“Dirty bills” that are pretty expensive. For many people, cash means a bit of freedom, says Bernhard Failer, head of Raiffeisen-Volksbank Ebersberg.
“It’s still a sought-after commodity,” says the bank boss about the cash that comes in and out of his branches over the counter and through the ATMs. A few years ago, unknown people in the Grafinger branch of the cooperative bank forced open two ATMs, presumably with rescue spreaders and escaped with a six-figure sum.