Interbank ATM switch catching on in Ghana

December 17, 2012

Since the introduction of Ghana's national switch activation last month, Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems said customer use of the ATMs of other…

Fraudsters swipe $300K from ATM in creative scam

December 17, 2012

Three employees of Russia's Sberbank used an unusual method to defraud the bank of more than $300,000 this fall. They placed their own bill acceptor into the…

Good thing about those missing teeth: ATM thief bites good Sam

December 14, 2012

Saying, "I need that money," a robber pried $20 from the hand of a 70-year-old woman at an ATM this week in Gulfport, Fla.

CO-OP intros ATM with shared branching functionality

December 14, 2012

CO-OP Financial Services is urging credit unions to share and offering them the means to do it. The credit union service organization has announced its…

Branch traffic dropping; ATMs to the rescue

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

Despite a 22 percent rise in the number of financial institution branch locations in the U.S., branch foot traffic is at an all-time low. Transactions at…

German Bank NORD/LB outsources IT infrastructure ops to Wincor Nixdorf

December 14, 2012

Wincor Nixdorf has won a seven-year contract to provide central operations management of IT infrastructure for Norddeutsche Landesbank. The agreement, which…

ATM industry newsmakers: The top 12 of 2012

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

ATM Marketplace looks back at some of the bigger stories for the ATM world in 2012 .

Input wanted: KAL kicks off 2013 ATM software trends survey

December 13, 2012

KAL ATM Software invites all members of the financial services industry to participate in its software trends online survey. Survey participants will receive a…

Hughes India wins $36M in contracts for ATM connectivity project

December 13, 2012

Hughes Communications India Ltd., a subsidiary of broadband satellite network provider Hughes Network Systems LLC, has landed contracts with India's public…

European ATM co-op joins Pulse network

December 13, 2012

EUFiserv Payments, a Brussels-based ATM cooperative owned by 10 European banks, and PULSE, the debit and ATM network subsidiary of Discover Financial Services…

Alaric, Channel Group pact brings modern fraud prevention to Philippines banks

December 13, 2012

Alaric International, a provider of fraud prevention and payment systems, and Channel Group, a provider of third party maintenance services for ATMs and other…

2012 GRG Global Customer Exchange

Robert Höpfner, CEO of Hamburg, Germany-based LM Software is collaborating with GRG on a software project for the German market. He says that the company…

2012 GRG Global Customer Exchange

Kashif Naeem, vice president and head of product management at Sudan's largest FI, Bank of Khartoum, talks about the opportunity GCE provides to learn about…

2012 GRG Global Customer Exchange

Carlos Busso, president and CEO of Santiago, Chile-based Adexus, a systems integrator and e-commerce solutions provider, talks about implementing GRG cash…

ATM fee notice reform passes Senate, awaits Obama signature

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Likely pre-Christmas enactment will mean no more putting up stickers and checking them twice.

US Dataworks partners with Burroughs on cloud payment processing

December 12, 2012

Cloud payment processing solutions company US Dataworks Inc. and check and payment processing equipment provider Burroughs have formed a strategic alliance…

Evertec inks deal with FICO to fight fraud in Puerto Rico

December 12, 2012

FICO, a provider of predictive analytics and decision management technology, has announced that ATM network operator Evertec Group LLC has selected…

Wright-Patt CU to add Interactive Teller to ATM fleet

December 11, 2012

Wright-Patt Credit Union, an Ohio-based FI serving more than 230,000 members, has announced that it will begin introducing NCR APTRA Interactive Teller…

NASA FCU ATMs now dispensing Visa gift cards

December 11, 2012

NASA Federal Credit Union has announced the introduction of ATM-dispensed Visa gift cards at select branches in Maryland, Virginia and the District of…

The modern-day ATM turns 40

December 11, 2012

Used to be, it just seemed like you spent four decades waiting at the ATM for a transaction to go through. But now it really has been 40 years. On this day in…