HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT of becoming a bank teller? If you use telephone banking or ATMs, you already do some of the work once the domain of tellers. Now two Twin Cities banks, Marquette and Norwest allow consumers to bank via personal computer -- and more Minnesota banks are expected to offer the service.

Customers can dial into the banks' computer systems and do virtually ALL their banking at home AND automate the tedious tasks of reconciling accounts, balancing checkbooks, paying bills, and transferring money. PC banking is cheaper for banks as well, but many charge a fee for the service. Some in the industry say that's why PC banking has been slow to take off.

Minnesota Public Radio report Bill Catlin explores banking online in a story broadcast on MPR news and information stations August 5, 1996.

Transcript of the story
Banking from Home
Benefits for Banks
Consumers Paying Increasing Fees
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