First Data jettisons 500 jobs in Denver

December 4, 2013

Beleaguered payment processor First Data has eliminated more than 550 positions in its Denver office. The company has said that an unspecified number of Denver…

Cards fail; cash prevails

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A Cyber Monday system crash at RBS illustrates why the world isn't quite ready to go cashless.

How MagTek's technology works

MagTek CEO Mimi Hart details the inner workings of her company's card authentication technology. Next to her on the panel is CrowdStrike's director of…

ATM emulation helps simplify EMV migration for Chilean FI

December 3, 2013

Like many South American FIs, Santiago, Chile-based Banco Falabella has begun the costly and complicated process of changing over its ATMs to the EMV chip…

WorldPay achieves Discover EMV certification

December 3, 2013

Payments acquirer WorldPay US has successfully completed EMV certification requirements for the Discover network. This completes the company's certification…

Software solution helps Fiserv plug into EMV

December 3, 2013

Aconite Smart EMV Manager, a software plug-in that equips existing card authorization systems to process EMV card transactions, has gone into production at…

How mobile is getting compromised

"The bad guys know that it's moving toward mobile, and they're already there," said Adam Meyers, director of intelligence for CrowdStrike. "There's no way you…

All about the Jacksons: The future of cash and ATMs

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A Dec. 10 webinar will look at trends in cash use and their likely impact on the future health of the ATM industry.

ACI, VocaLink extend ATM managed service agreement to 2021

December 2, 2013

Florida-based electronic payment and banking systems provider ACI Worldwide and VocaLink, operator of the national payments infrastructure for the United…

NCR pursues business transformation through acquisitions

December 2, 2013

One down, one to go: Late Monday afternoon, NCR Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Digital Insight Corp., a provider of online and mobile…

Hitachi buys Indian ATM deployer, processor Prizm

December 2, 2013

Hitachi is taking a stake in the Indian ATM market with the acquisition of Prizm Payment Services, a provider of ATMs and ATM payment services. The…

Bitcoin, Robocoin ATM chalk up some ka-ching

December 2, 2013

It's been a big year for Bitcoin. The virtual currency got its first currency accepting/dispensing ATM just a little more than a month ago, and is now boasting…

Columbus Data Services, Shazam strike ATM sharing agreement

December 2, 2013

Dallas-based ATM processor Columbus Data Services has begun processing transactions via the Johnston, Iowa-based Shazam Network, a full-service payments…

Wincor touts solution for ATM security after end of XP support

December 2, 2013

Currently, the majority of the world's installed ATMs and account statement printers run on Windows XP, and none of them will be supported by Microsoft after…

Windows 7 for ATMs: A long and winding road

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Webinar will look at opportunities, obstacles and alternate routes for arriving at a Windows 7 solution for ATMs.

2 compelling arguments for ATM topper advertising

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

Many of us have seen video toppers on ATMs come and go — several times. But today, given the reduced cost of operation and increased consumer expectations, the…

Wincor claims top 10 spot in FinTech 100

November 26, 2013

Wincor Nixdorf has improved its position from No. 12 to No. 10 on the latest FinTech 100 list. Rankings for 2013 were announced earlier this month at the BAI…

GRG tackles TCO at ICCOS Asia

November 26, 2013

Case studies from Turkey and China have shown that cash management-related expenses can have 20 times greater impact than the price of the equipment it is…

EMV transition creates card customization opportunities for FIs

November 26, 2013

The deployment of EMV technology in the United States will mean major changes for the payments marketplace. According to Italy's TAS Group, it will also create…

Indian FIs offered an EMV alternative

November 26, 2013

The Reserve Bank of India has notified the country's banks that they may choose between issuing EMV chip-enabled bankcards or adopting biometric identification…