About Fujitsu Fujitsu has been offering ATMs in Japan for 30 years, and introduced their first products to the U.S. in 1983. They represent the culmination of changes in both hardware technology and the introduction of the Windows 2000 platform. They give banks the ability to Web-enable their ATMs for centralized presentation of ads, either on the same screen as the bank transactions, or on a second screen on some models. They use the USB portal for wireless, remote settlement and diagnostics. This wireless capability can even drive external peripherals, such as statement printers or ticket printers, where exposed wires would be a hazard.
Video is also an option, restricted only by the bank s bandwidth.
Kent points out that most banks still don t have their ATMs running on high-speed lines, so they have to have data residing locally. The way Fujitsu has utilized the Windows 2000 software, cash transactions can still run through the local network, while ads and images can travel over the Internet if the bank hooks the ATMs up. The Fujitsu system uses 128 bit PKI data encryption for Windows transactions. DES is not suitable for the Internet so we have to replace the old infrastructure first. The Infrastructure ATM transactions are leveling off, even falling, according to Kent.