash between accounts,
use
mobile banking,
check
your balance, and report lost or stolen cards.
The
ATM
allows
users a level of financial control that was
before
unavailable. You could
only
withdraw cash when it
initially
arrived;
today
you can transfer money around,
check
your balances, and verify the status of your accounts
just
by approaching the machine. In fact, the
ATM
has grown
so
commonplace that we no longer consider it a technology. It's
just
one of those things, like cell phones and
WiFi
, that has always existed and will continue to exist.