Editing Drive-through (section)

==Drive-through banking==
[[File:BNB Drive-through.jpg|thumb|A drive-through for [[Banco Nacional de Bolivia|BNB]] in [[La Paz]], Bolivia, an example of drive-through banking]]
[[File:Starbucks and Bank of America Drive Through.jpg|thumb|right|A drive-through shared by a bank and a coffee shop]]
In 1928, City Center Bank, which became [[UMB Financial Corporation]], president [[R. Crosby Kemper]] opened what is considered the first drive-up window.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}  Shortly after the Grand National Bank in St Louis opened up a drive-through, including a slot to the side for night time deposits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-QDAAAAMBAJ&q=popular+mechanics+1930+aircraft&pg=RA-PA13 |title=Popular Mechanics |page=13 |website=Books.google.com |date= July 1930|publisher=Hearst Magazines |access-date=2016-06-02}}</ref> [[Westminster Bank]] opened the UK's first drive-through bank in Liverpool in 1959, soon followed by [[Ulster Bank]] opening Ireland's first in 1961 at Finaghy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulsterbank-group.com/drive-through-banking/ |title=Ulster Bank - drive through banking |date=2008-06-23 |access-date=2016-06-02 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623004716/http://www.ulsterbank-group.com/drive-through-banking/ |archive-date=June 23, 2008 }}</ref>

In recent years, there has been a decline in drive-through banking due to increased traffic congestion and the increased availability of [[automated teller machines]] and telephone and internet banking.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} Many bank buildings now feature drive-through ATMs.