A question for my US friends...

[kellifer]

Do you guys have ATMs (Automatic Teller Machine) and PINs (Personal Identification number) for banking or is it called something else? I was just writing something and then thought... wait, am I doing that thing where I refer to a footpath when it's a sidewalk to you?

Comments

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

Yup, just as everyone else said. And they usually ask you if you want spanish or english at the beginning of your transaction. At least around here they do. And they charge about 2 to 3 dollars as a fee for each transaction. (bleah!) Just in case you needed extra useless info. ;)

Also, as trivia, I'm so lazy that I'll actually drive out of my way to hit a drive-through ATM rather than get out of my car to hit a walk-up ATM.

My mother is so proud.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

The Spanish has to be regional because it's not true where I live, and the charge is only if you're using another bank's machine. As long as I use my bank's ATM, I don't get charged a fee.

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

ooh, interesting. Even when I travel, I find the spanish/english machines, depending on how old they are. And yeah, I think most people don't have to pay a fee if they're using their own bank's ATM, provided their bank *has* an ATM. My credit union doesn't.

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Maybe they never bothered with the Spanish/English thing because we have maybe twelve Hispanics in the entire valley. Not counting the illegals that get busted on the Interstate. *g*