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I've talked to soomnee who works on ATMs and similar kind of machines. If I remember correctly the ATM may well check for a valid strip on the card before allowing a PIN to be entered but for arcane security reasons doesn't read the card until it's seen the PIN (it proves a thief has actually gained access to a card and whether he knows the correct PIN).Of course the PIN isn't stored on the card, and there is limited space on there, so they're always reluctant to add extra data, even though it might only be 2 bytes or maybe 5 bytes for en-GB'. You would also have to store a default language. If I use an ATM in France, it probably wouldn't offer Welsh, but I would not want French either so would choose English. Others may well be happy with French or some other language that particular ATM can offer.Also cards are linked to accounts not people so stored preferences create problems in case of joint accounts or company cards.Because of the wide variety of ATM capabilities across the world and the strict, conservative standards that banks and card systems use, I think it's a much more consistent interface to choose the language with a single click on the first screen.