Features Mural honours Paisley man who made just £10 from inventing chip and pin By The Sunday Post February 11, 2018, 12:01 am Graffiti artist Shaun Deveney, right, created the mural in Paisley in tribute to ATM inventor James Goodfellow, left (Andrew Cawley / DC Thomson) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up HIS invention revolutionised the way we all handle money. But “humble genius” James Goodfellow, 80, made just £10 for patenting the first ATM and PIN code and lives in “an ordinary house in Paisley”. Now his neighbour has made a stunning mural for the man whose invention is used somewhere in the world, every moment of every day. Shaun and James at the mural (Andrew Cawley / DC Thomson) Shaun Deveney, 22, said: “The mural is the least I can do to honour James. “I cannot imagine our world without cash machines. Very few people won’t have used one. “But James is such a humble genius, he doesn’t boast about his incredible achievement.” James is delighted about the mural, on the side of a Spar convenience store in a Paisley housing scheme. He said: “It’s very flattering that a lovely young man could think of doing such a thing. “I’m very pleased. I lost my wife Helen last year and she would have been delighted.” Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe
