Banking on Wheels

NAHARIYA, ISRAEL, July 18, 2006 — -- As shops, stores and even banks close in northern Israel because of the missile alerts, one business has devised an unusual plan for reaching its customers -- it drives through the streets.

"We are driving from each town to each town to give service for the people that cannot use the bank … to make deposits of cash or checks and to get money if they want," one worker told us.

Bank Hapoalim has put a full-service bank on a bus, spending part of the day in different cities such as today's stop in Nahariya, a few miles from the Lebanon border.

We saw customers lining up to sit with tellers inside the bus. When asked if it was strange to do business on a vehicle, one customer told us, "What can we do? We don't have any options."

The bank has been advertising the service in local papers all week, saying, "The Workers Bank -- We work for you."

the workers bank they work for you. There's a phone number residents can call to find out when the money mobile will be in their town.

But good luck getting through -- we tried 25 times.

So, what happens if the bank succumbs to a missile hit?

One of the staff members told us, "We will not drive away. We will never drive away from the area. We are coming here to help them. If there will be a bomb, we will stop and then we will start up again."

ABC News correspondent Dan Harris contributed to this report.