UK's plastic fiver makes a splash — and can take one, too

June 3, 2016

The U.K. got a first look at its first polymer banknote design Thursday as the Bank of England showed off its new five pound banknote.

Self-serve coin counters increase efficiency (and fun) at Oregon CU

June 3, 2016

Salem, Oregon-based Maps Credit Union has reduced teller transaction times by installing Cummins Allison Money Machine 2 self-service coin counters in three of…

Investment firm acquires Fime

June 3, 2016

Fime, a certification consultancy and provider of testing for secure electronic transactions, has been acquired from Orange by independent investment firm…

Indian consumers likely to feel the pain of FIs' EMV migration costs

June 3, 2016

The good news for India's bank accountholders is that their ATM transactions should be more secure 15 months from now, thanks to a reserve bank mandate…

UL VIS 1.6.1 functional test suite gets OK from Visa

June 3, 2016

The UL Visa VIS functional test suite has been qualified for Visa VIS 1.6.1 and can now be used to support card type approval testing, according to a news…

Market chain aims to simplify ops with cash management platform

June 3, 2016

Balance Innovations, a provider of currency operations-optimizing solutions, has signed an agreement with Pennsylvania-based Weis Markets to provide…

The key to ending skimming: A comprehensive approach

It's vital for the ATM industry to take a more holistic approach to tackling skimmers in order to combat criminals' evolving tactics; at the center of this…

ATMIA update details efforts to throttle Operation Choke Point

June 3, 2016

The ATM Industry Association has released "Operation Choke Point: An ATM Industry Update." The report examines the impact to independent ATM deployers of the…

A mobile app for cash transactions? Yep. It's ChangeJar

June 2, 2016

Canadian Fintech startup ChangeJar Inc has launched ChangeJar Mobile, an app that lets users receive or pay with change from cash transactions using their…

Put a ring on it: Visa offering contactless option to Rio Olympians

June 2, 2016

Visa has introduced a contactless ring that Team Visa athletes can use at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to make purchases at venues with contactless payment…

Polish & Slavic FCU taps PSCU for credit card processing

June 2, 2016

Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, a Fairfield, New Jersey institution with more than $1.7 billion in assets, has tapped PSCU for credit card processing.

UAE's Rakbank to debut contactless EMV payment cards

June 2, 2016

Rakbank, a UAE-based financial institution, has teamed with Gemalto for its migration to contactless EMV payments. According to a press release, Gemalto will…

Software integration streamlines predictive analytics updates

June 2, 2016

Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced that it will integrate the ADAPA solution from Zementis Inc. into…

Study predicts 70 pct. rise in ATMs running multivendor apps by 2020

June 2, 2016

By the end of 2015, approximately 1.2 million (40 percent) of the world's 2.9 million bank-grade ATMs were running multivendor software applications. By 2020…

What do FIs want from omnichannel marketing systems? Take the survey

June 2, 2016

ATM Marketplace is currently conducting a survey to better understand financial institutions' preferences in marketing systems. The anonymous survey is open to…

Romanian bank takes steps to integrate Seamless mobile wallet

June 2, 2016

Stockholm-based Seamless, through its Seqr subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Raiffeisen Bank that marks an initial step by the institution to offer its…

ATM Marketplace: Most-read features for May

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

As fast as May zoomed by, it would come as no surprise if you missed an ATM Marketplace feature or two. We've collected our top five articles here in one place…

Diebold-Wincor combo obtains antitrust clearances in Europe

May 31, 2016

Diebold Inc has announced in a press release that its planned acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf AG has cleared antitrust requirements from authorities in Portugal…

Chilean processor goes live on Way4 platform

May 31, 2016

Chilean credit card processor Nexus is now live with prepaid processing on the Way4 platform from OpenWay. Nexus implemented the platform and associated…

Battling ATM crime with a blunt sword

While international crime groups are acting fast, intelligently and with the backing of huge amounts of money, industry players are fighting in single…