A very big roll of the dice ...

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

As HP moves to change the way we think about computers, it might be that ATMs will not change that much after all, but everything behind their façade will be…

I might be small but I’m your newest customer!

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

For me, June is dominated by the huge big-tent marketing event, 2014 HP Discover, that HP holds in Las Vegas. I am on my way — more than likely participating …

I'm alive ... And these are my fingers!

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

It was hard to miss the news coming out of the U.K. this week that Hitachi is rolling out biometric scanning technology for ATMs. I wasn’t going to let this…

A branch too far …

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

Of late I have been in discussions with vendors engaged in providing security solutions, and the image that has kept coming up is that of castles. The…

Crash and grab. Rip and replace. What's with all the violence?

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

Skimming the posts and features of the past few days, the headline "Gone in 60 seconds" proved just too tempting to ignore. As someone who likes cars a lot and…

Everyone is right; everything is wrong!

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

A quick scan of blog posts and feature stories of late would have even the most optimistic of us start wondering if indeed the glass is half empty. I can't…

I'm in the mood! Watch me hit up the ATM for cash!

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

My grandfather was a newspaper man, as were my father and most of my uncles, and a consistent theme in our household was, "What did you read, today?" Whether…

A 'Bit o' Coin' and a 'Look at me!' ATM

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

This past week I attended a dinner put on by a local investment company — from what I could tell, the audience was a small cross-section of Denver's…

We are at war, and I'm cashing up!

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

We are at war and I'm cashing up!

Will cupcakes save the ATM from extinction?

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

Analyze this! Plastic in our ATMs?

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

Upon further analysis, it would appear that the world is going plastic or, to be more accurate, polymer. When it comes to currency, polymer is making…

Frictionless transformation: No strings attached!

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

The extreme cold and icy conditions that have kept many of us in Colorado housebound are beginning to ease, and once again, intrepid drivers are heading back…

The world according to Disney: The Mouse is getting smarter but still needs cash!

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

Disney should be running countries' infrastructures! Perhaps not, but Disney could easily run a major county, if not some of our largest American cities — it…

To a needy mother, a fingerprint’s as good as a PIN

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

I have just attended the latest user event put on jointly by the NonStop user community and HP. Among the participants were many from the financial services…

Back to the future; ATMs still must provide the cash!

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

It's always a treat to return to Sydney, Australia, my former home town, despite having to first pass through immigration and customs and then battle to make…

Do we need luxury ATMs?

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

I have just returned from a roadtrip to Toronto, Canada — to be more precise, to the city of Mississauga, Ontario, where HP maintains a sizeable presence. The…

The Anonymous ATM - have a nice day!

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

This week I needed to deposit a check, so I swung by my favorite bank and headed to the ATM. Unfortunately, in all the excitement of coming across a parking…

'In your eyes ... '

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

"In your eyes; the resolution of all the fruitless searches." So go the lyrics of the Peter Gabriel song, "In your eyes." A few lines further on, he exclaims…

What's in your wallet, and is that your coffee?

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

It's good to be back behind my desk after a couple of weeks off. The July 4th week was spent alongside a lake in Minnesota — something I have wanted to do ever…

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…