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13.7% YOY increase in Q1 lifts Diebold expectations for 2012
April 26, 2012
Diebold Inc. yesterday announced earnings for the first quarter of 2012, which closed out as the company's best-ever performance for the period. As a result…
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'ATM Security' guide addresses threats, solutions
Free publication reviews security challenges, strategies for the ATM industry.
read nowAfter EMV, South Africa's not eager to tackle NFC
April 25, 2012
Retail banks and merchants in South Africa are likely to be slow to adopt NFC mobile payment technology due to the high installation costs for terminals and…
read nowATM line-jumper in China stabbed
April 25, 2012
This gives a scary new meaning to "cutting in line": Earlier this month, a man was stabbed after he jumped to the head of the line at an ATM in China's…
read nowEuronet Worldwide reports Q1 financials
April 25, 2012
Euronet Worldwide announced its first quarter results on April 24. Highlights of the company's earnings report include:
read nowNew all-in-one skimming device discovered on Calif. ATM
April 25, 2012
If only crooks would put their ingenuity to a better use: A disturbingly clever all-in-one skimmer design has come to the attention of authorities in…
read nowPIN patent gets owner $15
April 25, 2012
Since it was thought up nearly 50 years ago, nobody's come up with a more durable or widely accepted authenticator for banking than the PIN. So you might…
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What I do with my money ...
by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC
It seems almost irreverent to wrap up this blog from my hotel room here in Las Vegas, where on the promise of a fortune made from the turn of a card or the…
read nowVisa exec: Plastic won't die anytime soon
April 24, 2012
Despite opinions to the contrary, Elizabeth Buse, Visa Inc. group president for Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa, said there's still plenty…
read nowMoroccan IAD could bag major ATM install despite controversy
April 24, 2012
Morocco-based IT vendor M2M Group seems positioned to capture the biggest supplier contract ever issued by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. This despite…
read now'Something in the way she moves': Will dynamic biometrics be the next ID?
April 24, 2012
EU researchers are studying how an individual's walk, hand movements or pulse can be used as biometric identification. An article at sciencedaily.com said a…
read nowADA lawsuits sting Pittsburgh-area banks
April 24, 2012
A little more than a month after new Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines for ATMs took effect, the lawsuits are beginning to roll in.
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Patent-holder claims EMV win against MasterCard, Visa
by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications
News releases brush aside Federal Appeals Court decision, but sayin' it don't make it so.
read nowChip card success prompts German banks to take it up a notch
April 23, 2012
The German Banking Industry Committee has said that the introduction of chip cards has resulted in a helpful reduction in card fraud, including a 45 percent…
read nowExpert calls biometric adoption 'disappointing'
April 23, 2012
Despite the increasing accuracy and flexibility of biometrics, one analyst says its level of acceptance in the marketplace has been "disappointing," an article…
read nowSolar-powered ATMs benefit rural india
April 23, 2012
Indian startup Vortex Engineering has come up with a solution that saves villagers in rural India from having to travel for hours to the nearest bank branch…
read nowBoubyan Bank Develops Feature-Rich ATM Configurations with Paragon ConfigBuilder
(Holly Springs, NC— April 19, 2012) Boubyan Bank, a leading Islamic bank in Kuwait, has licensed Paragon's ATM configuration management software ConfigBuilder…
read nowNCR helps small FIs with expanded range of solutions
April 20, 2012
NCR Corp. has announced the launch of an expanded suite of managed services tailored to community banks and credit unions.
read nowDiebold to provide new ATMs, outsourced services to Alaskan CU
April 20, 2012
Diebold Inc. announced that it has been chosen by Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union to upgrade its ATM fleet and provide a variety of integrated services.
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ATMs and the unbanked: an emerging convergence
by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications
Un- and underbanked Americans pay $45 billion a year in fees; the ATM industry is figuring out how to claim its share.
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