LONDON - Level Four Software has joined the technical committee for the eXtensible Financial Services (XFS) standard, part of the European Committee for Standardization. As a member, Level Four says it expects to strengthen the voice of independent ATM-software suppliers in an open-standards environment.
According to a news release, the XFS technical committee works to define and oversee a standard XFS communications method for ATM hardware and software from different vendors, thus abstracting the ATM hardware from the application software that drives it.
By using the XFS standard, ATM deployers can independently choose best-of-breed hardware and software, Level Four says.
"This is the only way that the industry can move forward and unlock the potential of ATMs as dynamic and revenue-generating customer touchpoints," said Ian Kerr, chief executive of Level Four.
