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“Ready,” the screen flashes.
That word marks the arrival of the age of computers at Rappahannock National Bank.
Up until a few weeks ago, all checks and desposits at the bank were manually posted on bookkeeping machines, then filed by name, not by account number. Most of those who bank at Rappahannock National like being identified that way. For some, it is even a source of pride when shopkeepers in the other Washington and its suburbs refuse no matter what identification is produced, to accept their checks because they aren’t stamped with numbers.
Check refusal — at least on those grounds — will soon be a thing of the past. “We won’t be "posting checks or deposits in this building anymore,” explained cashier Mary L. Payne in an interview this week. “We’re going to data processing First all transactions will go through our proof. Then the bottom of the check will be
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