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Webinar explores opportunities for slashing cash-handling costs
Cash won't be going away anytime soon, but a fair amount of the handling costs could be.
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Ukrainian bank rethinks IT outsourcing
March 29, 2012
OpenWay, a multiregional card management and channel banking software vendor, today announced that Ukraine's Oschadbank has brought its card management and…
read nowU.K.'s WorldPay launches Discover in advance of jubilee, olympics
March 29, 2012
Streamline, part of the WorldPay group and the largest provider of card payment processing in the U.K. and Europe, announced today the launch of Discover and…
read nowWhat's making news in Nigeria
March 29, 2012
The Central Bank of Nigeria said POS terminals and ATMs in Nigeria will be enabled for biometric identification by 2013, a report at allafrica.com said.
read nowU.S. companies on EMV technology: 'Meh.'
March 29, 2012
It seems American companies are still a bit blasé about EMV. Aureimma Consulting Group and Savantor (also a consultancy) today announced the results of their…
read nowStudy: Nearly all cyber attacks in 2011 were avoidable
March 28, 2012
A Verizon study released last Thursday said that 97 percent of the cyber attacks on FIs and other companies last year were carried out using fairly simple…
read nowBoom mobile banking, Allpoint ATM network partner on services
March 28, 2012
Boom, a mobile banking provider, and money transfer service owner m-Via have announced both a new low-cost pricing model and a deal with surcharge-free ATM…
read nowSenator Feinstein decries ADA 'shakedown' suits
March 28, 2012
At least one U.S. senator is paying attention to the proliferation of predatory ADA lawsuits. An article at law.com reported that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D…
read nowNew Zealand ATM skimming investigation broadens
March 27, 2012
Police are revising upward their initial appraisal of a card scamming incident affecting customers of New Zealand's ANZ and National Banks (which are a part of…
read nowIndian banks pushed to reduce debit fees
March 27, 2012
U.S. ATM operators have company: The Reserve Bank of India is pressuring banks in that country to lower fees on debit card transactions, according to a news…
read now'Will you be paying with plastic ... or plastic?'
March 27, 2012
On Monday, the Bank of Canada introduced a new $50 bill printed on a state-of-the-art polymer material, a news story in the Winnipeg Free Press reported. The…
read nowNCR packages consolidated services for European FIs
March 27, 2012
NCR Corporation today announced that it is introducing NCR Total Branch Services for European financial institutions. The program provides consolidated support…
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Has the check-cashing ATM finally arrived?
by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications
Partner companies believe they've reeled in The Big One.
read nowSingapore drivers to get NETs top-ups on the go
March 26, 2012
A report at channelnewsasia.com said that Singapore drivers soon will be able to top up their NETs CashCard at garage-exit ATMs.
read now'Do you want to add £1 to your withdrawal for charity?'
March 26, 2012
The U.K.'s Link network said that by year-end it will enable ATM users the company serves to make charitable donations at any of its 64,500 ATMs, according…
read nowWash. State seeks to kill ATM fee on welfare card withdrawals
March 26, 2012
Clashes over ATM fees on public benefits debit cards continue. A news report by NPR affiliate KPLU in Seattle said that Washington State currently is…
read nowGRG continues to dominate its home market
March 26, 2012
GRG Banking announced that it has been ranked China's number-one ATM provider for the fourth year in a row. The ranking was released in a study by China's…
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How far can we see?
by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC
Since writing my last post, “Behind the scenes …”, I have had a number of discussions following my suggestion of how the inner workings of an ATM may be headed…
read nowCzech bank outsources ATM services to Wincor Nixdorf
March 23, 2012
The Czech Republic's Raiffeisenbank, one of the country's largest financial institutions, this week announced that earlier this year it signed a comprehensive…
read nowIndian banks must reach out to unbanked says RBI
March 23, 2012
The Reserve Bank of India is asking banks to comply with the recommendation that they open at least one-quarter of their new branch banks every year in…
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