The bill calls for banks to install specific safety measures at their automated teller machine facilities (ATMs), in addition to other facilities including adequate lighting, functional card-activated doors, transparent glass, interior mirrors, and an emergency telephone or panic button with access to a 911 emergency number.
The ATM industry claims the bill will reduce the number of ATMs in Massachusetts, increase ATM surcharges, and will cost the state a large amount of money.
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Todd McEwan, president of New England ATM, said: "To achieve this technology would be cost prohibitive and Massachusetts could not enforce out of state and out of Country authorizers."
The American Bankers Association is fighting against the bill, and said that the law would be ineffective as it applies to bank ATMs but not to convenience stores, bars or restaurants.
McEwan added that the passage of this bill in Massachusetts could lead to lot of prank calls, creating many unfavourable situations for citizens and local police as only two percent of these ATMs have a ‘prank’ activation or accidental activation.
Senator Joyce had earlier introduced a reverse pin number technology to alert police in an emergency.
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