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I thought this article was going to be about how to properly punctuate and pluralize abbreviations.
I thought this too at first, but now I think A.T.M.'s is okay in some editorial circles as a plural non-possessive. It's used in many other NYT articles - as is non-possessive G.I.'s.

"...some writers still pluralize initialisms in this way. Some style guides continue to require such apostrophes - perhaps partly to make it clear that the lower case s is only for pluralization and would not appear in the singular form of the word, for some acronyms and abbreviations do include lowercase letters." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym_and_initialism#Represen...

L. O. L.
A friend of mine that banks with BofA showed me that any credit card will do to open the door. I don't know if this is still the case, however.
CC-actionable locks are possibly one of the more irresponsible things banks are doing to their customers. They should be banned.
One of the interesting things IME about those swipe locks is that you don't have to use a credit/debit card, you can use anything with a mag-strip. If you're suspicious about a lock, I suppose you could try using your AAA card, reward card or something else that doesn't have any sensitive info.
For a while, the door reader at one of my banks only looked for the first discernable digit. Insert the card a fraction, and bzz went the door lock.
Cash should be made obsolete. I don't use it most of the time, I don't need it most of the time and I _never_ prefer using it to a digital solution.

Only thing I buy regularly with cash is lunch in smaller restaurants.

Cash will never be obsolete until non-cash purchases can be made anonymous/paper-trailless. The black market is most likely 10%-50% of the market (depending on where you live, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_market#Comparison_with_re...).
Agreed, the only thing cash has going for it the privacy/freedom it provides from being tracked.
I hope cash is never obsolete. Here in Vancouver, Canada there seem to be more retailers hanging out "cash only" signs everyday - independent convenience stores, produce vendors at the public market, restaurants large and small. If I were wealthy I would only use cash, if for no other reason than to negotiate prices on large purchases.
I keep some cash for small purchases and tend to use it for local/small retailers/restaurants. I know how much it costs the store when I use plastic.

I also like that my 'balance' visibly goes down when I use cash.

However, I also don't spend often enough that I need to go to an ATM more than perhaps once or twice a month.