TYME ("Take Your Money Everywhere") is an
ATM/
interbank network
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in
Florida
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,
Wisconsin
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, and the
Upper Peninsula
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of
Michigan
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. It was one of the first shared
EFT
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networks in the country.
Residents commonly referred to ATMs as a "TYME machine", which resulted in confusion when Wisconsinites visiting unfamiliar areas would ask the locals where they could find a "
time machine
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".
History
In 1975, the TYPE network was created by an agreement among
First Wisconsin National Bank,
Marshall & Ilsley,
Marine Bank of Milwaukee, and
Midland National Bank.
In 2002, the TYME network merged with the
Pulse
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network,
taking the Pulse brand name in 2004 and retiring the old TYME identity.
As of the 2010s, the combined Pulse/TYME network included about 81,000 ATMs and 457,000 merchant point-of-sale locations. For the purposes of familiarity, some bank locations retained the former slot for the TYME signage and use a replacement slide with "ATM" rendered in the Neil Bold font used by TYME.
In 2022, Wisconsin-based
Landmark Credit Union convinced Pulse to allow the use of the old TYME logo and brand identity for marketing their next-generation ATM machines.
See also
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ATM usage fees
References
Bibliography
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External links
*
Pulse EFT Association Official Website
Financial services companies established in 1975
Banking terms
Interbank networks
1975 establishments in the United States
Financial services companies of the United States
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