ATM Birthday
Guess what happened on this date back in 1969?
The first ATM was introduced for public use.
Yup, 45 years ago.
"The first automated banking machine in the U.S. was devised by a Dallas engineer and former professional baseball player named Donald Wetzel. Wetzel’s machine used plastic cards like the ones we use today. (Instead of radioactive ink, the cards stored account information in magnetic strips.) In September 1969, a Chemical Bank branch on Long Island installed the first of Wetzel’s machines."
Wonder what it looked like? I'll bet it was gargantuan, considering how big some of the original "computers" from that era were.
Or maybe that first ATM was just a guy in a refrigerator box?
Out for now.....
Matt
