Cardtronics, BBVA Compass strike ATM licensing deal

March 14, 2014

Cardtronics Inc. and BBVA Compass have wrapped up a contract that will allow the bank to put its brand on more than 300 Cardtronics-owned ATMs in HEB stores…

Euronet to acquire international payments provider HiFX

March 14, 2014

E-payments processor and IAD Euronet Worldwide Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire U.K.-based HiFX, a provider of online-initiated international…

The US IAD business gets a pulse check

Fourth annual report examines challenges, concerns, opportunities and outlook for US independents in the ATM business.

7 laptop security tips for travelers

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

A laptop has become standard equipment for the business traveler. But the great convenience of having masses of information at your fingertips while on the…

Iowa CU banks on ATM technology to attract Millennials

March 13, 2014

Greater Iowa Credit Union serves its 31,000 members through its seven locations, including two in Ames, home of Iowa State University. With an eye to…

Düsseldorf FI renews Wincor service, adds Windows 7 upgrade agreement

March 13, 2014

Wincor Nixdorf and Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf have signed a 3-year extension to their existing hardware service agreement that covers the bank's self-service…

Investors bilked out of millions in ATM Ponzi scheme

March 13, 2014

Michael Brendan Ferguson, 44, sits in jail in Santa Clara, Calif., in lieu of $1 million bail, accused of stealing millions from investors in his independent…

Report says Target knew about the data breach, but did nothing

The retailer had a working anti-malware system in place before the breach, but it was ignored.

Study: US market for card fraud detection software set to fire up

March 13, 2014

A new study from Mercator Advisory Group examines how changing market dynamics are shaping fraud detection software solutions, reviews leading products, and…

A customer-friendly solution for retrieving retained ATM cards

March 13, 2014

In an age of increased emphasis on customer convenience, ATM card retrieval remains a most inconvenient process. Usually when an ATM retains a card for…

PCI SSC and ATMIA issue joint statement on the end of XP

With time running out for Windows XP support, industry organizations offer information and resources.

Fiserv, MasterCard reach EMV debit routing agreement

March 12, 2014

Fiserv Inc. and MasterCard have reached an agreement to make the card company's U.S. common debit EMV solution available for the Fiserv Accel debit network.

First Data SpendTrend: Payment growth lags in February

March 12, 2014

First Data Corp. has released its SpendTrend analysis for Feb. 1–Feb. 28, 2014, compared with the same period in 2013. Credit, prepaid and signature debit…

3 irrefutable reasons why ISOs must up their game against fraud

by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom

Heartland, Target, Neiman Marcus; Congressional hearings, NRF vs. banks; liability shift deadlines, PCI, processing AIDs – it's enough to make your head spin.

A primer on the FTC's authority over financial institutions

Malini Mithal, assistant director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, explains the FTC's purpose and influence over banking…

Why the FTC thinks mobile payments are more secure than magstripe

The Federal Trade Commission weighs in on the mobile vs. magstripe debate. (From a keynote address by Malini Mithal of the FTC at the ATM & Mobile Executive…

A 'Bit o' Coin' and a 'Look at me!' ATM

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

This past week I attended a dinner put on by a local investment company — from what I could tell, the audience was a small cross-section of Denver's…

1,600 new ATMs help RBS Citizens customers 'Bank Better'

March 11, 2014

As part of its Bank Better initiative, RBS Citizens Financial Group has completed a new round of upgrades serving Citizens Bank and Charter One customers. The…

Aite Group: By 2016, 47.5M smartphone owners will use RDC

March 11, 2014

According to Aite Group research, 7,000 financial institutions in the U.S. now offer mobile banking. The most popular functions are checking account balances…

EMVCo publishes framework for payment tokenization spec

March 11, 2014

EMVCo has announced the release of "The EMV Payment Tokenization Specification — Technical Framework v1.0," a document designed to allow payments industry…