Calgary Business Podcast

In a rare in person podcast session, I traveled to the storage warehouse of Olympia ATM to chat with President, Jim Wilson and Account Manager, Cam McIntosh.  There is a lot to unpack in this episode as we talked “all things cash” and ATM’s (or automated teller machines). In no particular order we bantered about: Foreign exchange options (USD, Mexican PESO, EUROs) with ATM’s situated at Alberta Motor Association (AMA) to correspond with travel bookings One of the original ATM machines: the “Triton 9600” Cryptocurrency and Repairs & maintenance due to “bad” cash being inserted into the ATMs (tape, staples, greasy hands Casinos and VLTs (video lottery terminals) Sensor technology inside the ATM’s used to accept or reject the bills AGLC this is the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) is an agency of the government of Alberta §§§ “Cash is King” is a common expression that we brought up during our discussion.  Google and Wikipedia revealed: “...the origin of ‘cash i