New switch to help Indonesia's regional banks compete with major FIs

August 22, 2014

Infrastructure on the Way4 processing platform will provide connections between all provincial regional development banks, existing local and domestic…

IADs must improvise to survive: How DCC can help boost revenues

Shrinking interchange, increased competition and growing operational expenses have taken a toll on ATM profitability. But advances in technology can help IADs…

Out in the cold: The ATM industry wants routing choice, too

ATM industry representatives recently made their case to the Fed for inclusion in Reg II, the Durbin Amendment rule that gives merchants a choice of competing…

McGraw-Hill FCU, Co-op expand card processing relationship

August 21, 2014

The ATM and PIN debit processing agreement between the FCU and the California-based CUSO will broaden to include credit and signature debit services.

PAI, SchoolsFirst FCU strike branding deal on LA ATMs

August 21, 2014

Payments Alliance International lands yet another branding agreement on ATMs it owns and operates in Rite Aid pharmacies.

India's banks discussing use of local languages on ATM receipts

August 21, 2014

English and Hindi - both of them official languages - are currently used, however local language users, especially in rural villages, often do not speak either.

What can 'Brown' do for data theft victims?

August 21, 2014

The UPS Store has notified customers of a potential data compromise occurring at 51 franchised locations between Jan. 20 and Aug. 11.

Number of consumers who prefer ATMs over other banking channels rises in 2013, ABA says

August 21, 2014

The ATM remains in third place among customers' favorite banking channels, but it achieved a stronger showing in 2013 (14 percent), compared with 2012 (1…

Patent auction to offer up ATM intellectual property rights package

August 21, 2014

An upcoming intellectual property auction gives bidders the unusual opportunity to become their own ATM patent assertion entity.

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…