Alternative uses Two NCR Personas 84 ATMs at a bankin Jersey dispensing two types ofpound sterlingbanknotes: Bank of England notes on the left, and States of Jersey notes on the right Although ATMs were originally developed as just cash dispensers, they have evo lved to include many other bank-related functions. In so me countries, especially those which benefit from a fully integrated cross-bank ATM network (e.g.: Multibanco in Portugal), ATMs include many functions which are not directly related to the management of one's own bank account, such as: y Deposit currency recognition, acceptance, and recycling [59][60] y Paying routine bills, fees, and taxes (ut ili ties, phone bills , social secur ity, legal fees, taxes, etc.) y Printing bank statements y Updating passbooksy Loading monetary value into stored value cardsy Purchasing o Postage stamps. o Lottery tickets o Train ticketso Concert tickets o Movie tickets o Shopping mall gift certificates. y Games and promotional features [61] y Donating to charities [62] y Cheque Processing Module y Adding pre-paid cell phone / mobile phone credit. y Paying (in full or partially) the cred it balance on a card linked to a specific current account. Increasingly banks are seeking to use the ATM as a sales device to deliver pre approved loans and targeted advertising using products such as IT M (the Intelligent Teller Machine) from CR2 or Aptra Relate from NCR. ATMs can a lso act as an advertising channel for co mpanies to advertise their own products or third-party products and services. [63] In Canada, ATMs are ca lled guichets automatiques in French and sometimes "Bank Machines" in English. The Interac shared cash network does not allow for t he selling of goods from ATMs due to specific security requirements for PIN entry when buying goods. [64] CIBC machines in Canada, are able to top-up the minutes on certain pay as you go phones.
