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Making Money Easier
The Easy Picture Guide to Banking
Using a Machine at the Bank to know how much money you have got.
You can check how much money you have in your Bank Account using a cash machine at the Bank.
Be careful!
It can be safer to use a machine inside the Bank if there is one.
How to use a cash machine to check your balance:
Put your Bank Card in to the machine.
The machine may ask which language you want to use.
Put in your secret Bank Card PIN.
Be careful!
Make sure that no-one can see you do this. Check that no-one is watching you.
The screen on the machine will give you a list to choose from:
• Cash
• Cash with a receipt
• Balance
• Mini-statement
• PIN services
The words may not be exactly the same as the ones here. They can be different on different machines.
You have to press the button alongside the one you want e.g. ‘Mini-statement’ or ‘Balance’.
Mini-statement
If you press ‘Mini-statement’, the machine will print this for you on a small piece of paper.
The mini-statement will tell you how much money you have recently paid in and taken out AND how much money you have in your Bank Account that day. Important!
If you have paid money in or taken it out already that day, the balance may not show this.
It is important to always keep a note of what you have spent.
Balance
This is the amount of money you have in your Bank Account.
If you press ‘Balance’, the machine will ask you if you want to see your balance on the screen or if you want it to be printed out.
You press the button alongside the one you want.
The machine will then tell you your balance by putting it on the screen...
...or by printing it on a small piece of paper for you.
The amount on the screen or on the paper is the amount of money that is actually in your Bank Account that day.Important!
If you have paid money in or taken it out already that day, the balance may not show this.
It is important to always keep a note of what you have spent.
