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How ATMs Work? You’re short on cash, so you walk over to the automated teller machine (ATM), insert your card into the card
How ATMs Work? You’re short on cash, so you walk over to the automated teller machine (ATM), insert your card into the card
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2010-09-25
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How ATMs Work?
You’re short on cash, so you walk over to the automated teller machine (ATM), insert your card into the card reader, respond to the prompts on the screen, and within a minute you walk away with your money and a receipt. Have you ever wondered about the process that makes your bank funds available to you at an ATM on the other side of the country?
ATM Card vs. Check Card
As an alternative to writing checks and using a credit card, most major banks have teamed up with major credit-card companies to issue check cards.
Check cards are different from straight ATM cards in a couple of ways. First,check cards are also known as debit cards because of how they work—instead of getting credit for your purchase and receiving a monthly bill,like you do with a credit card, a check/debit card deducts money from your checking or savings account.
Also, while you can only use your ATM card at the ATM machine (and some grocery stores), you can use a check card at most retailers that accept credit cards.
There are exceptions. Some hotels and rental car services only accept credit cards because it’s easier, cheaper, and less of a risk to them than check cards. Those that do accept check cards often put a certain amount of money in your bank account "on hold" (unavailable to you) usually the cost of the room or rental including taxes and other fees, plus a percentage of the total or a fee to cover possible damages. When you check out of the hotel or turn in your rental car, the difference between the"hold’amount and what you’re actually billed is released back into your account. This is something to consider when using your debit card to reserve a hotel room or rent a car.
The Way ATMs Work
An ATM is simply a data terminal with two input and four output devices. Like any other data terminal, the ATM has to connect to, and. communicate through, a host processor. The host processor is analogous to an Internet service provider (ISP) in that it is the gateway through which all the various ATM networks become available to the cardholder (the person wanting the cash).
Most host processors can support either leased-line or dialup machines. Leased-line machines connect directly to the host processor through a four-wire, point-to-point, dedicated telephone line. Dialup ATMs connect to the host processor through a normal phone line using a modem and a toll-free number, or through an Internet service provider using a local access number dialed by modem.
Leased-line ATMs are preferred for very high-volume locations because of their thru-put capability, and dial-up ATMa are preferred for retail merchant locations where cost is a greater factor than thru-put. The initial cost for a dial-up machine is less than half that for a leased-line machine. The monthly operating costs for dial-up are only a fraction of the costs for leased-line.
The host processor may be owned by a bank or financial institution, or it may be owned by an independent service provider. Bank-owned processors normally support only bank-owned machines, whereas the independent processors support merchant-owned machines.
Sensing Bills
The cash-dispensing mechanism has an electric eye that counts each bill as it exits the dispenser. The bill count and all of the information pertaining to a particular transaction is recorded in a journal. The journal information is printed out periodically and a hard copy is maintained by the machine owner for two years. Whenever a cardholder has a dispute about a transaction, be or she can ask for a journal printout showing the transaction, and then contact the host processor. If no one is available to provide the journal printout, the cardholder needs to notify the bank or institution that issued the card and fill out a form that will be faxed to the host processor. It is the host processor’a responsibility to resolve the dispute.
Besides the electric eye that counts each bill, the cash-dispensing mechanism also has a sensor that evaluates the thickness of each bill. If two bills are stuck together, then instead of being dispensed to the cardholder they are diverted to a reject bin. The same thing happens with a bill that is excessively worn, torn, or folded.
The number of reject bills is also recorded so that the machine owner can be aware of the quality of bills that are being loaded into the machine. A high reject rate would indicate a problem with the bills or with the dispenser mechanism.
Settlement Funds
When a cardholder wants to do an ATM transaction, he or she provides the necessary information by means of the card reader and keypad. The ATM forwards this information to the host processor, which routes the transaction request to the cardholder’s bank or the institution that issued the card. If the cardholder is requesting cash, the host processor causes an electronic funds transfer to take place from the customer’s bank account to the host processor’s account. Once the funds are transferred to the host processor’s bank account, the processor sends an approval code to the ATM authorizing the machine to dispense the cash. The processor then transfers the cardholder’s funds into the merchant’s bank account, usually the next bank business day. In this way, the merchant is reimbursed for all funds dispensed by the ATM.
ATM Security
ATMs keep your personal identification number (PIN) and other information safe by using encryption (加密) software such as Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard). But there are lots of things that you can do to protect your information and your money at an ATM.
Many banks recommend that you select your own PIN. Visa offers the following PIN tips:
Don’t write down your PIN. If you must write it down, do not store it in your wallet or purse.
Make your PIN a series of letters or numbers that you can easily remember, but that cannot easily be associated with you personally-such as birth dates, initials, house numbers or your phone number.
Visa also recommends the following tips for safe ATM usage,
Store your ATM card in your purse or wallet, in an area where it won’t get scratched or bent.
Get your card out before you approach the ATM. You’ll be more vulnerable to attack if you’re standing in front of the ATM, fumbling through your wallet for your card.
Stand directly in front of the ATM keypad when typing in your PIN. This prevents anyone waiting to use the machine from seeing your personal information.
After your transaction, take your receipt, card and money away. Do not stand in front of the machine and count your money.
If you are using a drive-up ATM, get your vehicle as close to the machine as possible to prevent anyone from coming up to your window. Also make sure that your doors are locked before you drive up to the machine.
Do not leave your car running while using a walk-up ATM. Take your keys with you and lock the doors before your transaction.
If someone or something makes you uncomfortable, cancel your transaction and leave the machine immediately. Follow up with your bank to make sure the transaction was cancelled and alert the bank to any suspicious people.
For safety reasons, ATM users should seek out a machine that is located in a well-lighted public place. Federal law requires that only the last four digits (阿拉伯数字)of the cardholder’s account number be printed on the transaction receipt so that when a receipt is left at the machine location, the account number is secure. However, the entry of your four-digit personal identification number (PIN) on the keypad should still be ob- scured from observation, which can be done by positioning your hand and body in such a way that the PIN entry cannot be recorded by store cameras or store employees. The cardholder’s PIN is not recorded in the journal, but the account number is. If you protect your PIN, you protect your account.
When you request cash, the money moves electronically from your account to the host’s account to ______.
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答案
the merchant’s account
解析
此处要求填入名词性短语作介词to的宾语.本题考查账户中钱是怎样流动的。根据第四个小标题下第三句的主干结构可知,当持卡人需要现金时,现金的流动是从the customer’s bank account(即题干中的your account)到the host processor’s account;而后再如第五句所言,从the host processor’s account到the merchant’s bank account。因此the merchant’s account符合原文意思,也符合题干语法要求,是本题答案。
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