Yolanda survivors to get ATM access beginning Tuesday

November 18, 2013

According to a report from Inquirer News, survivors of Supertyphoon Yolanda will finally get access to much-needed cash after four ATMs are installed and…

Datacard Group, Barnes International partner on smart card verification

November 18, 2013

Datacard Group, a provider of secure ID and card personalization solutions, and Barnes International, provider in the development and supply of chip card…

Discover announces expansion of ATM network in Vietnam

November 18, 2013

Discover Financial Services and Smartlink Card JSC, a domestic payments network in Vietnam, have announced a strategic alliance that will give Discover and…

Diamond Bank reports growth with multichannel platform

November 18, 2013

CR2 and Diamond Bank have reported the bank's successful growth using the BankWorld multichannel platform. Diamond Bank deployed CR2's BankWorld multichannel…

Aussie ATM attack a fiery fail

November 15, 2013

"Play those games, win those prizes," Mom always said. In a case of highly questionable judgment, three Australian men attempted to rob an ATM by filling it…

Oral arguments in Durbin ruling appeal set for Jan. 17

November 15, 2013

In mid-January 2014, the Fed and merchants will square off in front of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The…

Sheetz chain strikes ATM deal with PNC Bank

November 15, 2013

Family-owned convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. has entered an agreement with PNC Bank to provide in-store ATMs in locations across six states. The ATMs will…

Microsoft warns Indian banks of pending ATM vulnerability

November 14, 2013

A study conducted by Ascentius Consulting on behalf of Microsoft revealed that some 34,115 Indian public sector bank branches will be at risk when support ends…

China's FIs issue 1M ATM cards daily

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

New data from consulting firm Retail Banking Research projects that the installed base of global ATMs will grow by 44 percent between 2012 and 2018.

ATM innovation: Give the people what they want

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Sounds simple enough, but what do people want?

Study examines prepaid card fraud and risk controls in the US

November 14, 2013

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines fraud risk and best practice for fraud prevention in prepaid card programs. The report, "Prepaid Card Fraud…

ATM withdrawals in S Africa ho-hum before the holidays

November 14, 2013

Spark Cash Index statistics for October indicate that consumers have been holding off spending before the holiday buying season. The SCI, which measures the…

Want to control your ATM card use? There's an app for that

November 14, 2013

In financial services, the consumer's No.1 expectation is to be in control. Particularly, consumers want to know that they can get to their money any time they…

Will businesses be forced to pay for polymer notes?

Polymer notes have undeniable benefits, but these come at a cost to ATM deployers and others involved in the cash cycle.

A manufacturer's dilemma

by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom

Editor's note: Remember the "I Love Lucy" episode (#39) that had Lucy and Ethel working on a candy factory production line wrapping chocolates? If so, you'll…

BofA anticipates biometric ID with ATM security patent application

November 13, 2013

Bank of America has applied for an ATM patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 20130264384) that would connect the ATM to external authentication capabilities such…

Nebraska's largest CU aims to get bigger faster

November 13, 2013

SAC Federal Credit Union of Bellevue, Neb., has grown its assets by an annual average rate of 16 percent over the last three years to become Nebraska's largest…

GPRs less costly than DDAs as primary payment tool

November 13, 2013

The majority of consumers who use a prepaid debit card to manage their finances do so for less than $7.50 per month, which represents a cost savings over a…

Columbus Data Services acquires USA Payment Systems

November 13, 2013

Dallas-based Columbus Data Services, a third-party ATM processor, announced today that it has acquired Houston-based processor USA Payment Systems.

To a needy mother, a fingerprint’s as good as a PIN

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

I have just attended the latest user event put on jointly by the NonStop user community and HP. Among the participants were many from the financial services…