Global Cash Access customers sign on for additional services

October 17, 2002

LAS VEGAS -- Coast Hotels & Casinos has extended its agreement to use the products and services of Global Cash Access (GCA), a supplier of cash access and…

Criminals use condiment to strike at ATM

October 17, 2002

TORONTO -- Police are seeking five thieves who used ketchup to rob a Toronto man of about $700,000 (about $445,000 U.S.), according to a report in the National…

BofA revamping data network; ATMs to benefit

October 16, 2002

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint (NYSE: FON, PCS) says it has signed a 10-year communications services agreement with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to provide what…

Coinstar enters prepaid wireless fray

October 16, 2002

BELLEVUE, Wash., and SARASOTA, Fla. -- Coinstar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSTR) and Prizm Technology, Inc. have partnered on a pilot that will allow prepaid wireless phone…

NCR is apparent winner of race to offer prepaid services

October 16, 2002

NCR has emerged the apparent winner in the race to offer prepaid services at U.S. ATMs with its recent announcement that Welch Systems, an Illinois ISO, is…

All about the apps at NACS Show 2002

October 15, 2002

The buzz about advanced ATM functionality is becoming a roar, judging by some of the ready-for-rollout applications on display at NACS Show 2002.

Euronet shifting more ATM business to outsourcing

October 15, 2002

LEAWOOD, Kansas -- Although Euronet Worldwide has posted revenue gains quarter after quarter, amounting to $64.1 million for 2001, profitability continues…

British Airways promos seen on UK ATMs

October 15, 2002

LONDON -- Thousands of ATM customers will get more than they bargained for as the UK's first large scale advertising campaign using ATMs has been launched by…

Diebold expands Indian presence with new subsidiary

October 14, 2002

A new wholly owned subsidiary in India and a manufacturing deal with Indian IT company Tata Infotech signal Diebold's intent to accelerate its activities in…

Cash still king, agree ATMIA attendees

October 14, 2002

At 'Optimising European ATMs,' the recent ATM Industry Association conference in Budapest, Hungary, a key message was the staying power of currency and the…

An ISO by any name?

Earlier this year Bank of America spent $70 million on a promotional campaign featuring print and television ads created by Bozell, New York, the same ad…

Jacksonville, Fla., tables plan to tax ATMs

October 14, 2002

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A plan to tax owners of ATMs in Jacksonville has been tabled, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.

Union dispute in UK threatens cash supply to Lloyds ATMs

October 14, 2002

LONDON -- Securicor is facing a dispute with the union representing Lloyds TSB workers as the security company takes charge of handling cash for the bank this…

First American Payment Systems buys Calif. ISO

October 14, 2002

FORT WORTH, Texas -- First American Payment Systems, a merchant bank card and ATM processing acquirer, has purchased California-based FirstCard Financial…

Inventor gets mad -- and even -- with ATM fraud scheme

October 13, 2002

MUNICH, Germany -- A 71-year-old German inventor who designed a security systemfor ATMs that several banks rejected was convicted of counterfeiting bank cards…

Amicus seeks capital to stay afloat; 'clicks and mortar' approach sinks in U.S.

October 13, 2002

TORONTO -- It may be do-or-die time for the financially troubled Amicus Bank, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's plan to expand into the U.S. largely by…

NCR goes live with iATM functionality

October 10, 2002

ORLANDO, Fla. -- NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) says that Welch Systems, a Peoria, Ill.-based ISO with more than 1,000 ATMs under contract in Illinois and…

Cardtronics in Inc 500 for 2nd consecutive year

October 10, 2002

HOUSTON -- Cardtronics has been named one of America's fastest growing privately owned companies by Inc magazine for the second year in a row.

Shazam certifies Fujitsu's Series 8000 ATMs

October 10, 2002

DALLAS -- Fujitsu's Series 8000 ATMs have been certified to operate on the Shazam EFT network, which serves more than 1,600 financial institutions with almost…

Louisiana authorities break up theft ring that targeted ATMs

October 10, 2002

LaPLACE, La. -- The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office booked six men on Oct. 8 in connection with 36 break-ins over an 18-month span that included…