Which company introduced the first commercial ATM in 1967?

Barclays Bank introduced the first widely recognized commercial ATM in 1967. The machine began operating at Barclays’ branch in Enfield, North London, on 27 June that year.

The device was developed by engineer John Shepherd-Barron and his team at De La Rue, a British printing and security company. Rather than using modern bank cards, the original system accepted specially issued paper vouchers or cheques, which the machine read before dispensing cash. Later versions used a personal identification number, or PIN.

Actor Reg Varney made the first public withdrawal as part of the launch publicity. The machine was often called a cash dispenser rather than an ATM, because it initially handled only a limited cash-withdrawal function and did not provide today’s broad menu of banking services.

Japan and Sweden had developed earlier cash-dispensing experiments, so “first ATM” can depend on the definition used. Barclays is nevertheless the standard answer for the first deployed commercial cash machine and the company named in this question.