US ACH transaction volume sees 1.3B year-to-year growth

April 17, 2017

New statistics from NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association show that ACH transaction volume in 2015 grew to more than 24 billion electronic payments, an…

India may ease foreign investment rules for ATM, cash management firms

April 17, 2017

India might be on the verge of changing its foreign direct investment policy for the ATM industry in order to encourage the inflow of monetary resources into…

Illinois House bill seeks $1 cap for ATM fees

April 17, 2017

Illinois State Rep. Arthur Turner, D-Chicago, has introduced a bill in the state assembly limiting ATM charges to $1. The fee cap would apply to banks and…

Lloyds to pilot test Windows 10 biometrics with customers

April 17, 2017

Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Microsoft to test biometric authentication with customers logging into Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland…

Global blockchain market to grow from $228M to $5.4B within 6 years, study predicts

April 14, 2017

The global blockchain distributed ledger market accounted for $228 million in 2016, and between 2017 and 2023 is expected to reach $5.43 billion, expanding at…

ADA, assistive technology and the leading example of ATMs

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

In part 3 of our series: Assistive technology for the disabled has become more sophisticated and pervasive in recent years, giving kiosk manufacturers and…

Study: Credit transaction amounts fall — along with cash use

April 14, 2017

Consumers are increasingly using credit cards to pay for small transactions, according to a new CreditCards.com survey.

Need cash? If you're in Hyderabad, that might be a problem

April 14, 2017

On March 13, the Reserve Bank of India lifted the cap on ATM withdrawals it had imposed in November, when demonetization of India's most popular banknotes set…

Major 'Pays' expected to attract 500M users by 2021

April 14, 2017

New data from fintech analysts at Juniper Research projects that the number of OEM-Pay contactless users — including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay …

KICTeam intros Waffletechnology cleaning card for Canon check scanners

April 14, 2017

KICTeam Inc., a provider of technical device cleaning products, has introduced a new cleaning card engineered specifically for use with Canon imageFormula…

ACI to provide fraud protection solutions to Panama-based payments provider

April 14, 2017

ADSI, a banking IT services and fraud protection provider operating in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, has selected real-time electronic…

Is that kiosk ADA compliant? Who knows?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

When new ADA regs were released in 2010, touch screens in self-service devices weren't that much of a thing. They are now, and determining what compliance…

EAST reports 2016 crime stats for Europe's ATMs; black box attacks up 287 percent

April 13, 2017

A newly published report from the European ATM Security Team discloses that criminals carried out ATM black box attacks in 10 reporting countries during 2016.

UK competition authority OKs MasterCard-VocaLink deal

April 13, 2017

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the way for completion of the planned acquisition by MasterCard of London-based VocaLink Holdings Ltd.…

Texas FCU completes outsourcing of ATM fleet to Dolphin Debit

April 13, 2017

Following the expiration of its contract with another ATM provider, Sabine Federal Credit Union of Orange, Texas, has outsourced ownership and operation of the…

Cachet Financial Solutions rebrands as Digiliti Money

April 13, 2017

Cachet Financial Solutions Inc., a provider of cloud-based remote deposit capture and mobile prepaid card solutions, has announced a corporate rebranding and…

Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Upgrading to EZswitch G4

St. Paul, NE: The Citizens Bank & Trust Company is upgrading from EZswitch® 2012 to EZswitch G4. The new online interface connecting the bank’s Fiserv…

ADA regs for kiosks being defined by lawsuits, not legislation

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The ADA specifies in detail how ATMs must accommodate visually impaired users. But kiosks? Not so much. This leaves the courts to establish guidelines for the…

FSS supports India's cashless payment initiative with card-free solution

April 10, 2017

FSS, a Chennai, India-based provider of ATM and payments services, has launched FSS Aadhaar Pay to support the digital payment initiatives of the Indian…

The future of data — rounded to the next zettabyte

April 10, 2017

A new study forecasts that the amount of data worldwide will rise tenfold within the next eight years.