Oki Electric and NTT Communications announced that they have developed a new automated teller machine (ATM) that can exchange data with infrared port-equipped mobile devices including cellphones. The new ATM enables account holders to withdraw cash and check the balance using a mobile phone [.jpg image] just as if they do with a cash card.

The system was deployed at Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank in Gifu prefecture on April 21. Press Release [in Japanese] Here.

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