TSYS, Merrick Bank enter payments agreement

December 20, 2012

Payments specialist TSYS has signed a long-term agreement with CardWorks Inc. subsidiary Merrick Bank, to provide payment solutions for Merrick's independent…

Last call for IADs: Deployers survey will close Friday

December 20, 2012

IADs have until midnight this Friday to put their two cents in by participating in the third annual U.S. independent ATM deployers survey, cosponsored by the…

Will m-payments replace cash? Harris poll gives mixed answer.

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Consumers assume a cashless future, but don't yet feel compelled to embrace it.

Brinks, Wincor collaborate on cash management model

December 19, 2012

Wincor Nixdorf and Brinks Deutschland have announced plans to expand their cooperation in order to increase the efficiency of cash-handling processes for banks…

UL expands transaction security offering in the US

December 18, 2012

UL has opened an office in Plano, Texas, further expanding its presence in the United States. The new office marks a significant step for UL in its commitment…

Cardtronics expands ATM network in Canada

December 18, 2012

Cardtronics Inc. has acquired Can-Do-Cash Ltd., a privately held ATM services company based in Ottawa, Canada. The purchase expands the Cardtronics Canada ATM…

SCA summit keynotes to address progress on EMV migration

December 18, 2012

In keynote speeches, senior execs from American Express, Discover, Isis, MasterCard, Visa and the Utah Transit Authority will discuss the progress of EMV…

Bank-Fund Staff FCU deploys ARCA cash recyclers

December 18, 2012

Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union ($3.3 billion in assets), a 70,000-member FI serving employees of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary…

Access One launches ATM Biz App for smartphones

December 18, 2012

Access One ATM, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based IAD, has unveiled its ATM Biz App, a smartphone application that allows Access One customers to manage their ATMs on…

P2P payments state-of-the-industry

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

While widespread use of person-to-person payment technology has not yet taken off, it's an important seed for financial institutions to plant in order to stay…

3 ways cash management will change in 2013

Cash forecasting, branch evolution and the role of ATMs and self-service will be front and center next year.

Ukrainian bank turns to Fiserv for ATM reserve management

December 17, 2012

First Ukrainian International Bank, one of the 10 largest banks in Ukraine, has implemented Integrated Currency Manager from Fiserv in order to better manage…

Interbank ATM switch catching on in Ghana

December 17, 2012

Since the introduction of Ghana's national switch activation last month, Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems said customer use of the ATMs of other…

Fraudsters swipe $300K from ATM in creative scam

December 17, 2012

Three employees of Russia's Sberbank used an unusual method to defraud the bank of more than $300,000 this fall. They placed their own bill acceptor into the…

Good thing about those missing teeth: ATM thief bites good Sam

December 14, 2012

Saying, "I need that money," a robber pried $20 from the hand of a 70-year-old woman at an ATM this week in Gulfport, Fla.

CO-OP intros ATM with shared branching functionality

December 14, 2012

CO-OP Financial Services is urging credit unions to share and offering them the means to do it. The credit union service organization has announced its…

Branch traffic dropping; ATMs to the rescue

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

Despite a 22 percent rise in the number of financial institution branch locations in the U.S., branch foot traffic is at an all-time low. Transactions at…

German Bank NORD/LB outsources IT infrastructure ops to Wincor Nixdorf

December 14, 2012

Wincor Nixdorf has won a seven-year contract to provide central operations management of IT infrastructure for Norddeutsche Landesbank. The agreement, which…

ATM industry newsmakers: The top 12 of 2012

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

ATM Marketplace looks back at some of the bigger stories for the ATM world in 2012 .

Input wanted: KAL kicks off 2013 ATM software trends survey

December 13, 2012

KAL ATM Software invites all members of the financial services industry to participate in its software trends online survey. Survey participants will receive a…