EMV adoption in self-service retail: What's taking so long?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

EMV compliance is a process that self-service equipment operators need to follow any time a new combination of payment device, software and gateway/processor…

Finding Great Parts is Tough

At ACG, we realize how difficult a purchaser's job can be. Sourcing, validating, ordering, and tracking hundreds of parts per week can be exhausting. With a…

Will real-time payments really transform the US market?

Real-time payments infrastructure officially arrived in the U.S. with the launch of The Clearing House RTP system in November. Will the technology ultimately…

Digital Check study of postal banks hints at possible future for US bank branches

March 9, 2018

Postal banking isn't likely to catch on in the United States in the near future, but its underlying principles could play a role in branch transformation…

EAST publishes 1st ATM crime update of 2018

March 9, 2018

The European Association for Secure Transactions has published its first European Fraud Update for 2018, based on country crime updates provided by…

FCTI launches revamped website

March 9, 2018

FCTI Inc., a nationwide ATM network, has announced the launch of its revamped website.

US ATM operators petition Visa to lift DCC prohibition

March 9, 2018

The National ATM Council has sent a formal public petition to Visa on behalf of consumers and the U.S. ATM industry seeking elimination of network rules that…

Financial-related attacks dominate phishing attempts in 2017

March 9, 2018

In 2017, anti-phishing technologies developed by Kaspersky Lab detected more than 246 million user attempts to visit phishing web pages.

Could bitcoin and blockchain blow up banking as we know it?

Major banks have already begun to invest in promising blockchain projects, and distributed ledger technology now seems poised to disrupt retail banking in an…

ATM, merchant card reader compromises hit new high

March 7, 2018

The number of payment cards compromised at U.S. ATMs and merchant locations climbed 10 percent in 2017, according to Silicon Valley-based FICO. The number of…

Mobile banking UX 'asks too much of millennials,' study finds

March 7, 2018

No surprise here: Millennials lead the way in adoption of mobile banking, at 47 percent, while boomers lag at 23 percent. However, millennials are also the…

California CU calls on Cummins Allison for auto-deposit ATMs

March 7, 2018

Cummins Allison, a provider of ATMs and coin, currency and check processing technology, has announced its installation of automated deposit ATMs for Hanford…

Fiserv, MasterCard team to debut AI-based transaction decisioning solution

March 7, 2018

Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technology solutions, has become the first processor to offer MasterCard Decision Intelligence, a comprehensive…

Payments platform provider HPS sets sights on US market

March 7, 2018

HPS, a Casablanca, Morocco-based provider of electronic payment solutions for financial institutions, card processors, merchant acquirers, independent sales…

Image is everything: A case for reliable ATM antiskimming solutions

by Marvin Bowers — Vice President Sales - Global Division, ACG

An FI can spend millions to enhance its brand. So does it make sense that they should leave ATMs unprotected only to one day see a TV news reporter standing in…

'Customers want to be recognized': Designing the ideal digital banking experience

Jim Ensign, chief digital officer at Republic Bank, discusses how financial services providers can improve their customers' experience by seeking to understand…

NMI finalizes Creditcall acquisition

March 6, 2018

NMI, a provider of payments enablement technology for independent sales organizations, independent software vendors, value-added resellers  and payment…

Online card payments to double by 2022

March 6, 2018

The number of card payments made online worldwide is set to jump from 29 billion in 2016 to 70 billion in 2022, according to Global Payment Cards Data and…

Michigan CIT streamlines customer cash ordering with MorphisOnline.net

March 6, 2018

Total Armored Car Services Inc., the only independently owned and operated armored carrier in the state of Michigan, has announced that the company is now…

Amazon exploring consumer checking account offering, reports say

March 6, 2018

Don't say you weren't expecting it …