Microsoft and Apple have put a lot of thought into the security architectures of their consumer hardware. I've made this exact argument before -- just put the ATM app into a console title. It's the most secure hunk of readily available computing hardware, right off the shelf at Target.
But breaches happen, and lead to lawsuits, and I can just imagine trying to impress a jury about the security of your ATM while the other side cracks jokes about gold coins in Super Mario and speculates about your low Halo ranking.
But breaches happen, and lead to lawsuits, and I can just imagine trying to impress a jury about the security of your ATM while the other side cracks jokes about gold coins in Super Mario and speculates about your low Halo ranking.