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In the early 1950s, the Stanford Research Institute, which was then part of California's Stanford University (became independent in 1970), began work on a computer system for Bank of America that was designed to help automate the accounting process.
SRI created special numeric symbols (known as MICR) that could be printed on checks with magnetic ink, then scanned into and read by a computer device, ERMA (Electronic Recording Machine, Accounting). They also developed an automated check reader that could process 10 checks per second, relieving the bank of having to sort checks by hand.
Bank of America began testing the system in the fall of 1955, and put it into full operation in the fall of 1956, becoming the first bank to use a computer in its operation. ERMA computers quickly became the industry standard, and remained in use into the 1970s.
In 2001, SRI honored the engineers who pioneered computerized banking with its prestigious Weldon B. Gibson Achievement Award for "innovations that have furthered the prosperity of society and added luster to the reputation of SRI." The honorees included Jerre Noe, Byron Bennett, C. Bruce Clark, Bonnar "Bart" Cox, Jack Goldberg, Fred Kamphoefner, Philip E. Merritt and Oliver W. Whitby, and others who had worked on the groundbreaking project.
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