Following many years of unfulfilled potential, the Indian ATM market started expanding a decade ago — driven first by the country's private sector banks, and latterly by the State Bank of India …

The global base of teller assist units grew by 3.8 percent between 2010 and 2012, according to new research from RBR. This relatively modest growth rate is lower than the previous two-year period …

The future of cash, ATMs and electronic payments are inextricably intertwined. The relationships are not straightforward, which makes it difficult to predict how the payments industry will evolve …

At face value, RBR's latest research on the global ATM market shows an industry in remarkably good health. The number of ATMs worldwide increased by 7.6 percent to 2.4 million last year, led by …

Regular attendees at the annual ATM Security conference, organized by RBR and ATMIA, will be aware that card skimming often dominates discussion — this is not that surprising because skimming …

Visa and MasterCard will be pleased that the WTO ruling on July 16 broadly supported a U.S. Trade Representative complaint that China UnionPay holds a monopoly on yuan-denominated payment cards …

I have taken the title for this blog from a panel discussion held at the recent European Security Transport Association (ESTA) conference in Bratislava. It is a controversial question which is …

Outsourcing in banking is not new — the past decade has seen widespread use of outsourcing in areas from call centers to back office IT — and yet when it comes to ATMs, outsourcing is …

The merchant acquiring sector is undergoing a period of unprecedented change. It navigated the global economic slowdown relatively unscathed, but that is not to say that it is not under pressure. The …

The findings of RBR's latest survey of European ATM markets have just been released. One of the things that makes the most recent research findings particularly interesting is that they include a …

The world's largest ATM security conference (ATM Security 2011) was held in London last month and it is clear that ATM security is still a major issue. Skimming remains the dominant threat, although …

Two years ago I asked the question, "When will biometrics break into the big time?" In the intervening period there has been no progress toward global or even national standards for biometrics in …

People living in the majority of countries that do not use, or make limited use of, paper checks will be mildly amused if they have been following the controversy in the UK around this archaic …

The results of RBR's latest global payment cards research provide remarkable reading. Several findings stand out, including surpassing a phenomenal eight billion cards worldwide, a fall in the number …

This is not the first blog relating to Canada's move to polymer notes, but I thought you might be interested in Banking Automation Bulletin's take on the issue. Canada's announcement that it will be …

It is not an easy decision for banks to agree to pool their ATMs – they are, after all, giving up control of one of their key channels. So what is it about the Nordic countries which means they …

On February 11th the USA announced a formal appeal to the WTO to resolve a dispute with China about access to the local cards market. The USA argues that when China joined the WTO in 2001 it …

During the recent China ATMs 2011 conference in Beijing Huang Jianjun from Agricultural Bank of China presented a chart that captured my imagination. It showed ATM density for different cities and …

Deposit automation is back. Some would argue that it never really went away, but the results of new research from RBR show that a slowdown in deployment caused by the economic crisis has been …

Transport for London (TfL) has announced details of an arrangement with MasterCard, giving the card scheme exclusive branding rights for Oyster card wallets in the UK – these are the plastic …