Etchasoft, Inc., announced today that its revolutionary ATM software, ATMosphere, has exceeded $1 million dollars in cashed checks during the pilot program launched last October. According to an October, 2018 report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, 14.1 million adults remain unbanked with an additional 48.9 million adults are underbanked. These consumers have no or limited access to financial services, and face high costs and inconvenience when simply cashing a check. Etchasoft ATMosphere software puts consumers in charge of their personal finances by enabling ATMs to cash checks.

Call it a “bank in a box.” ATM industry newcomer, Anytime Cash, is just finishing up beta testing of its full financial services unit. Built out from a GenMega kiosk, the new Anytime Cash unit features a host of services, including check cashing; dispensing and loading of pre-paid debit cards; mobile phone “top offs;” gift card exchanges; and, of course, all the standard ATM features. All of this in a space-thrifty unit that measures 65” H by 18” W by 23” D.

There’s a rather grim joke that CIO is an acronym for “Career is over.” We’ve been used to the idea that a CIO is merely a network plumber whose sole responsibility is to figure out a way to keep our data pipes clean and connected so that companies won’t have to experience the horrors of an unexpected loss of data.

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