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…

Building on the installed base

In today's mature ATM market, transactions per machine are declining and many if not most of the prime locations are taken. So it's not surprising that some…

The future is now

While the biggest banks tend to introduce new functionality first on their ATMs, RDS attendees learned that at least one smaller player – New Orleans-based…

Beyond the branch

A major tremor is due to hit the ATM industry this year and next, as a large number of contracts written in the early years of off-premise deployment expire.

Who's who: Nandita Bakhshi

Though Nandita Bakhshi originally saw herself as a U.N. diplomat, she ended up running the ATM program for FleetBoston Financial. It's not as much of a stretch…

On with the show, some highlights from RDS

Though last week's BAI Retail Delivery Show in Anaheim, Calif. was sparsely attended, there was still plenty to see and do on the show floor. ATMmarketplace…

The manufacturer formerly known as...

ATM manufacturer Cross Technologies is introducing a new name, Tranax Technologies, along with several new products at this week's Retail Delivery Show in…

Dependence on cash rises in wake of 9/11

A Dove Consulting study found that Americans have modified their payment habits in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, largely with an increased…

Who's who: Johann Dreyer

Going the distance has more than one meaning for Johann Dreyer, the executive chairman of Mosaic Software. A marathoner of some renown in his native South…