News & Media From Richard Buckle

Cash equals freedom and freedom equals cash.

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Blogger Richard Buckle looks into the issue of the freedom we have with cash. Do we still have it? Can we keep it? Or is cash going out of style?

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As we reshape our lives, cash will bind us together

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Blogger Richard Buckle explains how cash is still a necessary payment option, especially to the underbanked and underserved, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How ATMS can offer more than cash

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Blogger and columnist Richard Buckle, founder and CEO of Pyalla Technologies, LLC explores the future of ATMs.

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Awash in cash — It's not just demographics, it's global tourism

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It used to be that you never went anywhere overseas without your American Express travelers checks. But these days, cash is king when it comes to dashing in…

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I only have cash — but for how much longer?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It looks like cash is putting up a fight after all. Should we be surprised?

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Loose change: Time to lose the change?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

In any marketplace where cash is present, it will always find a use. Culturally, historically and even pragmatically, there will continue to be times when we…

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ATMs going, going, already gone?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

I have begun observing that there are fewer and fewer ATMs in places where I used to see them — at airports, railway stations and malls.

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Our money may be green, but it's not about to die!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It has been a very busy period for me, and more than a month since I last posted to the ATM Marketplace blog. A heavy travel schedule took me to the heart of…

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Slots, cash and change at the ATM

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

We all talk about change, and we almost always combine that with talk about disruption and innovation. I am becoming more convinced that the future of the ATM…

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ATMIA US Conference 2018: In Vegas, expect the unexpected

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It is the need to deal with the unexpected that permeates the agenda of this year's ATMIA US conference: "Securing banking technology in the Internet of…

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My transaction was rejected — and it was a deposit!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

"Check rejected for technical reasons," the screen said. What? I had endorsed it correctly and it all looked good, but rejected? Not even accepted and flagged…

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How much cash do I have on me?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

The paradox is that the more we shift to digital forms of payments — from debit and credit cards to P2P payments — the more we feel at ease with cash. Cash…

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Madness in the midday sun: Time-to-cash is all that matters

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It takes so many extra steps now to get cash from an ATM. The interrogation lasts for several screens as we are prompted for this and that. But at the height…

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The traditional branch: Not everyone's 'piece of cake'

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Here's the message for banks: If you truly want to market new products and continue to effectively pursue cross-selling and upselling opportunities, put…

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The new branch: Everyone's 'cup of tea'?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Could unusual innovations such as the 'branch cafe' provide the answer to that perplexing question of how banks should evolve in order to attract and serve…

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What does the future hold for ATMs? An ATMIA conference perspective

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

The ATMIA US conference was an opportunity to see both traditional and futuristic ATMs, to hear about NextGen ATM networks, and to learn about the plans of…

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There's comfort in cash

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

I cannot count the number of times I have been pressed to hand over a couple of banknotes in an emergency. And it is this sense of comfort, security and…

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Lost in translation? The changing language of transactions

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Payments solutions, networks and end points will have to continue to support a duopoly of plastic and cash, even as our understanding of what a payments end…

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'Who's gonna miss a donut?': Is it fair game to try to beat the (automated) system?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

If, as one criminologist suspects, one-third of us are willing to fudge a little at the grocer's self-service checkout, maybe somebody needs to rethink a few…

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Mobile: Not a unique channel, but an integral part of every delivery channel

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Today, few financial transactions cannot be completed in full or in part on a smartphone or tablet; they've become such an integral endpoint that all channels…

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