Barclays opened the world’s first cash machine at a branch in London in 1967.
The machine was installed at Barclays’ Enfield branch on 27 June 1967. It was developed by John Shepherd-Barron and De La Rue Instruments, and actor Reg Varney is widely identified as the first person to use it publicly.
The early machine was more limited than a modern automated teller machine. It dispensed a fixed amount of cash and used specially issued vouchers rather than today’s plastic cards and personal identification numbers.
The term ATM now covers machines that can provide cash withdrawals, balance information, deposits, transfers, and other services. The first machine is sometimes confused with later systems that introduced magnetic-stripe cards, PIN authentication, or networked access to accounts.