Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and the Law
What happens when you leave your card in the ATM?
To get it back, contact the exact branch or bank whose ATM you used as soon as they open. (Without your PIN the card should not be usable by anyone else, so the delay should not cause a security breach.) Cards left in the machine are eventually pulled back in for retrieval in the morning. But some branches automatically dispose of them, or send them to hopelessly inscrutable central offices, if they aren't claimed promptly.
If the bank doesn't have your card, call the issuer (if different from the bank whose ATM you used) and have it canceled and replaced immediately.
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