BANKING: The Machines Take Over

In a functional glass-and-concrete building in San Francisco, the Bank of America, the nation's biggest (1960 deposits: $9.7 billion) commercial bank this week showed off the most highly automated center any bank can boast. It will serve as the nerve center for the bank's automation system, which has taken ten years to put into operation. It will take over all the work connected with handling checks for the 87 Bank of America branches in the San Francisco area; it will tabulate and clear checks, keep track of the checking accounts and print...

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