UB MiniBank placard

MINIBANK

The  minibank  image above was scanned from a "bumper sticker" found in a large box of materials discovered in Dick Watt's office when he left UBSC. However, instead of being an actual bumper sticker, I believe it was a peel-n-stick logo that was to be slapped onto the ATM machines when they were installed.
The six images below were scanned from 35MM slides found in that same box of materials. The cardboard slide holders are all marked "1989".
Minibank - kiosk
United  minibank  Kiosk




Most times it was  minibank  ,
but
sometimes it was  MiniBank  .
Minibank - Touchscreen 'Welcome'
United  minibank  Touch Screen:

"WELCOME"



A big, ol' curved-face CRT - that!
Minibank - 'Insert your card'
United  minibank 

"Please Insert Card"
Minibank - 'Enter your PIN'
United  minibank 

"Enter Your PIN"
Minibank - mini statement display
United  minibank 

A Mini-Statement Display
Minibank - mini statement printout
United  minibank 

A Mini-Statement Printout
Neil Roberts + Minibank
Chairman Neil Roberts and  minibank  ATM.

This was from a slide taken much earlier than the images above. I need to re-find that slide and look for a date code on it.

I was clueless as to the manufacturer of that ATM -- Diebold? NCR? Then, in July'08, I received an email from Roger Pelot:


"I saw the MiniBank section on the web site and have some information for you. The picture with Neil Roberts at the ATM shows an ATM manufactured by Docutel.

United Banks purchased them when they were off-line devices, and when Docutel came out with an on-line retrofit, United decided to put them on-line.  I was the EFT project manager and we contracted with NCR, who had a software interface for the Docutel ATMs, to do the ATM interface.

We would off-load transactions from the ATMs at night and send them to the IBM system for processing. When application processing was completed, a strip file was taken from the IBM system and loaded on the NCR system for on-line ATM processing. The first bank to go on-line with their Docutel ATM was UB Longmont, in October 1976.

I might add that the Docutel dispensed money using envelopes! The ATM teller had to put $25 in each envelope, and the ATM dispensed the envelope(s) in to a drawer that opened up for the customer.

I designed the ATM card which had a Docutel stripe on the reverse used to identify the customer and it also functioned for off-line use.

Don't ask me how I remember this - I don't know what I did yesterday!"


Thank you, Roger!!
Minibank Play Money - front
United  minibank  Play Money


Used at UBSC in testing the cash dispenser operation(s).

(Atleast I don't believe we ever dispensed any to real customers.)Minibank Play Money - back
I would be glad to add any comments or 'stories' you may have v-a-v the United Bank  minibank  system. Email them to the webmaster.
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Last update: 20-Aug-08