Abstract: An electrically actuated warning system is provided for a banking institution including a plurality of teller stations and a plurality of remote bank employee stations at each of which a desk top-type work surface is provided including a name plate assembly having a front face bearing the corresponding bank employee's name facing toward the teller stations and a rearface having a plurality of silent electrically actuated visual warning signals thereon facing away from the teller stations. Each teller station includes a manually actuable switch and the warning signals at each bank employee's station include a warning signal for each of the teller stations. Actuation of each teller switch is operative to actuate the warning signal at each bank employee station.