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…

WEWATCH, so deployers don't have to

TBG Reliance Corporation has designed an Internet-based dispatch and tracking system called WEWATCH (Web-Enabled Work Activity Tracking Control Hub) to help…

Stocks to watch in 2002

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Selecting companies with strong earnings potential is Kartik Mehta's stock in trade. The Midwest Research analyst has issued Buy recommendations for four…

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How ISOs recruit, train, and motivate their independent sales representatives

Who's Who: Michael Lee

Traveling 'On the High Road' observing ATM trends around the globe is only a small part of ATM Industry Association International Director Mike Lee's mission…

Latin American ATM market on the upswing

While Latin America's ATM market has lagged behind North America and Europe for the past several years, a new report by Speer & Associates predicts strong…

Used ATMs: One man's trash, another man's cash

Retail ATMs not only seem to be as durable as the Energizer Bunny -- but they are starting to show the pink rabbit's predilection for hopping from place to…