Apparently George Simjian came up with the idea before Goodfellow, but he was ahead of his time and also didn't make any money with the idea: https://en.wikipe

Apparently George Simjian came up with the idea before Goodfellow, but he was ahead of his time and also didn't make any money with the idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_machine#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_machine#History EDIT: That is mentioned briefly in the article, too.