Dubai's first bitcoin ATM here and gone in 2 days

March 22, 2019

This week, the cryptocurrency community celebrated the installation of the first bitcoin ATM in Dubai, but the party was short-lived.

ATMIA next-gen ATM readiness survey to close March 31

March 22, 2019

ATM deployers who have not yet taken the survey to determine global readiness for a next-gen API app-enabled ATM infrastructure are urged  to do so before the…

Ensuring high availability for today's technology

The need for high availability in banking systems has become an even greater priority in an environment where 24/7 service and instant payments are a minimum…

Branch rolls out nationwide pay access for hourly workers

March 21, 2019

Branch, a mobile platform that gives hourly workers advance access to their earnings, said it will roll out the service nationwide beyond its existing base of…

Chase to open 90 branches in 9 new markets starting this summer

March 20, 2019

Chase plans to expand its retail branches into nine top U.S. markets in 2019, while continuing to open dozens of new branch locations in greater Washington…

Gift card mall for ATMs adds online component

March 20, 2019

GivePay Commerce, creator of the GivePay Gift Card Mall for ATMs, has launched ShopGivePay.com, an online marketplace for instant gift card delivery and…

The strangest kinds of kindness occur at ATMs

March 20, 2019

A pair of news stories have gone viral in recent days, both featuring ATM transactions under, let's say, somewhat unusual circumstances.

A successful handoff: MoneyPass makes the transition to Fiserv

Last fall, U.S. Bank sold its MoneyPass surcharge-free ATM network to Fiserv. Last month, ATM Marketplace caught up with Steve Gernes, longtime head of…

Fed announces fraud definitions working group members

March 19, 2019

The Federal Reserve has announced the members of its Fraud Definitions Work Group, an initiative to advance the Fed's strategy for improving the U.S. payment…

ATMIA publishes results of IAD cash settlement account closure survey

March 19, 2019

The ATM Industry Association has announced the results of its 2019 IAD Cash Settlement Account Closure Survey.

VSoft intros flexible, comprehensive core platform

March 19, 2019

VSoft Corp., a provider of information and technology solutions for financial institutions, has launched Wings, a flexible, comprehensive core processing…

Windows 7 End of Support – How it affects your PCI compliance, risk and security

Over the course of its active and extended maintenance periods, more than 989 security patches were released for this product. Soon, Microsoft will release its…

FIS to buy Worldpay for $35B in cash and stock

March 18, 2019

FIS, a Jacksonville, Florida-based financial technology firm, has entered an agreement to buy Worldpay Inc. for $35 billion in stock and cash, creating one of…

You're probably doing ATM outsourcing without realizing it … but are you doing it right?

Many financial institutions prefer to run their own ATMs — some, because they've always done it that way; others, because they believe they are best able to…

Alipay, Barclaycard deal caters to Chinese tourists' mobile payments preference

March 15, 2019

Barclaycard, the processor of nearly half of all credit and debit card transactions in the U.K., has entered an agreement with China's Alipay that will allow…

1.26B fingerprint sensors to ship in 2019

March 15, 2019

The consumer market is expected to reach approximately 1.26 billion fingerprint sensor shipments by the end of 2019, with a 10.3. percent 5-year CAGR increase.

BVM intros thermal printer for ATM, industrial, retail applications

March 15, 2019

BVM, an official distributor for Seiko Instruments printer mechanisms and portable printers for the U.K. and Ireland, has announced the CAPM347, a 24VDC…

Euronet aims to raise more than $500M through offering of convertible notes

March 15, 2019

Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. has announced the pricing of its private offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.7…

Cardtronics to host March 27 Investor Day

March 15, 2019

Cardtronics PLC will host an Investor Day, Wednesday, March 27, at Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City. 

Cashless trend turning into a contentious debate in UK, US

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

The rise in cashless payments and the accompanying decline in bank branch numbers —and in some places, ATMs, as well — is building up to a crisis point in many…