International card schemes - not necessarily a two horse race

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

Mixed messages from western European ATM market

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

One in three ATM markets in western Europe contracted last year. A fall in the number of ATMs in any country is relatively rare, and it is unprecedented for so…

Intellect, humor and pioneering spirit

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

The news that John Shepherd-Barron, inventor of the ATM, had died after a brief illness came as quite a shock – the world is undoubtedly the poorer for his…