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Let's face it, the ATM is pretty dammed awesome. I remember when I was a kid and used to go to the bank with my mom and wait in line to withdraw money for the weekend. If you ran out of cash on a Sunday, or in a foreign country? Tough luck.

Over the years I assume most of us have just come to expect the ATM to be everywhere. We are used to the process of sticking card in, picking an amount, and watching as the $20 bills POP out.

Well, I was about to write about the new Wells Fargo technology marvel in the Microsoft SVC Cafeteria but Bubba beat me to it.

These new ATM machines are "envelope-less". What does that mean? Well when you make a deposit you just take your pile of cash or checks and stick them into a slot. A few seconds later they recognize all the stuff you inserted, show you the amount for confirmation, and print you a receipt with a digitized version of what you inserted.

Amazing.

Unlike Bubba I am not ditching Wells Fargo any time soon. Why? Well I have my mortgage with them and as such I qualify for the highest level of checking with them which translates into very few fees these days.

Anyway, it's great to see technology keep getting better.

If there was one thing I wished though was that you could pick denominations other than $20 bills. After all, $50 is the new $20.