This 1969 clip imagined a cashless future long before smartphones and instant transfers. A central computer would manage bank accounts, while customers used magnetically coded cards and PINs at store terminals to move money directly, no bounced checks, no bulky cash, no restrictive bank hours. These early ideas promised to reshape banking by streamlining operations and reducing manual work, laying the foundation for the digital finance systems we use every day. Credit: @bbc_archive | History In

1969: A digital computer was built into the drawing board of a mechanical design engineer in Britain, turning a six-person job into a one-person job overnight. | BBC Archive