Fifth Third Bank launches mobile RDC

February 11, 2013

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank is now offering mobile deposit functionality for its customers who are iPhone and Android users. The service is available in…

Banks, credit unions get white label P2P solution from FIS

February 11, 2013

Bank tech provider FIS has announced a new peer-to-peer mobile payment product called FIS People Pay, a white label product aimed at financial institutions.

Cardtronics revenues leap forward in 2012

February 11, 2013

There's big money in free ATMs. In an earnings call late last week, surcharge-free retail ATM network operator Cardtronics Inc. announced double-digit…

NCR Q4 revenue gets a 3% bump

February 11, 2013

NCR Corp. reported financial results late last week for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2012. Revenue of $1.64 billion represented a 3 percent increase over Q…

4 things banks should be spending their money on in 2013

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

As we were finishing a lunch meeting the other day, the bank executive I was with laid down a challenge. He said, "Richard, my cab will be here in five…

SBI could make Indian banks eat counterfeit notes

February 8, 2013

Currently Indian citizens must chalk up a loss if they receive counterfeit currency from an ATM. However the Reserve Bank of India is looking to change that…

January activity down sharply at SA ATMs

February 8, 2013

South African consumers had a cash hangover in January. Statistics released by the Spark Cash Index indicate that citizens significantly reduced their spending…

O2 Secure Wireless intros facial recognition integration software for ATMs

February 8, 2013

O2 Secure Wireless Inc., a provider of secure wireless solutions, has announced the implementation of its FIT proprietary security software — retina…

Aussie smartphone owners gravitating toward mobile banking

February 8, 2013

An Australian study has found that the proportion of that nation's smartphone users who conduct banking transactions on their phones is now greater than 2…

Prepaid card providers invited to participate in study

February 8, 2013

Mercator Advisory Group and the Prepaid Expo are conducting a survey of prepaid industry participants in a first-of-its-kind study to assess the future of the…

CEB TowerGroup reviews BPC SmartGuard fraud solution

February 8, 2013

SmartGuard, the fraud-prevention system from open system e-payment solutions provider BPC Banking Technologies, has been reviewed in the CEB TowerGroup "Card…

Finding the best route for EMV in the U.S.

A new white paper offers EMV transaction routing solutions for ATM acquirers and other payments stakeholders. 

It’s up and running; that’s cool!

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

Sad to say, but no matter how hard we try to make sure there are no disruptions to the services we provide our customers, they continue to happen.

Axis Bank completes installation of 500 cash-deposit machines

February 6, 2013

Axis Bank, an Indian private-sector FI, has marked the installation of 500 cash-deposit ATM at branches in more than 300 cities across India. For the first…

Oakland debuts combination ID, prepaid card

February 6, 2013

Oakland, Calif., is getting ready to introduce reloadable prepaid cards integrated with city-issued municipal identification cards. The opt-in service was…

Police and Fire FCU re-ups ATM, debit relationship with First Data

February 6, 2013

Philadelpha-based Police and Fire Federal Credit Union has entered a new multi-year agreement with First Data and the Star Network. First Data will provide…

ARCA, m3t partner on self-service gaming kiosk

February 6, 2013

ARCA will supply cash automation for a new ATM-enabled self-service gaming kiosk to be launched by M3 Technology Solutions. The gaming IT firm developed the…

1,000 payment kiosks in Mexico to be equipped with Fujitsu bill dispensers

February 6, 2013

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc. has announced that its F50 bill-dispensing units will be used in more than 1,000 self-service billpay kiosks to be deployed…

Shazam releases EMV spec to FI, ATM industry partners

February 5, 2013

In order to facilitate EMV migration efforts, the Shazam network has released its EMV network specifications to all of its industry partners, the company said…

5 predictions for ATM, online and mobile banking monitoring applications

by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO

A new year is a time for goals, resolutions … and predictions. At the beginning of the year, I polled our INETCO team and asked the question, "What is most…