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Who invented the ATM? There have been 1 (argue) for years over who should officially go down in history as “the inventor of the ATM”. Now the UK government is 2 (clear) saying it was James Goodfellow who invented the ATM.

Back in the mid-1960s, James Goodfellow was working 3 a development engineer for Glasgow firm Kelvin Hughes, and had been charged with inventing a way to enable customers to withdraw (取) cash from banks when Saturday opening ended. “Most people 4 (work) during the week couldn’t get to the bank. They wanted a solution. The solution was a machine which would issue cash on demand to a 5 (recognize) customer,” he said. “I set out to develop a cash-issuing machine, and 6 (make) this a reality, I invented the pin (personal identification number) and an associated coded token (代币).”

So far, the cash machine 7 (become) a world-conquering piece of technology. There are now 3 million ATMs worldwide, with 8 number forecast to hit 4 million by 2020. The good news for Goodfellow is 9 people are beginning to know him for his invention. Even 10 (good) for him, the Home Office has now officially recognized his other achievement.

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