subject: ATM Technology: How Do They Do It? [print this page] ATM software has evolved dramatically over the past few decades, from the first installation of a cash machine in 1967 at the London branch of Barclays bank, to the latest innovations in ATM's with built-in finger vein recognition currently being developed. It is a highly complex and exciting industry, in which the means by which we engage with money and banks is being constantly transformed.