Is it curtains for cash 'down under'?

August 16, 2013

Cash payment could soon be finished in Australia, according to that nation's central bank. The Reserve Bank of Australia said the decline of cash was indicated…

Survey IDs ACH and wire fraud as growing threats

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

The Information Security Media Grouprecently announced the results of its 2013 "Faces of Fraud" study. The study focused on the most common fraud schemes…

Atlas ATM settles Mass. fee placard suit

August 16, 2013

Atlas ATM Corp., an IAD serving merchants in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a case over missing ATM fee placards.

Diebold gives ATMs a makeover at LGE CCU

August 16, 2013

Diebold Inc. and Cash Transactions LLC, a Diebold certified dealer, are helping LGE Community Credit Union transform its branches to achieve more efficient…

Case Study: APTRA Interactive Teller at FirstOntario CU

According to Brian Bailey, vice president and general manager of NCR branch transformation?, financial institutions are finding utility in deploying…

Small FIs act big with interactive teller capability (video)

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

NCR technology allows CUs, community banks and regionals scale up quickly and affordably.

NCR tackles ATM fleet modernization for Germany's largest municipal FI

August 15, 2013

NCR Corp. has entered an agreement with Sparkasse KölnBonn, Germany's largest municipal savings bank, to modernize the FI's ATM fleet with NCR SelfServ systems…

Survey: Windows 7 migration - how ready are you?

August 15, 2013

The ATM Industry Association is asking industry members to take a brief survey on the topic of Windows 7 migration readiness. And it's offering a $100 cash…

Spanish FI puts the bank on the bus

August 15, 2013

In 2012, in the midst of financial collapse, the Spanish banking industry closed 1,963 — 5 percent — of all branches, leaving some towns with no bank access at…

Debit fee cap hearing a fiasco for Fed attorneys

August 15, 2013

On Aug. 14, attorneys for retail associations and the Fed were to have discussed a timeline for setting a lowered debit interchange fee cap. This discussion…

Who's watching over our mobile financial data?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

With mobile financial services poised for rapid growth, the FTC is keeping a keen eye on data security.

DPAs will challenge traditional business models

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

According to a recent Gartner report, device-based applications —  also known as digital payment advisors — that recommend the most appropriate payment product…

Kearny FSB opts for Fiserv account processing solution

August 14, 2013

Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technologies, has announced that Kearny Federal Savings Bank of Fairfield, N.J., will use the company's Premier…

NCR secures 2,000-ATM order from ICBC

August 14, 2013

Global technology company NCR Corp. has secured an order from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for more than 2,000 NCR SelfServ ATMs. The purchase…

Paragon provides e-payment testing hub for Ukrainian processor

August 14, 2013

Ukrainian Processing Center, a provider of ePayment processing and outsourcing in the Ukraine, has chosen the Web FASTest platform from Paragon Application…

EFTA previews the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit

Kurt Helwig, president of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, talks about some of the speakers and topics lined up for this month's inaugural ATM …

Philippine banks must replace ATMs, cards

August 13, 2013

Banks were ordered Tuesday to replace existing automated teller machine cards and machines with new ones between 2015 and 2017 in an effort to curb hacking…

What ATM deployers can learn from marketing masters like Pepsi and Coke

August 13, 2013

Marketing titans like Coca-Cola and Pepsi understand the power of branding — that's readily apparent from the logos and other branded signs and messages…

Kuwait gets its first drive-through ATM

August 13, 2013

Viva, a Kuwaiti telecom operator, has installed the first drive-through ATM in the nation of Kuwait. In addition to cash withdrawal at the user's convenience…

TSYS helping Kenya with EMV migration

August 13, 2013

TSYS, a provider of issuer services and merchant payment acceptance, is assisting Paynet, a financial services provider to issuers and acquirers in Kenya, in…