The ATM at 50: Still evolving ... or slipping toward extinction?

by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo — Professor of Business History, Bangor University

Proponents of the cashless economy see ATMs as dinosaurs. However, the ATM retains one great advantage in that it is a channel fully under the bank's control …

Checker ATM Security users urged to install GMV-issued patch

May 4, 2017

Security research firm Positive Technologies has discovered a serious vulnerability in GMV Checker ATM Security, according to a press release.

LINK rolls out ATM locator app with features for visually impaired users

May 4, 2017

LINK, operator of the U.K. cash machine network, has launched its free ATM locator app, which it describes as "the most comprehensive mobile application of its…

Rabobank takes step to stop ATM explosive attacks

May 4, 2017

Rabobank, the Netherlands' third largest bank, is taking steps to protect its ATMs, the people near them and the buildings that house them from explosive…

Dubai FI intros smart cash deposit machines for commercial clients

May 4, 2017

Standard Chartered Bank, a Dubai-based FI, has signed a partnership agreement with business support provider Transguard Group that will allow the bank to offer…

Biometric ID gets a security boost from the blockchain

May 4, 2017

BitCAD, a cryptographic smart platform, has developed a decentralized blockchain-based system for biometric identification of users.

MasterCard qualifies personalization validation tool from FIME, Barnes

May 4, 2017

FIME and Barnes International have announced that their jointly developed personalization validation tool has been qualified against the latest Mastercard PVT…

ATM Marketplace: April Top 5

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

When it rains it pours ... All sorts of topics caught readers' interest in April, from regulations to revenues to the reasons why financial institutions are…

ATM, branch, mobile, online ... or all of the above?

May 2, 2017

Digital channels notwithstanding, branches still have a significant effect on customer satisfaction across all age groups, according to the J.D. Power 201…

In battle between Range Rover and Beemer, ATM-users lose

May 2, 2017

Criminals who succeeded at ripping an ATM from the wall of a Lloyds Bank branch in the English village of Bourton-on-the-water early Friday had to abandon…

NCR Budapest factory achieves ATM production milestone

May 2, 2017

NCR Corp. has announced that the company's facility in Budapest has manufactured its 350,000th ATM within a span of 11 years.

India's ATM deployers consider adding noncash functionality to compensate for skimpy fees

May 2, 2017

India's banks and white label ATM providers are pursuing ways to increase the capabilities of their ATMs in order to increase their efficiency and return on…

Coinsource marks 100th bitcoin ATM deployment

May 2, 2017

Coinsource, which bills itself as the world's largest bitcoin ATM network, recently passed the 100-machine milestone in Q1 with 14 new installations in New…

Why NAC should stop quibbling about ATM skimming stats

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Arguments over whose ATMs are more likely to be skimmed are slipping into irrelevance as the industry faces its final EMV deadline four months from now and…

Hamburger Sparkasse, Diebold Nixdorf extend services agreement

April 28, 2017

Hamburger Sparkasse, Germany's largest savings bank, with 140 branches and 5,000 employees, has extended its IT outsourcing partnership with Diebold Nixdorf…

New study correlates access to cash, opportunity

April 28, 2017

The ATM Industry Association has published a new study on the role of cash in financial inclusion.

FIME lays claim to largest network of EMVCo accredited labs

April 28, 2017

FIME has that, with the addition of four new accreditations, six of its laboratories around the world are approved by EMVCo to perform Level 1 tests on payment…

Canadian FI rolls out Pepper the Humanoid Robot for customer service

April 28, 2017

Whether it's totally cool or a tad creepy is a matter of debate; either way, Pepper, the humanoid robot created by SoftBank Robotics America is now on staff at…

US Payments Forum issues EMV update

April 28, 2017

The U.S. Payments Forum has published updates on the status of the EMV chip migration in the United States.

The Swedish Bankomat in the early history of the ATM

Though not widely remembered today, the Bankomat — installed within a week of the first De La Rue machine at Barclays Bank in June 1967 — played an important…