The automatic teller machine (ATM) was invented around 45 years ago. Today, the “hole in the wall” can be found in virtually every country in the world.
The ATM has also become increasingly sophisticated. No longer are they just cash dispensers, although that’s what most of us still use them for. The most advanced have become a key point of contact between the bank and its customers.
That means that the software needed has had to be developed from relatively simple programs to a series of highly complex ones. One of the leading developers of these is the Edinburgh-based ATM software company, KAL. Today, it has been announced that KAL has won the highly esteemed Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.
Founder and chief executive of KAL, Dr Aravinda Korala, spoke to The Caledonian Mercury about this little known but highly successful firm.
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