CFPB complaint portal will spread rumors, falsehoods about financial services, FSR fears

August 21, 2014

The Financial Services Roundtable has expressed deep concern about a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plan to post unverified, anonymous complaint…

Quite the tale: Tying up loose ends

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It came as a surprise to discover that a free-standing white-label ATM I was about to use had something strange going on — a highly conspicuous communications…

Ascert adds EMV testing and certification capabilities to hosted services

August 20, 2014

The cloud-based solution aims to ease an expected testing and certification bottleneck as ATM liability shift deadlines approach.

Mercator issues ATM market benchmark report for 2014

August 19, 2014

The new report finds that, in many markets, added functionality at the ATM has made it a hub for self-service and assisted-service banking.

Global Payout bids to acquire prepaid-based mobile banking provider

August 19, 2014

Global Payout will purchase 100 percent of Maxie Mobile, a company that enables payments and ATM withdrawals from a prepaid mobile account.

Oberthur to acquire powered display card provider NagraID

August 19, 2014

NagraID technology enables secure access to the cloud, primarily for companies engaged in providing financial payments, and authentication and identification…

Retailers petition Supreme Court to review debit fee cap ruling

August 19, 2014

Retailers dispute the appeals court ruling about fee caps, but seem to accept its ruling that one network each for signature and PIN debit is sufficient.

Israeli tech firm to assist Chinese banks with ATM physical security

August 19, 2014

Primary and secondary sensors will alert FIs to a wide spectrum of physical threats ranging from shaking the machine to attempting to blow it up.

Webinar: Why the physical branch has a future in the digital world

IDC and Wincor Nixdorf welcome branch managers to participate in an expert dialogue on branch transformation

Will smart cards leapfrog mobile?

The ability to securely download apps to a consumer's smart card has been demonstrated. But why is this important to a market that is already moving toward…

Fed study finds that ATM, debit might be safer than credit cards

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

In 2012, PIN debit card transactions - including both purchases and ATM cash withdrawals - had the lowest fraud rates among general-purpose cards by both…

Kaspersky study finds consumers nonchalant about data security

August 18, 2014

When it comes to protecting their personal and financial information online, consumers just might be their own worst enemy.

German bank adds protection against ATM malware upload

August 18, 2014

Newly integrated software allows only authorized code to run on the ATM network, so ING-DiBa can prevent attacks, rather than simply responding to them.

FTC proposed patent troll study gets go-ahead from OMB

August 18, 2014

The commission has congressional authority to collect nonpublic information from patent assertion entities, which will provide a better picture of their…

Research: 'Card malls' should be part of prepaid distribution strategy

August 15, 2014

The total dollar volume loaded through card malls grew 19 percent in 2013, and new research says growth will continue.

Should the ATM industry stay with Microsoft OS? Take the survey

August 15, 2014

A short survey asks whether the industry should migrate ATMs to a new Microsoft OS in 2020 ... or find a better alternative.

FNB, NCR take home award for ‘Best ATM and Kiosk Project in Africa’

August 15, 2014

FNB won the award for its successful implementation of the NCR SelfServ 4 slim line kiosk, using a custom platform that supports the FI's inclusion banking…

RBI issues notice of fee structure change for India's ATMs

August 15, 2014

The Indian Banks' Association petitioned for a reduction in the mandated number of free transactions due, it said, to increasing costs to install and operate…

Supervalu the latest brand to report data breach

August 15, 2014

The company doesn't specify that PIN numbers were stolen, but refers to 'other numerical information' in the announcement that its POS system was compromised.

For ATM providers, mobile signals new opportunity

Mobile has changed the average ATM user’s needs, preferences and expectations, and these behaviors can mean new opportunities for ATM providers.