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In my country, one can perform debit card transaction with 'cash back' - if I'm in the grocery store buying $50 of groceries with my debit card, and I also want $30 of cash, they can charge my card $80 and hand me $30 from the drawer.

This was a great boon for banks a few decades ago, as it functionally gave them a huge ATM network for free.

The debit card system understands this sort of transaction, and doesn't charge the normal x% processing fee on the cash withdrawal portion of the transaction.

In other words, retailers can create transactions that are effectively ATM withdrawals - without an ATM.



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