LONG BEACH, Miss. - Triton, the leading manufacturer of off-premise ATMs, says it will open its Triton Standard interface specifications for availability to the many manufacturers emulating Triton ATMs.
"Our goal is to open Triton Standard in order to facilitate the incorporation of additional functionality on the ATM platform," said Triton President Brian Kett. "This decision reflects our continuing commitment to redefine and lead the market in ATM standards and capabilities."
The release of Triton Standard will allow manufacturers to add capabilities that support additional functionality, and transaction processors will have fewer versions to support, leading to faster implementations.
"It ultimately will allow our mutual customers to move forward with initiatives like Triple DES, EMV, remote key distribution and other functions much more quickly and efficiently," said Mark Vipond, president of transaction software provider ACI Worldwide.
The Standard will be made available at no cost to users at www.tritonatm.com. There it can be downloaded and used as a reference document by anyone in the industry, including other manufacturers who emulate Triton ATMs.
With the release of Triton Standard, consumers will find that it is easier to include value added services such as Triton Waves on ATMs. Triton Waves enables retailers to offer services such as check cashing, prepaid wireless top-ups and person-to-person money transfers.
"We anticipate that consumers will eventually find an ATM offering these services as easily as they find one now that dispenses cash," Kett said.
"For years Triton Standard has been recognized as the defacto standard for retail ATMs," said Johann Dreyer, CEO of Mosaic Software. "By formally opening Triton Standard for use by other manufacturers, everyone benefits: Triton, manufacturers, processors and, ultimately and most importantly, the consumer."
