Real-time service lets bank customers accept, reject debits

February 17, 2014

Customers of Los Alamos National Bank in New Mexico now have the option to receive a text message that alerts them when an electronic debit hits their…

RCMP says seized ATMs were money laundering stations

February 17, 2014

Police in the Canadian city of Winnipeg have seized a half-dozen white label ATMs they said were being used to launder money in a high-level trafficking…

First Data, TMG streamline EMV implementation for client FIs

February 17, 2014

Payments processing solutions provider First Data and payments processor The Members Group have introduced an expedited EMV implementation program for…

Fiserv chooses Alpharetta site for Atlanta-area ops

February 17, 2014

Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced the selection of a location in Alpharetta, Ga., to…

Kern Schools FCU, PAI ink branding deal

February 17, 2014

Retail ATM solutions provider Payment Alliance International and Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Schools Federal Credit Union have entered into a branding…

Reflections on ATMIA US 2014

by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom

"Reinventing the ATM," the theme of this year's ATMIA US conference in Orlando, Fla., proved to be highly appropriate. ISOs and vendors this year spent a…

Square turns on money request app

February 17, 2014

Square Cash, a new money request feature from mobile POS provider Square, allows users to request money from other people or groups by using the Square Cash…

Why multifactor authentication trumps knowledge-based authentication

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

First, what is knowledge-based authentication? KBA is an authentication method that asks the user to respond to at least one question whose correct answer only…

First Data SpendTrend: Most payment forms down in January

February 14, 2014

Payments processor First Data Corp. has released its First Data SpendTrend analysis for the period of Jan. 1–31, 2014, as compared with Jan. 1–31, 2013. Year…

Ukraine hit by cyberattack using newest ATM trojan

February 14, 2014

ATMs located in public areas and belonging to one of the largest Ukrainian banks were simultaneously attacked in all regions of the country last weekend by…

Card issuance, use on the rise in Europe

February 14, 2014

Competition among banks to gain new customers and campaigns to replace low-value cash transactions with card payments have driven significant increases in card…

FIS, Microsoft partner on cybersecurity

February 14, 2014

Last week FIS announced a new cybersecurity partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This week, the company has announced another security…

Cash centers and the future of retailer cash recycling

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

I believe that the job of any consultant is to look at things with a fresh pair of eyes and to question the way that things are done today, and to think about…

Judge Leon's surprise demand on Durbin

Retailers and the Federal Reserve were both unprepared to respond to a demand by Judge Richard Leon in his Durbin ruling. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive…

Will Judge Leon's Durbin ruling get overturned?

Judge Leon's castigation of the Federal Reserve faces off against the agency's long-standing reputation and favor with the courts. (Attorney Crystal Kaldjob at…

What will happen if Judge Leon's Durbin ruling is overturned

The D.C. Court of Appeals could affirm or reverse some or all of the ruling. And there's the likely appeal to the Supreme Court. (From the ATM & Mobile…

MagTek offers free queries to fraud prevention database

February 13, 2014

MagTek, a Seal Beach, California-based provider of secure payment technology, announced this week it will provide merchants with free access to its card…

JETCO rolls out mobile NFC in Hong Kong and Macau

February 13, 2014

Joint Electronic Teller Services Ltd. is rolling out mobile NFC payments in Hong Kong and Macau with its member banks using the Gemalto LinqUs trusted service…

Theismann kicks off ATMIA US conference with a message of change

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

One of the NFL's great quarterbacks explains how catastrophe forced him to reinvent his life - for the better. 

Easy card loading is a necessity in mobile wallets

George Wallner (founder of Hypercom) explains the feature every mobile payment provider must build into its digital wallet. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive…