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Students should be familiar with the features, functions, benefits, and drawbacks of banking applications, including Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) for cash withdrawal, cash or cheque deposits, account balance inquiries, mini statements, bill payments, and money transfers. Additionally, they should understand the characteristics, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), credit and debit card transactions, cheques, and internet banking.

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Cambridge IGCSE Information and Communication TechnologyICT applications

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Students should be familiar with the features, functions, benefits, and drawbacks of banking applications, including Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) for cash withdrawal, cash or cheque deposits, account balance inquiries, mini statements, bill payments, and money transfers. Additionally, they should understand the characteristics, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), credit and debit card transactions, cheques, and internet banking

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  • You need to be able to students should be familiar with the features, functions, benefits, and drawbacks of banking applications, including Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) for cash withdrawal, cash or cheque deposits, account balance inquiries, mini statements, bill payments, and money transfers. Additionally, they should understand the characteristics, uses, advantages, and disadvantages of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), credit and debit card transactions, cheques, and internet banking.
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ATM Services

An Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) allows customers to withdraw cash, deposit cash or cheques, check account balances, print mini statements, pay bills, and transfer money between accounts.

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    Describe three services provided by ATMs.

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