MPS introduces stored value gift card

January 1, 2002

CINCINNATI -- Fifth Third Bank's data processing subsidiary, Midwest Payment Systems, is introducing Premier Issue, a stored value gift card program that…

E*TRADE Access signs agreement with Postal Business Center Network

January 1, 2002

NEW YORK -- The Postal Business Center Network, a subsidiary of Universal Express, Inc., has signed an agreement with E*TRADE Access Inc., a wholly-owned…

Chevy Chase Bank to install talking ATMs

January 1, 2002

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chevy Chase Bank promised to install voice-guided ATMs at more than 500 locations in the Washington D.C. area within three years, according…

Many European ATMs get heavy workout with euro

January 1, 2002

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Europeans flocked to ATMs throughout the day on Jan. 1 to take advantage of their first chance to get their hands on the new multicolored…

Diebold's purchase of Global Election Systems is delayed

January 1, 2002

NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- Diebold said that its acquisition of Global Election Systems, a cash and stock deal valued at $26 million, has been delayed until the…

Global Axcess acquires Nationwide Money Services

December 30, 2001

SAN DIEGO -- Global Axcess Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLXS) has completed the acquisition of Nationwide Money Services (NMS), a subsidiary of Cardservice…

ATMs fees part of British Post Office plan

December 30, 2001

LONDON -- The Post Office in the UK is planning to introduce ATMs in thousands of branches across the country and charge customers for using them, according to…

Money transfer: The next killer app?

Check cashing, advertising and ticketing are all in the running as the ATM industry continues to seek its next 'killer application.' But money transfer is a…

Fujitsu gets new name

December 30, 2001

DALLAS -- Fujitsu-ICL Systems Inc. is now known as Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc.

Bank boss loses pride, not money, in ATM theft

December 30, 2001

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Sir George Mathewson, the multi-millionaire chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland, fell for one of the oldest scams in the book at one…

Citibank abandons bill payment at the ATM in favor of the PC

December 30, 2001

NEW YORK -- Citibank customers will no longer be able to pay bills at ATMs as of Sept. 3, according to a New York Post report. Citi's 1.5 million-plus…

E*TRADE Bank acquires Advanta accounts

December 30, 2001

ARLINGTON, Va. -- E*TRADE Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of E*TRADE Group, Inc. (NYSE: ET) and the nation's largest pure-play Internet bank, has acquired more…

CCC's request to pay employees to be considered today

December 30, 2001

Euronet certified with LINK

December 30, 2001

NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK, & LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Worldwide (Nasdaq: EEFT) has successfully completed certification to the LINK Interchange Network Limited…

Sony Bank has successful 1st month

December 30, 2001

TOKYO -- Japan's new Internet-based Sony Bank has gained some 21,000 accounts in its first month of operations due largely to the 'strength of the Sony brand,…

Jersey cash carrier makes off with $5M

December 30, 2001

NEWARK, N.J. -- Michael Schwartz, 36, the Jersey City owner of Direct Connect ATM and Schwartz Armored LLC, is suspected of stealing $5 million worth of $2…

Many ATMs are euro-ready

December 30, 2001

PARIS -- ATMs will be the front line for dispensing the euro, the new European currency, to the public beginning Jan 1. Roughly 70 percent of people in the…

ATM glitch gives residents of French town head start on euro

December 30, 2001

PARIS -- Residents of Saint-Julien de Concelles, a small town in western France, got a head start on withdrawing newly minted euro notes when an…

ATM glitches give some Europeans head start on euro

December 30, 2001

PARIS and AMSTERDAM -- Residents at least two euro zone countries got a head start on withdrawing newly minted euro notes when ATMs malfunctioned and began…

eFunds warns of lower earnings

December 30, 2001

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- eFunds Corporation (Nasdaq: EFDS), said that revenues and profits for the fourth quarter of 2001, which ends Dec. 31, while expected to be…