Dialing for deals

The phones haven't stopped ringing since E*TRADE announced it was buying the ATM contracts of Card Capture Services. According to the two companies, plenty of…

Japanese c-store to install ATMs

June 7, 2000

TOKYO -- Convenience store operator Lawson Inc. plans to install ATMs in all of its 7,414 stores throughout Japan, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan's…

First American Payment Systems buys more Amex ATMs

June 6, 2000

FORT WORTH, Texas -- First American Payment Systems, Inc. has purchased 93 ATMs from American Express. The machines are located in Crown Central Petroleum gas…

Zen and the art of ATM installation

June 6, 2000

A good ATM installation is all about nuts, bolts and common sense. by Alik V. Perakh of Cashflow ATM/Perakh & Associates

Prosecutors target businessman's home in Pa. ATM case

June 6, 2000

PITTSBURGH -- Federal prosecutors have filed a civil lawsuit in their attempt to take away a businessman's $532,000 beachfront home in Brigantine, Pa., as part…

Revised rates

June 4, 2000

In an attempt to win more business from independent deployers, NYCE has raised its interchange rate for withdrawals at off-premise ATMs.by Ann All, editor

ACE Cash Express to install 1,600 Mag-Tek PIN pads

June 4, 2000

CARSON, Calif. -- Mag-Tek Inc. , a check reader and card reader manufacturer since 1972, has secured a contract with Irving, Texas-based ACE Cash Express Inc.…

BofA deploys first 15 talking ATMs

June 4, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bank of America announced that its first 15 talking ATMs, of the 1,600 the bank plans to put in California, are now operating. The first…

Star Systems routes first digital signature-authorized Internet payment

June 1, 2000

MAITLAND, Fla.-- Star Systems, Inc. (STAR) said that it successfully routed the nation's first digital signature-secured ATM/debit card payment on the…

CashCard to deploy 250 NCR MCDs at UK service stations

May 30, 2000

LONDON -- NCR Corporation will supply CashCard with 250 MCD ATMs to deploy in service stations and other locations, including shops and hotels. Around 30 of…

National Data Corporation to offer NYCE's SafeDebit

May 30, 2000

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- National Data Corporation (NYSE: NDC), a provider of electronic commerce solutions and health information services, plans to offer…

Your transaction is being processed... You may kiss the bride

May 29, 2000

ST. HELENA, Calif. -- Lesa McGill and Laurence Etcheberry got more than cash during an encounter at a Bank of America ATM in the small Napa Valley town of St.

What's Amex up to?

American Express became the country's second-largest ATM owner and sent reverberations throughout the industry with its purchase of the remainder of the EDS…

ISOs R Us

May 25, 2000

Richard Godwin, founder of Commercial Union Inc., wants to become the McDonald's of the ATM world. It remains to be seen whether ISOs are ready for the…

TRM secures funding to expand ATM business

May 24, 2000

PORTLAND, Ore. -- TRM Corporation (Nasdaq: TRMM) has completed two financing facilities that will enable the company to continue the rapid deployment of its…

Sign on the dot-com line

May 22, 2000

While not exactly flocking to ATMs in droves, dot-coms seem more willing than traditional businesses to give the new advertising medium a chance.by Ann All…

Thai banks add cash transfer to ATMs

May 21, 2000

BANGKOK -- The six largest Thai-owned banks said that they have agreed to jointly offer cross-banking electronic cash transfer, according to the Xinhua News…

Euronet to offer GSM phone vouchers at Czech Republic ATMs

May 18, 2000

BUDAPEST -- Euronet Services Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) inked an agreement with EuroTel, the largest GSM mobile phone service company in the Czech Republic, which…

Massachusetts makes another attempt to regulate bank fees

May 18, 2000

BOSTON -- Proposed legislation in the Massachusetts state Legislature would require banks to ask for state approval each time they want to raise their fees…

Think small

May 17, 2000

Eric Spielman has made a big impression in Boulder, Colo., by installing ATMs in locations where space is tight.by Ann All, editor