Article: The Rise of the Machines: Branch Services' New Look.(Special Report: Emerging Technology)(Editorial)

Byline: Marian Raab

Bill Spearman, the president and chief executive of Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, likes to tell a story about how earlier this year a member went to one of the credit union's automated teller machines at around 10 p.m. and was annoyed to find that his card didn't work.

Hoping it was just a mechanical glitch with the ATM, the customer drove a few miles to Mid-Hudson Valley's main branch in Kingston, N.Y., where he had his first encounter with one of the credit union's new personal teller machines, which provide a high-speed, two-way video and audio link to customer service representatives working in a 24-hour call center.

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