Back to the future

"Keep it simple" is the mantra of electronic payments veteran Del Tonguette. He says marketing is more important than any high-tech bells and whistles when it…

Armed for e-commerce

NCR's Knowledge Lab has something unusual up its sleeve -- a 'personal e-commerce solution' called the M-Bracelet. Among its nifty applications: it can connect…

800-pound gorilla

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After two years of aggressive deployment, Philadelphia-based Credit Card Center became the biggest ISO in the U.S. in 1999. CCC also attracted its share of…

Widening the Web at ATMs

Wells Fargo generated lots of press reaction when it ran full-motion video clips of Dreamworks movies and live news feeds from MSNBC.com on several of its new…

United We Stand

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Just a few years after their inception, many no-surcharge and selective-surcharge alliances are still in place and growing larger. The alliances allow small…

Banking without bricks

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Online banks eye ATMs as possible foothold in the 'real world.'

ATM as ballot box?

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Until the most recent election -- and its aftermath -- most Americans voted using whatever method was provided and thought no more of it. They punched holes in…

Banking on new markets

Can Tranax and Triton sell their new, PC-based ATMs to financial institutions? In an increasingly competitive market, the two manufacturers are banking on it.

The V.coms are coming

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7-Eleven has streamlined its in-store financial service centers and renamed the ATM/kiosk hybrids 'V.com.' It plans to launch the V.coms first in Florida and…

2001: The year in ATMs

The ATM industry emerged a bit battered but far from beaten in 2001. In a year defined by a number of unusual challenges – from Credit Card Center's…

Making a splash

Some companies are testing the waters with ATMs and ATM-like terminals that provide both cash and tickets. Convenient for consumers and a money saver for…

2001: A space

For the ATM industry, 2001 was a year filled with the good (proactive response to the ADA issue), the bad (high-profile collapse of Credit Card Center) – and…

Driving for dollars

While much of the ATM industry's focus has been on walk-up ATMs in recent years, the market for drive-up machines is still cruising along.

FYI: CDPD and VSAT are new ATM options

Don't look for CDPD and VSAT in a bowl of alphabet soup. You're more likely to find them at an ATM, where they're two of today's hottest telecommunications…

Buyer beware

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It turns out that buying an ATM is a lot like buying a used car. If a deal sounds too good to be true, then it probably is

Digital delivery

While many ISOs have talked the full-motion video talk, there hasn't been much walking. That's beginning to change, with steps taken by two large ISOs. Both…

Through-the-wall ATMs

Most of the retail ATM deployment activity in the past few years has been confined to the freestanding cash dispensers that have become nearly as common as…

Money transfer: The next killer app?

Check cashing, advertising and ticketing are all in the running as the ATM industry continues to seek its next 'killer application.' But money transfer is a…

Argentines increase ATM usage in face of crisis

A government-imposed freeze on certain financial transactions has caused an uptick in ATM usage in Argentina. Analysts say the trend may or may not continue…

WaMu sees benefit from no-surcharge policy

The anti-surcharge initiatives in California in late 1999 proved to be the perfect opportunity for Washington Mutual to make a planned move of eliminating fees…