Who's who: Kent Phillips

January 6, 2004

As the vice president of business and product development for Transaction Network Services' (TNS) POS division, Kent Phillips is helping chart the evolution of…

Washington Bankers endorses Concord, Star

January 6, 2004

SEATTLE, Wash. - WBA Professional Services, Inc. (PROS) has selected Concord EFS and its Star network, as its preferred provider for EFT processing, ATM…

Bank of Ireland's retail ATMs a hit with users

January 5, 2004

DUBLIN, Ireland - €400m (U.S. $496 million) has been dispensed through Bank of Ireland's (BoI) retail ATM network since its launch in February 2003.According…

2003: The year in ATMs

Oddly -- or not, given the ATM industry's reputation for moving at less than lightning speed --many of the biggest stories of 2003 were virtual repeats of 2002.

PaySpot buys top-up provider

January 5, 2004

LEAWOOD, Kan. - PaySpot, Inc., a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) that provides prepaid services in the United States, has acquired 10…

UAE's central switch adding POS services

January 5, 2004

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The UAE Interbank switch is being upgraded with point-of-sale services, according to a report in the Gulf News.S2 Systems will upgrade…

eFunds' ATM branding program continues to grow

January 5, 2004

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - eFunds Corporation (NYSE: EFD), says that the recent addition of California's North Valley Bank Corporation to its ATM branding program…

Bail denied for 3 men involved in Irish ATM scam

January 4, 2004

DUBLIN - Three illegal Romanian immigrants who have been in custody for the past five weeks in connection with an ATM fraud case again failed in their efforts…

Service tech ambushed at Miss. ATM

January 4, 2004

JACKSON, Miss. - A Diebold service technician became one of the city's first homicides of 2004 on Jan. 1.

RBR report: Non-bank ATMs fuel European growth in '02

December 30, 2003

LONDON - The UK's installed ATM base grew by 4,202 machines, or 11 percent, to 40,795 in 2002, making it Europe's third-largest ATM market and the…

China changes interchange rules

December 30, 2003

SHANGHAI - China's central bank has passed a new rule on bank card commission fees, and will cut the total charges on each cross-bank withdrawal via ATMs from…

Weirdest ATM news of 2003

December 29, 2003

Editor Ann All presents her annual wrap-up of the weirdest ATM stories of the year. In most of them, crime doesn't pay.

State Bank of India floats idea of ATM on a boat

December 29, 2003

KERALA, India -  The State Bank of India is set to launch a floating ATM on a boat in Kerala. SBI officials say the floating machine will take banking to the…

NexTran affiliate to distribute biometric ID systems

December 29, 2003

SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J - ATM provider NexTran Industries, Inc., says that its affiliated company, Bio Technology Solutions, LLC, has secured exclusive North…

Electronic payments surpass cash, checks

December 29, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC - For the first time, electronic payments have surpassed cash and checks as consumers' preferred payment method for in-store purchases…

Big ATM on campus

December 28, 2003

NOVA Savings Bank hopes that offering advanced ATM functionality at Villanova University may help it displace the school's incumbent ATM provider.

Australians like electronic transactions during holidays

December 28, 2003

SYDNEY - Australians appear to have hit the plastic hard during an end-of-year spending spree that included almost 8 million electronic card transactions for…

Cash Systems Inc. expects move to American Stock Exchange

December 28, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Cash Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSHS), a provider of cash access solutions including ATMs for the gaming industry, says that it…

TNS provides connectivity for Georgia Dome ATMs

December 23, 2003

RESTON, Va. - Transaction Network Services (TNS) will provide ATM network connectivity for ATMs located in Atlanta's Georgia Dome for Cardtronics, the operator…

Price for Australia's Cashcard said to be $148M

December 23, 2003

SYDNEY - The nation's biggest provider of ATMs, Cashcard, will be purchased by Colorado-based First Data Corp after its owners decided to call off an initial…