Consumer shift or shiny object?: What Apple Card could mean for retail banking

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

The introduction yesterday of Apple Card has the fintech world talking. But so did Apple Pay when it was introduced four-and-a-half years ago, and it still…

Paramount, Bitcoin Depot roll out 45 crypto ATMs in Chicago, Virginia

March 26, 2019

Paramount Management Group has announced the launch of its cryptocurrency initiative in partnership with Bitcoin Depot, and the initial rollout of 45 new…

Allpoint surcharge-free network adds 119K-member Eglin FCU

March 26, 2019

Eglin Federal Credit Union, one of Florida's 10 largest credit unions, with nearly $2 billion in assets, has joined the Allpoint Network of Cardtronics PLC…

San Francisco to consider ban on cashless merchants

March 26, 2019

San Francisco is considering a ban on cashless retailers, following in the recent footsteps of the city of Philadelphia and the state of New Jersey. 

Apple launches mobile payment card with Goldman Sachs, Mastercard

March 25, 2019

Apple has announced a major expansion into the digital payments space with Apple Card, a payment card built directly into the Apple Wallet app on iPhone that…

Bixolon introduces BK3-31 thermal printer

March 25, 2019

Bixolon Co. Ltd., a printer manufacturer, has launched the BK3-31 3-inch kiosk thermal printer supporting 203dpi print resolution. The solution is designed to…

Consumer perceptions, operator opportunities in the ATM channel today

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

"Changing consumer ATM habits and how to address these for success," a breakout session at last month's ATMIA US conference, gave financial institutions and…

eBay adds Google Pay option

March 22, 2019

eBay is introducing Google Pay as an option on its marketplace platform, part of a plan to enhance its managed payments experience with additional options…

Chase debuts low-cost checkless account for underbanked Americans

March 22, 2019

JP Morgan Chase has announced Chase Secure Banking a consumer account that offers branch and mobile banking services, as well as surcharge-free use of Chase…

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…