Asia/Pacific consumers mostly optimistic; India leads the pack

August 3, 2012

Consumer confidence in Europe may be in shambles, but in Asia/Pacific countries, consumers are feeling pretty hopeful overall.

Ten questions about India's IAD sector

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Prizm Payment Services explains how they've found success in a booming ATM market.

First Data TSM solution receives qualification from Discover

August 2, 2012

First Data Corporation, a provider of electronic commerce and payment processing services, today announced it has achieved Discover qualification for its First…

Diebold supports Pioneer Bank expansion in Texas

August 2, 2012

Diebold Inc. is helping Pioneer Bank expand its presence to Austin, Texas, by delivering advanced self-service and branch equipment, as well as project design…

Tata one-ups Prizm as India's largest ATM managed services provider. For now.

August 2, 2012

Tata Communications Banking InfraSolutions Ltd. (TCBIL) has announced that a new contract to deploy and manage nearly 14,000 ATMs for public sector banks in…

FIS to provide ATM switching for Philippine National Bank

August 2, 2012

FIS has announced that Philippine National Bank has signed a multi-year agreement for delivery of an integrated retail payments platform supported by the FIS…

Fed finalizes debit card interchange rule

August 2, 2012

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the approval of a final rule that amends the provisions in Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and…

The top 5 things we learned from ADA

Corey King of American Bank Equipment kicks off his new blog with a series about lessons learned from ADA upgrades.

National switches in the works in Tanzania, Ghana

August 1, 2012

Tanzania and Ghana are making progress toward the implementation of national switches that will allow bankcard interoperability across all bank ATMs in each…

SMP certifies PCI DSS consulting services

August 1, 2012

Waltham, Mass.-based Security Management Partners (SMP), an independent information security consulting firm, has announced its certification as a Qualified…

Japan's NTT seeking a stake in India's Prizm

August 1, 2012

Chennai, India-based Prizm Payments Pvt. Ltd. could be turning Japanese. At least somewhat, anyhow, if it reaches an agreement with Japan's NTT Group on that…

Cardtronics announces banner results for Q2, reaffirms earnings forecast

August 1, 2012

Cardtronics Inc. announced its financial and operational results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 in an earnings call yesterday afternoon. The company…

EMV coalition to support U.S. move to chip-based payments

July 31, 2012

The Smart Card Alliance today announced the formation of an independent, cross-industry organization, the EMV Migration Forum. The forum will support the…

Regions Financial adds Diebold security monitoring capabilities

July 31, 2012

Regions Financial Corporation, a Birmingham, Ala.-based FI with $128 billion in assets and operations in 16 states, announced that it has transformed its…

Bank of America pulls grocery store ATMs

July 31, 2012

The Bank of America ATM pullback continues with the FI's removal of ATMs from two grocery store chains in the Southeast.

TD Bank adopts Fiserv CheckFree RXP

July 31, 2012

TD Bank, one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., has expanded its 15-year relationship with Fiserv with the selection of the company's CheckFree RXP solution…

Cashless Olympics score low at Wembley stadium

July 31, 2012

It looks like Visa might have fallen out of contention for gold in the "2012 Cash-Free Olympics" category.

Miami Gardens church provides "offering ATM"

July 31, 2012

In Miami Gardens, Fla., congregants don't have to remember to bring their checkbook to church anymore. Nor do they have to make sure to bring cash in the right…

Study: EMV reduces ATM, POS fraud in Europe

July 31, 2012

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published its first report on card fraud. One of its key findings is that fraud has steadily declined since 2007, and…

India's ATM industry is banking on the unbanked

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

The up-and-coming nation has ambitious plans for improving its current ATM-to-citizen ratio of 1:13,333.