News & Media From Ron Delnevo

Happy 21st birthday for UK's independent ATMs? Not exactly

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

ATMIA Europe's Ron Delnevo takes us back to when the first independent ATM was installed in the U.K. Consumers were thrilled at the time, but the country still…

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Access to cash at UK post offices? It just doesn't have the stamp of authenticity

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

ATMIA Europe's Ron Delnevo believes post offices aren't a substitute for ATM's in the U.K.

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What Visa and Mastercard don't want you to know about cash

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

Cash is the quicker choice. The average cash payment transaction at the point of sale takes only around 22 seconds, 7 seconds faster than the average card and…

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Sweden's far from accidental journey to a cashless society

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

Sweden's apparent move toward becoming the planet's first cashless state is clearly neither accidental nor simply the outcome of choices made by the Swedish…

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How Brits got easy ATM access — and could lose it just like that

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

IADs in the UK have always fought an uphill battle. The fight will become harder still — in fact, hopeless for some — if the banks that own the Link ATM…

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Restoring financial services to communities across the UK

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

Today, there might be 2,000 or more communities in the U.K. — real places, with real people trying to live their daily lives — without any meaningful local…

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The 'Galacticos' score at a winning ATMIA event

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

Who are the Galacticos? Only the leading figures in the payments industry who came together for the ATM Industry Association's dazzling new European event …

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Providing cash, replacing the branch: The glorious future of the humble 'hole-in-the-wall'

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

John Shepherd-Barron was just looking for a way to get cash from his local bank branch at times when the premises were otherwise closed for business. The…

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Universal cash deposit and recycling: kick-starting the next 50 years of success for ATMs

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

The move towards the extinction of bank branches will have many negative effects. Prominent among them is a reduction in convenient access to cash deposit and…

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The Scottish invention that dispenses cash: Honor its history, marvel at its future

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

ATMIA Europe Executive Director Ron Delnevo looks to a future where the ATM serves as a "community financial services hub," a one-stop shop for everything to…

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ATMIA initiative aims to ensure cash access for disaster victims

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

When disaster strikes, victims often find themselves desperately in need of cash. The ATMIA is raising funds to plan and organize the safe and orderly…

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ATMIA conferences move onward — and upward

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

A look back at last week's European ATMs conference in London — and a look forward at ATMIA's next iteration of the conference, ATM and Cash Innovation, coming…

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Transport for London and the hyping of contactless payments

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

Despite the hype, the reality is that contactless payments last year accounted for less than 3 percent of all Transport for London journeys. That's how much…

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2016 in the ATM industry: For Europe, a year of heavy lifting

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

The ATM industry has some big items on its 2016 to-do list, but ATMIA Europe Executive Director Ron Delnevo says his organization is fit for the job.

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UK business rates: An unfair tax on ATMs and cash

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

ATMs are the latest victim in the rush to levy more taxes in the UK; the result could be machines removed and communities deprived of convenient access to cash.

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