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FIs' vendor relationships come under closer scrutiny
by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM
Regulators are keeping a closer eye on how financial institutions handle vendor management. FIs of all sizes can experience problems with regard to vendor…
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Gaining visibility where appliance-based instrumentation fails
by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO
Recently, INETCO announced that a large payment platform provider, Adquira Mexico S.A. de C.V selected the INETCO Insight application performance…
read nowCyber crime the fastest growing threat to FIs
by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM
In the past, cyber terrorists have focused primarily on the largest financial institutions in the country. However, since criminals often follow the path of…
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A good 30 years before innovation threatens cash
by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc
A new study by Loomis AB concludes that although payments innovations will reduce consumers' use of cash over time, new methods of payment will not show a…
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Smash and grab: alive and well
by Mark Smith — VP of Financial Solutions, Kahuna ATM Solutions
Perhaps it's due to living close to a very large American city, but it seems to me that the news stories on ATM smash and grab are on the increase. These make…
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Branding for millennials: updated marketing required
by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM
I can't stop raving about my financial institution's new iPhone application. It's been in development for more than a year and I have been eagerly awaiting its…
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Taxation without representation
by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom
In December 1773, British tea was dumped into Boston Harbor by the Sons of Liberty in response to the Tea Act passed by British Parliament as a tax on the…
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How the 'digital life' affects identity theft and financial loss
by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com
You're on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. You use Gmail, Yahoo, and online banking. You might buy stuff on sites like Amazon and occasionally make purchases…
read nowThe ATM in consumers' pockets
by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc
The ATM and banking industries are continually working to embrace new technology, including mobile commerce. ATMs can cost-effectively provide the link between…
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Have you talked to your legislators lately?
by Kevin Christensen — Vice President, Audit, SHAZAM
Just like average Americans, U.S. financial institutions vary in how involved they like to get in the world of law-making. Whereas some take full advantage of…
read nowMore regulation isn't the answer to breach losses
by Kevin Christensen — Vice President, Audit, SHAZAM
Data breaches have become somewhat of a fact of life for those of us in the payments field. For financial institutions, unfortunately, these breaches have also…
read nowOnline fraud losses rise in 2012
by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM
A new report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center shows an 8.3 percent increase in unverified losses from fraudulent online activity since 2011.
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There's a tremor in the force and it's emanating from Connecticut
by Todd Nuttall — CEO of Better ATM Services, Better ATM Services
Market forces often collide, some resulting in tremors that portend things to come. The recent passage by the Connecticut General Assembly of legislation in…
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The future of ATMs, mobile, the branch and cash
by Dan Kramer — Senior Vice President, Marketing & Merchant Servic, SHAZAM
Mike Lee, CEO of the ATM Industry Association, recently shared his insights into the future of accessing funds. Lee addressed a number of questions regarding…
read nowFIs should consider outsourcing payments
by Dan Kramer — Senior Vice President, Marketing & Merchant Servic, SHAZAM
To compete on product innovation and customer service, rather than simply on cost, financial institutions should seriously consider outsourcing their payments…
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System crash? Well then, no cash!
by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC
When does an era end? When do we definitively state, once and for all, that a product or technology has moved beyond legacy and is essentially dead? For those…
read nowYour fighting chance for NFC success
by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM
A newly released report from research and consulting firm Celent focuses on lessons and observations regarding recent launches in the emerging mobile-payments…
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70 is the new 40, but can banks keep up with the pace?
by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris
On a cold and drizzly evening I found myself at home watching the '70s sci-fi flick "Logan's Run" and it occurred to me that if the main character, Logan 5…
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Cards save everyone money ... apart from consumers!
by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World
The vested interests that push for more card use — Visa and MasterCard — can afford to field a vast array of advocates.
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