ATM on track? Bank “mobile store car” introduction

ATM on track? Bank's “mobile store car” introduction progress January 27 6:21

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In order to prevent people living in the stricken area from having to withdraw money when a large-scale disaster occurs, financial institutions across the country have introduced a special car with an ATM = automatic teller machine. The use of mobile store vehicles is rapidly expanding.

The "mobile store car" serves as a temporary contact point of the bank by loading an ATM = automatic teller machine on the truck bed.

When a seismic intensity of less than 6 was observed in Yamagata Prefecture in June last year, or when typhoon No. 19 inundated in Fukushima Prefecture in October last year, a local bank sent the affected area to replace a local branch. Business.

Amid a series of large-scale natural disasters, financial institutions across the country are increasingly adopting this “mobile shop car”.

According to Orix Motors, which sells cars, more and more financial institutions have decided to introduce it in the last few years, and nearly 30 financial institutions are considering introducing it.

"I feel that financial institutions' needs to avoid situations in which they cannot operate in the event of a disaster will continue in the future," said Hidefumi Sawaki, head of sales at the company.

There are financial institutions that respond by loading small ATMs instead of trucks on minivans, and there is an accelerating move to prepare for disasters without having to withdraw money.