James Goodfellow

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James Goodfellow
Born 1937
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nationality Scottish
Known for Inventing the ATM and the PIN

James Goodfellow OBE (born 1937 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented Personal Identification Number (PIN) technology, and the Automatic Cash Dispenser.[1][2]

He was a development engineer given the project of developing an automatic cash dispenser in 1965. His system accepted a machine readable encrypted card, with a numerical PIN keypad.

Despite being awarded an OBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for his invention of the Personal Identification Number,[3] Goodfellow regrets the lack of recognition and compensation for his inventiveness, since PIN codes are ubiquitous today[4]

See also

References

  1. UK Patent No.1,197,183 - 2 May 1966.
  2. "it was Goodfellow who came up with the idea of a four-digit PIN which would allow people to access their cash". The Scotsman. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. "Royal honour for inventor of Pin". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  4. "How the PIN number was invented". BBC. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.

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