Man withdrawing money from bank ATM in India, in Delhi

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A Punjab National Bank (PNB) in New Delhi. An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine (ATM, American, Australian, Singaporean, Indian, Maldivian, Hiberno and Sri Lankan English), also known as an automated banking machine (ABM, Canadian English), cash machine, cashpoint, cashline, or colloquially hole in the wall (British and South African English), is an electronic telecommunications device that enables the customers of a financial institution to perform financial transactions, particularly cash withdrawal, without the need for a human cashier, clerk or bank teller. On most modern ATMs, the customer is identified by inserting a plastic ATM card with a magnetic stripe or a plastic smart card with a chip that contains a unique card number and some security information such as a