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2003: The year in ATMs
Oddly -- or not, given the ATM industry's reputation for moving at less than lightning speed --many of the biggest stories of 2003 were virtual repeats of 2002.
read nowPaySpot buys top-up provider
January 5, 2004
LEAWOOD, Kan. - PaySpot, Inc., a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) that provides prepaid services in the United States, has acquired 10…
read nowUAE's central switch adding POS services
January 5, 2004
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The UAE Interbank switch is being upgraded with point-of-sale services, according to a report in the Gulf News.S2 Systems will upgrade…
read noweFunds' ATM branding program continues to grow
January 5, 2004
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - eFunds Corporation (NYSE: EFD), says that the recent addition of California's North Valley Bank Corporation to its ATM branding program…
read nowBail denied for 3 men involved in Irish ATM scam
January 4, 2004
DUBLIN - Three illegal Romanian immigrants who have been in custody for the past five weeks in connection with an ATM fraud case again failed in their efforts…
read nowService tech ambushed at Miss. ATM
January 4, 2004
JACKSON, Miss. - A Diebold service technician became one of the city's first homicides of 2004 on Jan. 1.
read nowRBR report: Non-bank ATMs fuel European growth in '02
December 30, 2003
LONDON - The UK's installed ATM base grew by 4,202 machines, or 11 percent, to 40,795 in 2002, making it Europe's third-largest ATM market and the…
read nowChina changes interchange rules
December 30, 2003
SHANGHAI - China's central bank has passed a new rule on bank card commission fees, and will cut the total charges on each cross-bank withdrawal via ATMs from…
read nowWeirdest ATM news of 2003
December 29, 2003
Editor Ann All presents her annual wrap-up of the weirdest ATM stories of the year. In most of them, crime doesn't pay.
read nowState Bank of India floats idea of ATM on a boat
December 29, 2003
KERALA, India - The State Bank of India is set to launch a floating ATM on a boat in Kerala. SBI officials say the floating machine will take banking to the…
read nowNexTran affiliate to distribute biometric ID systems
December 29, 2003
SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J - ATM provider NexTran Industries, Inc., says that its affiliated company, Bio Technology Solutions, LLC, has secured exclusive North…
read nowElectronic payments surpass cash, checks
December 29, 2003
WASHINGTON, DC - For the first time, electronic payments have surpassed cash and checks as consumers' preferred payment method for in-store purchases…
read nowBig ATM on campus
December 28, 2003
NOVA Savings Bank hopes that offering advanced ATM functionality at Villanova University may help it displace the school's incumbent ATM provider.
read nowAustralians like electronic transactions during holidays
December 28, 2003
SYDNEY - Australians appear to have hit the plastic hard during an end-of-year spending spree that included almost 8 million electronic card transactions for…
read nowCash Systems Inc. expects move to American Stock Exchange
December 28, 2003
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Cash Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSHS), a provider of cash access solutions including ATMs for the gaming industry, says that it…
read nowTNS provides connectivity for Georgia Dome ATMs
December 23, 2003
RESTON, Va. - Transaction Network Services (TNS) will provide ATM network connectivity for ATMs located in Atlanta's Georgia Dome for Cardtronics, the operator…
read nowPrice for Australia's Cashcard said to be $148M
December 23, 2003
SYDNEY - The nation's biggest provider of ATMs, Cashcard, will be purchased by Colorado-based First Data Corp after its owners decided to call off an initial…
read nowNews of the weird: Police not sure who to believe in Houston ATM theft
December 23, 2003
HOUSTON - Police have not one, but two, separate sets of suspects in a smash-and-grab ATM theft.
read nowIowa mandates electronic child support payments
December 23, 2003
DES MOINES, Iowa - U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and the State of Iowa have implemented a payment program where the state disperses child support payments on a…
read nowWincor Nixdorf's earnings up in 2002-2003
December 22, 2003
PADERBORN, Germany - Wincor Nixdorf reported that its revenue increased 7.1 percent to €1.44 billion (U.S. $1.78 billion) for the 2002-2003 business year ended…
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