The Drive-up is 61 years old this Week!

November 16, 2007 (Chicago):  Time to celebrate the first innovation that has eventually led to 24-hour banking. Just three generations ago, all transactions were done at teller windows, and occurred before 3 p.m.  Now we can take care of our financial transactions at ATMs, going online or at a drive-up window. The first such drive-through banking facility opened this week in 1946 — at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, which offered its motoring customers 10 teller windows with sliding drawers.

Now, there are more than 92,000 financial offices in the United States most of which provide drive-up tellers, ATMs and Internet access. That's 79,000 commercial bank branches and over 13,000 branches at other savings institutions. Altogether, these offices hold assets of nearly $11 trillion.

Source: Profile America @ .http://www.census.gov/

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Posted by Mark Rodrigues at 11/19/2007 11:32 AM
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  • 1/4/2008 11:03 AM Leon Dombrowski wrote:
    With such large percentages of customers using drive-up tellers, effective marketing at the drive-up is now more important than ever. Snapquik Interchangeable Signage provides a vibrant,cost-effective, and durable solution for drive-up lane marketing, branding, and cross-selling.
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