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ATM disaster plans for dodging hurricanes, other misfortunes.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-SEP-04 		Format: Online - approximately 772 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ATM disaster plans for dodging hurricanes, other misfortunes.(Banking & Financial Services)(managing Automated teller machines during natural disaters)

Article Excerpt
When Hurricane Ivan brushed the Mississippi Gulf Coast in mid-September, banks in South Mississippi were prepared for potential automated teller machine (ATM) malfunctions.

"ATMs and telephones are the most important things to keep up because that gives people access to information and cash," said John M. Hairston, executive vice president and COO of Gulfport-based Hancock Bank. "If they can get cash and information, they'll be OK."

Hancock Bank's data center, where all of the bank's core computer systems operate, runs on a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) battery system. During power interruptions, the emergency generators crank into gear, with about 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel on hand "to last long enough for us to bring...

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