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The current ATM environment is still one that is largely driven in a Diebold® or NCR® emulation environment
that uses traditional “states and screens” – command sets. The host processor sends “states and screens”
to the ATM and which the ATM uses to build transaction requests and display content to its user. With
that in mind, we define a “Windows driven” ATM as one which runs on the Microsoft® Windows® XP
operating system platform; communicates using the TCP/IP communications protocol, or a combination of
TCP/IP and another protocol such as SNA when used in conjunction with a legacy transaction processing
emulation such as 912; takes advantage of Web technologies, including an industry standard browser
(Internet Explorer) and HTML Web page and development tools which, used together, accurately represent
as well as enhance the current states and screens methodology; is powered by an underlying ATM software
application such as Prism that builds a new, content-rich HTML-based graphical user interface.
Working together, these characteristics enable new types of enhanced services that lower cost, increase
brand reach, extend online banking capabilities and grow new revenue streams. It is important to keep in
mind, however, that while Web-enabled ATMs deploy Web technologies, they are neither designed nor
intended for use as a Web surfing device.
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Windows based ATMs are the new generation of ATMs that are broadly distinct from their predecessors in
the technology they use and the business benefits they can deliver.
In an increasingly competitive retail banking market, OS/2 based ATMs no longer meet the changing
competitive and regulatory requirements that challenge today’s financial institutions. Windows-based
ATMs promise to dramatically alter the role of ATMs in the delivery of banking products and services, and
ultimately in the relationship between financial institutions and their ATM customers.