ATM provider DirectCash offers cash for Customers

April 3, 2012

DirectCash Payments Inc., Canada's largest branded ATM operator, announced that it will purchase Australian IAD Customers Ltd. for A$173 million (US$179.…

Global Payments talks profits … and data losses

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

The third-party processor rolls data breach Q&A and Q3 earnings into one call.

Consumers Union calls for CFPB rules on prepaid fees

April 2, 2012

Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer reports is recommending that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau take action to require clearer…

Indonesian bank to add thousands of ATMs in 2012

April 2, 2012

Indonesia’s largest private lender, PT Bank Central Asia, will add as many as 3,000 ATMs to its network in 2012, according to a news item at thejakartapost.com.

EMV in the U.S.: An undecided future

April 2, 2012

Though the transition to EMV seems all but inevitable, card-issuing banks still don't know exactly what EMV standards look like, said an article from American…

Visa vacates Global Payments

April 1, 2012

According to a news item posted by wsj.com at 7:39 p.m. EST on Sunday, April 1, Visa has removed Global Payments from its list of companies considered to be…

Monday press conference will address Global Payments data breach

April 1, 2012

Global Payments announced it will hold a live press conference Monday, April 2 at 8 AM EDT to answer questions about a data breach the company experienced…

Global Payments Inc. confirms 'massive' data breach

March 30, 2012

Global Payments confirmed late this afternoon that "card data may have been accessed," in a hacking episode in early March, said CNN in a breaking news report.

Indonesian telecom, bank team up on mobile wallet

March 30, 2012

Indonesia's largest telecom, PT Telkomsel, and state lender Bank Negara Indonesia have created a partnership to allow BNI account holders top up their…

With friends like these …

March 30, 2012

When two men assisted him off a London bus after he had an epileptic fit, Hugh Sach of Winchester, England, thought he'd met two Good Samaritans, said a report…

ATMIA committee will serve as "collective industry voice" on EMV

March 30, 2012

The ATM Industry Association has announced that it will form a new committee to monitor developments regarding EMV for the U.S. market.

IAD places Scandinavia's biggest ATM order in a decade

March 30, 2012

Sweden's Bankomat AB, which operates ATM networks for five of the country's leading banks, has inked a three-year framework agreement with Wincor Nixdorf, the…

ATM scam tops NZ$1 million in losses

March 30, 2012

New Zealand bank ANZ National now estimates that approximately $1 million (US$820,000) has been stolen in a skimming case that just seems to keep expanding.

Webinar explores opportunities for slashing cash-handling costs

Cash won't be going away anytime soon, but a fair amount of the handling costs could be.

Ukrainian bank rethinks IT outsourcing

March 29, 2012

OpenWay, a multiregional card management and channel banking software vendor, today announced that Ukraine's Oschadbank has brought its card management and…

U.K.'s WorldPay launches Discover in advance of jubilee, olympics

March 29, 2012

Streamline, part of the WorldPay group and the largest provider of card payment processing in the U.K. and Europe, announced today the launch of Discover and…

What's making news in Nigeria

March 29, 2012

The Central Bank of Nigeria said POS terminals and ATMs in Nigeria will be enabled for biometric identification by 2013, a report at allafrica.com said.

U.S. companies on EMV technology: 'Meh.'

March 29, 2012

It seems American companies are still a bit blasé about EMV. Aureimma Consulting Group and Savantor (also a consultancy) today announced the results of their…

Study: Nearly all cyber attacks in 2011 were avoidable

March 28, 2012

A Verizon study released last Thursday said that 97 percent of the cyber attacks on FIs and other companies last year were carried out using fairly simple…

Boom mobile banking, Allpoint ATM network partner on services

March 28, 2012

Boom, a mobile banking provider, and money transfer service owner m-Via have announced both a new low-cost pricing model and a deal with surcharge-free ATM…