WHERE THE MONEY IS

摘要

Adorned with balloons, a FleetBoston branch across from New York's Grand Central Terminal celebrated its grand opening one recent evening as commuters dashed to catch trains to West-chester and Fairfield counties. Here in the country's media capital, Fleet intends this branch to be the latest in multimedia, ergonomics; and environmental design. Prominent signs bearing the Fleet logo will be replaced soon by ones bearing the logo of Bank of America, which merged with Fleet this year. The interior includes wall-mounted TV monitors displaying business and news headlines, an LCD stock ticker above the teller cages, and online banking and investment stations where customers check balances, transfer funds, pay bills, and even trade stocks via Fleet's Quick & Reiliy brokerage unit. Weight sensors in the floor tell the machine to automatically log off customers when they step away.