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06-29-2017, 05:44 AM
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/akhbar/2017-06-29/l_213237_055043_print.jpg LONDON: The automated teller machine (ATM) marked its 50th anniversary on Tuesday, with a British bank decorating the site of the world´s first cashpoint in gold to mark the occasion.
The first ATM was unveiled by Barclays at their Enfield branch in **rth London on June 27, 1967. "The invention of the ATM was a historical moment that completely changed the way the world thought about and used cash," Barclays said.
The original cash machine was the brainchild of John Shepherd-Barron, who was commissioned by the bank to create six cash dispensers. They were based on vending machines.
Customers could access their money outside of banking hours -- a mini-revolution on the high street. The first person to use the inaugural ATM was actor Reg Varney, the star of a popular British TV comedy called "On The Buses", brought in to show how easy it was to use. The Barclays cashpoint in Enfield has been given a gold makeover, and a roped-off red carpet approach to celebrate the anniversary.
A black-and-white picture of Varney using the ATM stands above it, while a commemorative gold plaque has been placed on the bank wall. There **w are an estimated three million plus cash machines on the planet. The world´s most southerly ATM is at the McMurdo Station research base on Antarctica, while the highest is at 4,693 metres (15,396 feet) in Pakistan´s Khunjerab Pass near the Chinese border.
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The first ATM was unveiled by Barclays at their Enfield branch in **rth London on June 27, 1967. "The invention of the ATM was a historical moment that completely changed the way the world thought about and used cash," Barclays said.
The original cash machine was the brainchild of John Shepherd-Barron, who was commissioned by the bank to create six cash dispensers. They were based on vending machines.
Customers could access their money outside of banking hours -- a mini-revolution on the high street. The first person to use the inaugural ATM was actor Reg Varney, the star of a popular British TV comedy called "On The Buses", brought in to show how easy it was to use. The Barclays cashpoint in Enfield has been given a gold makeover, and a roped-off red carpet approach to celebrate the anniversary.
A black-and-white picture of Varney using the ATM stands above it, while a commemorative gold plaque has been placed on the bank wall. There **w are an estimated three million plus cash machines on the planet. The world´s most southerly ATM is at the McMurdo Station research base on Antarctica, while the highest is at 4,693 metres (15,396 feet) in Pakistan´s Khunjerab Pass near the Chinese border.
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