What Americans Did Before ATM's Existed

This video showcases early ATM machines from the late 1960s, when the concept of the "automated bank kiosk" was still in its infancy. Many of these first-generation models, like the 1969 prototype shown here, actually relied on human tellers communicating with customers via video or audio link—more of a remote banking experience than true automation. But by the 1970s, rapid advances in computing and banking technology paved the way for fully automated machines, setting the stage for the modern ATMs we rely on today.

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ATM machines, debuted in the late 1960s. But many of these early test versions of the "automated bank kiosk" involved human tellers on the other end, like this 1969 prototype.

However by the 70s the technology began to rapidly advance, shifting to the fully automated machines we… pic.twitter.com/PEiLaiZFV4

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