Podcast: New technologies for increasing debit card revenue

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

Despite the plethora of payment choices we have today, many of us are still using our debit cards. Carol Specogna, Fiserv's VP of card services, gives an…

Fiserv selling 60% of investment services unit to private equity firm

December 5, 2019

A group led by New York-based private equity firm Motive Partners has entered an agreement with Fiserv Inc. to buy a majority stake in Fiserv's investment…

Italy's UniCredit to cull 8,000 jobs, shutter 500 branches

December 5, 2019

Italy's largest bank UniCredit plans to cut 8,000 jobs and shutter 500 branches in an attempt to boost profits and shave 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) in costs…

5 tips for enhancing the in-branch video banking experience

by Mark Aldred — Head of Sales, Auriga

Even in the age of online banking, there is nothing like speaking to an actual person. Auriga's Mark Aldred steps us through how to implement video banking in…

NYPD on the hunt for gang of ATM thieves

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

December 4, 2019

Police in New York are on the hunt for a trio of ATM thieves, according to a report in the New York Times, which said the suspects struck at least nine times…

Natwest to pilot biometric payments in UK with contactless key fob

December 4, 2019

ABN Amro shuts down hundreds of ATMs due to explosive attacks

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

December 4, 2019

Dutch bank ABN Amro has temporarily shut down and emptied 479 ATMs — more than half of its ATM fleet in the Netherlands — due to a sharp rise in violent ATM…

Planet, Network International partner to launch DCC at 1,000 ATMs in UAE

December 4, 2019

Planet Payment, an international payments service based in Ireland, has partnered with digital commerce provider Network International LLC to roll-out dynamic…

Lightning ATM lets you buy itty bitty amounts of bitcoin

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

A bitcoin aficionado who goes by the name "21isenough" has created a prototype for a Lightning ATM. The contraption allows you to send tiny amounts of bitcoin…

Natwest back online after Black Friday mobile banking disruption

December 2, 2019

Natwest, the U.K.-based bank, was hit with a Black Friday outage that disrupted its mobile app, online banking and Bankline services. 

ATMIA publishes next-gen deployer guide

December 2, 2019

ATMIA today published a "Next Generation ATM Deployer Guide" to help banks and independent ATM deployers get ready for the production of next-gen ATMs, which…

Hang Seng brings mobile ATM withdrawals to Hong Kong

November 29, 2019

Withdrawing cash from one of Hang Seng Bank's 600 ATMs in Hong Kong will soon be as easy as using a mobile phone to tap an NFC device or scan a QR code. 

Stories we tell ourselves: ATM myths and narratives

by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo — Professor of Business History, Bangor University

A narrative, as Nobel laureate Robert Shiller defines it, is a story with a moral that can rise to the level of an economic narrative. In the ATM world, we…

Lebanon ATMs running dry as country faces liquidity crisis

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

November 27, 2019

Despite a recent promise by the head of Lebanon's banker's syndicate that ATMs would be stocked with cash, citizens are complaining that cash machines are…

Bitcoin ATM operator Bitstop partners with largest shopping mall operator in America

November 27, 2019

Miami-based bitcoin ATM operator Bitstop announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Simon Property Group Inc., an American commercial real estate company and…

Rural areas hardest hit by branch closings, the Fed says

November 27, 2019

More than half of U.S. counties lost access to bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural consumers hardest hit by the decline, the Federal Reserve said…

Britain's TSB Bank to shutter 82 branches

November 27, 2019

Britain's TSB Bank announced Monday that it will close 82 branches next year in an effort to reduce costs by 100 million pounds ($128 million).  

The ABCs of bitcoin ATM regulation and compliance in the US

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

If you are planning to operate a bitcoin ATM business in the U.S., there's a lot more to consider than simply buying a kiosk and setting up shop. You need to…

Travelex expands ATM access to JCB, Discover, DCC, UnionPay cardholders

November 26, 2019

Travelex, a London-based foreign exchange specialist, has penned an agreement with Transaction Network Services, a global provider of data communications and…

Australia's Heritage Bank inks 5-year services agreement with Diebold Nixdorf

November 25, 2019

North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold Nixdorf has penned a deal with Heritage Bank, Australia's largest customer-owned bank, to manage its entire fleet of Diebold…