Americans cavalier about PIN protection

July 24, 2013

Alaric, an international provider of fraud prevention and payment processing solutions, recently published survey results revealing that nearly half (4…

FIs' vendor relationships come under closer scrutiny

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

Regulators are keeping a closer eye on how financial institutions handle vendor management. FIs of all sizes can experience problems with regard to vendor…

OptConnect Announces Release of Powerful Online Wireless Portfolio Management System

OptConnect, the leading wireless connectivity solutions provider for the ATM industry, today announced the release of the OptConnect Portal, a powerful new…

Travelex re-ups ATM agreement with Cardtronics

July 24, 2013

London-based Travelex has awarded Cardtronics a long-term contract extension as exclusive manager of all U.S.-based Travelex ATMs. Cardtronics operates and…

Community banks on board with DNA

July 23, 2013

Within the past week, financial technology solutions provider Fiserv Inc. has announced the implementation of its DNA account processing platform on behalf of…

Gaining visibility where appliance-based instrumentation fails

by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO

Recently, INETCO announced that a large payment platform provider, Adquira Mexico S.A. de C.V selected the INETCO Insight application performance…

Cyber crime the fastest growing threat to FIs

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

In the past, cyber terrorists have focused primarily on the largest financial institutions in the country. However, since criminals often follow the path of…

Deploying APTRA interactive teller as both AIT and ATM: A flawed strategy?

4 reasons to think twice about bundling ATM and video teller functionalities in a single machine.

ECS to enable fast ATM fleet expansion for AB Bank

July 23, 2013

ElectraCard Services, a provider of software solutions and processing services for electronic payment systems, has announced that AB Bank, the first private…

For Canadian CU, use of video teller yields results, accolades

July 22, 2013

North Peace Savings and Credit Union, a community-based FI serving northeastern British Columbia, has won the National Credit Union Innovation Award in Canada…

OptConnect intros Portal online wireless portfolio manager

July 22, 2013

Wireless ATM connectivity solutions provider OptConnect has rolled out OptConnect Portal, a new online wireless device portfolio management system. The…

Discover to power new debit program for Old Second

July 22, 2013

Old Second National Bank, a 140-year-old community bank in the Chicago, has teamed with Discover to create the a debit card program powered by Discover Debit.

YourCash ATM network to launch Monex DCC

July 22, 2013

Monex Financial Services and YourCash Ltd. have signed an agreement under which YourCash will deploy the Monex Dynamic Currency Conversion across the its ATM…

Discover, Allpoint partner up

July 22, 2013

Surcharge-free network operator Allpoint Network, an affiliate of Cardtronics, and Discover Financial Services, the owner of the Discover card brand, have…

A good 30 years before innovation threatens cash

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

A new study by Loomis AB concludes that although payments innovations will reduce consumers' use of cash over time, new methods of payment will not show a…

Is there no honor among thieves?

July 19, 2013

Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security recently wrote about an industrious Ukrainian who set about making audio skimmers, which he offered for the price of $2,450 at…

Smash and grab: alive and well

by Mark Smith — VP of Financial Solutions, Kahuna ATM Solutions

Perhaps it's due to living close to a very large American city, but it seems to me that the news stories on ATM smash and grab are on the increase. These make…

ATM distributor jumps into financial services kiosk business

July 19, 2013

Florida-based IAD Premier Payment Systems LLC has inked an exclusive distribution deal with financial services kiosk provider Payteller LLC. Premier, which has…

Diebold ATMs Enable Cardless Cash Withdrawal Via Paydiant Mobile Wallet Application

Partnership with leading mobile wallet provider connects smartphones with ATMs for convenient, secure transactions

OKI overhauls supply chain to better serve Chinese ATM market

July 19, 2013

Tokyo-based telecommunications manufacturer OKI and the Yamato Group, a logistics company, have announced the launch of a new transportation system that they…