Credit Where Credit's Due

In the past I've criticized Chase's modern automatic banking system, so let me say something nice about them.

In the past, one of the worst things about ATMs was making a deposit. You generally had to have a deposit slip, find an envelope, and remember the amount of the deposit before you sealed the envelope (since you'd have to write it on the envelope). You'd also have to remember your account number. Oh yeah, you'd also have to bring a pen along.

With the new system, you just let the machine know you want to make a deposit. It'll ask if it's check or cash. Either way, you just put your deposit in and the machine not only accepts it, but will tell you how much it's accepting if you're worried. No slips. No account numbers. No pens.

Of course, these days people route so many checks directly to the bank you hardly need to make ATM deposits anyway.