ATMIA wants a few

With a goal of doubling its membership by the end of 2008, the ATM Industry Association has created a special entry-level package of benefits for first-time…

Getting personal at the ATM

While the ATM is a highly efficient and convenient delivery channel, it doesn't elicit a lot of warm-and-fuzzy reactions from users. But that could change. ATM…

ATM security: the digital difference

When it comes to security, a growing number of financial institutions are going digital. They share some of the same motivations as consumers who are trading…

Small FIs, big ATM ideas

Is bigger better when it comes to introducing new ATM technologies? Maybe not, say some smaller financial institutions.

Optimistic outlook

It took 137 years for Diebold to achieve its first $1 billion sales year. Seven years later, in 2003, the company's sales reached the $2 billion milestone. It…

Processing in the house

A number of market forces, including a dwindling number of third-party transaction processors and interest in new ATM transactions, are causing more ISOs to…

ATM smash/grabs impact industry

From special bolts to GPS technology to clouds of fog, ATM operators will try nearly anything to discourage smash and grabs, thefts in which daring thieves…

On board with ISOs

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The British ATM market is in for the ride of its life, now that independent deployers are on the scene in full force. ISOs are counting on a combination of…

In the (ATM) driver's seat

Financial institutions evaluating whether they want to drive their own ATMs or outsource the function to a third party tend to focus on cost and control. A…

PC-based ATMs entering retail race

In the intensely competitive race for retail ATM locations, most manufacturers and a growing number of deployers believe that more horsepower may be what they…

Warm weather, hot technology at Wincor World

Group editor Joseph Grove just returned from Wincor World 2004 in Paderborn, Germany, where each year Wincor Nixdorf presents some of its newest technologies…

(Not) lost in translation

Channel integration remains largely out of reach for ATM owners because ATMs, teller stations, point-of-sale terminals and other devices 'speak' a different…

2003: The year in ATMs

Oddly -- or not, given the ATM industry's reputation for moving at less than lightning speed --many of the biggest stories of 2003 were virtual repeats of 2002.

Security concerns at Windows-based ATMs

The bogeyman of ATM security has a face -- and it's Bill Gates, or more accurately, the legions of computer wonks that target Gates' Windows operating systems…

ATMs without wires

While CDPD never achieved its potential in the ATM world, some in the industry are excited about the new wireless technologies that are emerging to replace it.

Some FIs buy into ATM outsourcing

ATM owners will make big technology investments in the coming months -- which is good news for ATM outsourcing, say companies that offer the service.

Bridging the FI divide

The ATM world's move toward Triple DES encryption is a painful process for many deployers, networks and others. For some ATM manufacturers, however, it may…

Keeping the keys unique

It seems obvious that burglary rates would skyrocket if thieves could gain entry to every house in a neighborhood with a single key. The same principle applies…

Acquisitions feeding ISO growth

Perhaps the hottest job title in the ISO world is vice president of acquisitions. With organic growth on the decline, more ISOs are employing a person whose…

IP is growing option for ATMs

The ATM infrastructure is overdue for an overhaul, especially in the telecommunications arena.