Best Practices for Introducing Test Automation

Forward thinking financial services organizations continue to invest in the tools and resources required to move away from manual testing toward automation.

Automating the Most Common ATM Test Cases

Despite the ubiquity of debit card, credit card and contactless payments, cash still plays a critical role in day-to-day life of many consumers.

ATM Simulator vs Virtualization: The Future of ATM Testing?

Testing is an essential component of any ATM fleet owner’s core business. But

Why an Automated Testing Environment is Key for a Remote Team

Automated testing is an enabler for a variety of advanced development and deployment techniques that dramatically improve payment testing processes among…

The Top 5 Benefits of ATM Automation Testing

Effective testing is a core component to success of any organization that manages an ATM fleet.

ATM Testing Software Best Practice: Virtualization - (Part 2)

Despite dire predictions about its extinction, the ATM channel remains a critical component in the omnichannel banking strategy necessary to support today’s…

ATM Testing Software Best Practice: Virtualization - (Part 1)

Virtualization technology has evolved significantly from where it started back in the 1960’s when IBM first created “virtual machines” on their mainframes as a…

How More Efficient Testing Can Help the ATM Channel Survive and Thrive

In this blog, we take a look at why the ATM is coming under increasing pressure in the modern world, what customers now expect from ATMs and why all of this…

Big news: This year's most-read blog posts

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

Now that the year is winding to a close, we can look back and see what stories got the most attention. Contactless cards, ATM security, Win10 and bitcoin ATMs…

Contactless cash cards and the future of ATMs

Current ATMs require regular servicing and advanced physical security measures, like safes, locks and barriers. What happens if we adopt contactless cash cards…

State-of-the-art testing: the first line of defense against fraudsters

Where there is money, there are fraudsters. Security is a big issue for ATM and kiosk fleet owners and deployers. While manual testing falls short, the best…

Putting modern payment technologies to the test

Automated testing is an increasingly important consideration as payment providers, retailers and others expand the number of options available option to…

Payments innovation requires smarter testing

New technology and innovation is changing the way consumers want to pay, but the increasingly rapid pace of change also creates challenges and vulnerabilities…

Do bitcoin and blockchain have a future in financial services?

Distributed ledger technology undoubtedly has characteristics that could improve payment processing efficiency and security ... if financial service providers…

3 surefire ways to protect your ATM network

Compromised ATMs are costly in terms of monetary loss and reputational damage. ATM network operators must protect themselves and their customers with a…

The whys and hows of proactive ATM maintenance

Reactive maintenance — too often the default — deals with problems only after they occur. Proactive ATM maintenance, on the other hand, focuses on identifying…

Testing for the unexpected: Is the unexpected really unexpected?

Executing every test in a test script for every feature in a 10-year-old ATM system is impractical. So how do you maintain the integrity of your…

Finding the best route for EMV in the U.S.

A new white paper offers EMV transaction routing solutions for ATM acquirers and other payments stakeholders. 

Inside EMV: the technology behind the transaction

A pair of video presentations pulls back the curtain to give operators a closer look at EMV transaction technology.