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Newly linked Japan ATM network does booming business
February 25, 2002
TOKYO -- A total of 73,620 transactions were conducted during the week of Jan. 18 on ATMs linking the network of the postal savings system with those of some…
read nowTRM signs c-store ATM contract
February 25, 2002
PORTLAND, Oregon -- TRM Corp. has signed an agreement to be the exclusive ATM provider for The Pantry and Lil' Champ convenience store chains. The agreement…
read nowDe La Rue to provide ATM cards for Egg customers
February 25, 2002
United Kingdom -- De La Rue Card Systems, one of the world's leading suppliers of smart cards, has signed a contract with Egg - Prudential's 24-hour direct…
read nowAtmel acquires Motorola's smart card IC unit
February 25, 2002
Silicon Valley -- Atmel Corp. last week moved to acquire Motorola Inc.'s smart-card IC business unit for an undisclosed sum, according to Electronic Business…
read nowNew company addresses smart card security
February 25, 2002
BELLEVUE, Wash.-- A new Bellevue, Wash.-based company, Authentic8 Incorporated, will build and market software that utilizes smart card and public key…
read nowHonor and Star merger approved
February 25, 2002
MAITLAND, Fla.-- The Honor and Star networks announced that they have received Federal Reserve approval to merge after The Federal Reserve Board of Governors…
read nowDiebold ships record number of upgrade modules
February 25, 2002
NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- Diebold shipped a record number of upgrade modules in 1998, matching unit shipments for the first time in the company's history. The…
read nowJapanese bank to install ATMs at c-stores
February 25, 2002
TOKYO -- Sakura Bank and am/pm Japan Co. have reached an agreement under which the bank will set up branches in am/pm outlets and operate them jointly with the…
read nowTidel reports increased sales
February 25, 2002
HOUSTON -- Tidel reported that sales of ATM products rose sharply thanks to the introduction of its new Ignition series in October 1998. The number of units…
read nowDiebold signs Philippines distributor
February 25, 2002
MANILA -- Diebold announced it has appointed Prime Systems Plus Inc. as its distributor in the Philippines. Previously, Prime Systems acted as a distributor…
read nowPT-1 intros POS system for prepaid calling cards
February 25, 2002
FLUSHING, NEW YORK -- PT-1 Communications is shipping its PT-1 7310 POS terminal, which it claims is a revolutionary PIN distribution system for delivering a…
read nowPhilips Semiconductors, IBM Research to co-develop secure smart cards
February 25, 2002
New York/Eindhoven, The Netherlands -- Philips Semiconductors and IBM Research are jointly developing a new generation of multi-function smart cards that will…
read nowCoinBank wins military contract
February 25, 2002
Cash Technologies Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, CoinBank Automated Systems, Inc., signed an agreement with the Army and Air Force Exchange…
read nowGlobal Cash Access rolls out new terminals
February 25, 2002
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-- Global Cash Access, the country's largest provider of cash access services to casinos, is preparing a first quarter 1999 roll-out of…
read nowCCS expands into international market
February 25, 2002
PORTLAND, ORE. -- Card Capture Services has established satellite offices in Montreal and Mexico City under the names CCS Canada and CCS Mexico…
read nowData processors to expand Japanese debit
February 25, 2002
TOKYO -- The Japan Debit Card Promotion Association has decided to allow participating retailers to hire data-processing agents, so that smaller retailers…
read nowNCR ships record 46,509 ATMs
February 25, 2002
LONDON and DAYTON, Ohio -- NCR delivered a record 46,509 ATMs to customers worldwide in 1998, representing a 10 percent increase over 1997 deliveries of 42,44…
read nowSIMS offers phone card activation at POS
February 25, 2002
IRVINE, Calif.-- SIMS Communications Inc. has released Version 2.0 of its POS terminal software. One upgrade of interest to retailers: it allows a consumer to…
read nowCommunity banks fight proposed San Francisco surcharge ban
February 25, 2002
SAN FRANCISCO -- In a crowded hearing room of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Craig Hudson, executive director of the California Independent Bankers…
read nowSchusterman to lead TRM Corporation's ATM division
February 25, 2002
PORTLAND, Ore.-- TRM Corporation has named Kurt M. Schusterman, former senior vice president of sales and marketing for XtraCash ATM, as vice president and CEO…
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