TIO, iQmetrix announce mobile partnership

December 14, 2010

TIO Networks Corp. and iQmetrix Software Development Corp. have formed a partnership to bring efficiency to bill payments for wireless retailers that sell…

Transoft signs cash-management licensing agreement with Siam Commercial Bank

December 13, 2010

The Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), which operates 7,678 ATMs throughout Thailand, has signed a multi-year cash-management licensing agreement with Transoft…

Wincor Nixdorf becomes ATMIA global sponsor

December 13, 2010

Wincor Nixdorf AG, the world's second-largest ATM manufacturer based on annual shipments, today announced that it has joined the ATM Industry Association…

Global Axcess bags supermarket chain

December 13, 2010

Nationwide Money Services, a subsidiary of Global Axcess Corp., today announced that it has signed a five-year contract to deploy ATMs with a supermarket chain…

NCR extends cash-management agreement with Transoft

December 12, 2010

NCR Corp. has renewed its cash-management agreement with Transoft International Inc., which manages cash for more than 100,000 ATMs, branches and vault…

"Flash Attacks" Make Big Money for Debit and Credit Card Scammers

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

The latest ATM scam is so brilliantly simple, it’s hard to believe that it actually works. Apparently, banks’ fraud detection systems are unable to flag nearly…

Wireless Data Communications: Severing the Ties that Bind

ATM deployers are discovering the advantages of integrating their deployments onto wireless networks as opposed to using traditional landlines. Find out what…

Federal Reserve: ATM cash withdrawals show very little growth

ATM cash withdrawals continue to grow very little, according to a 2010 Federal Reserve Systems Payments Study.

Turkish bank launches NFC payment service

December 9, 2010

Garanti Bank and MasterCard Worldwide have launched an NFC (near field communication) mobile payment service in Turkey.Garanti Bank and MasterCard partnered…

BB&T expands ATM agreement with Allpoint

December 9, 2010

BB&T Corp., a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based bank, has expanded its ATM network into Florida and Texas after renewing a contract with Allpoint, the…

Wells Fargo ATMs help cardholders budget

New service lets cardholders select a monthly target withdrawal amount.

Wincor Nixdorf and IBM to target Canada's retail banks

December 7, 2010

Wincor Nixdorf AG and IBM Corp. have announced that they will establish a joint competency center in Toronto to serve Canada's retail banks, which are the…

Banks target customer offers through their mobile phones

December 7, 2010

Financial institutions will be able to target offers to customers through their mobile phones, according to an agreement ClairMail Inc., a mobile banking…

MasterCard, Visa websites shut down in WikiLeaks-related hacker attack

Hackers today shut down MasterCard Worldwide's website and disrupted cardholders' payments.

ATM industry blasts report on debit card usage

Group charges report is biased against cash, but authors say it reflects payment alternatives.

NCR signs ATM deal in China

NCR signs a major ATM deal in China, which is predicted to become the world's largest ATM market by 2015.

Montise, Visa to introduce mobile payments in Nigeria

December 5, 2010

Montise Plc today announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria has granted Montise and its partners a provisional license to introduce mobile payments in the…

Debit card spending exceeds cash spending in the U.K.

New report signals a changing of the spending guard in the United Kingdom.

Survey: ATM deposits get the nod over human teller deposits

December 2, 2010

Consumers prefer depositing money into an ATM instead of handing the funds over to a bank teller to deposit, according to an online survey by Wincor Nixdorf…

Is the USA any closer to adopting EMV?

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

Reviewing the latest ATM crime statistics from the European ATM Security Team (EAST), one statistic stood out – international losses due to card skimming were…