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ATM Hiccup at POSB

One of the perks of bachelorhood status is that I get to collect 'ang pows' every CNY. This difference this year was that the collection was more and, to remove the temptation of spending it, I went down to POSBank.

The ATM counted the cash and spewed a receipt accordingly. It then proceeded to update my passbook. That done, I retrieved my passbook and pored over it. You can never be too sure. True enough, to my disbelief, the cash transaction wasn't captured!

I re-inserted the passbook and tested other ATMs nearby to no avail. The next sensible thing to do was refer to the bank within. But it is a Sunday.

The thought of having to turn up at the bank the next day and then seeing a line of people is enough to get me peeved. There’s always a beeline at every POSB outlet. I don’t know why. Either people have lots of money to put in or lots of money to take out.

Looks like you can’t trust the ATM machines for cash deposits. Notice the big jaws designed to clamp on your money? And why do they have to be so wide? Do people carry huge stacks of notes with them in this era of modern banking? If they do, wouldn't they rather transact with a human being rather than a machine to be safe? Or they are encouraging depositors to launder their money this way as there's no telling who's who.

posted by Victor Lai @ 6:59 PM