Shepherd-Barron, 84, Inventor of ATM, Was a Printer
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"It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world," he told the BBC in a 2007 interview that marked the ATM's 40th anniversary. "I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash."
The first machine appeared in a north London suburb in 1967. The early machines would read chemically coded checks and dispense out money after users entered a four-digit personal identification number (PIN). Mr. Shepherd-Barron had wanted to use a six-digit code, but his wife, Caroline, told him that six numbers would be too many to remember.
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