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MasterCard tests biometric EMV card
April 21, 2017
MasterCard has unveiled what it is calling the "next generation biometric card," combining chip technology with biometrics to verify the cardholder's identity…
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The new branch: Everyone's 'cup of tea'?
by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC
Could unusual innovations such as the 'branch cafe' provide the answer to that perplexing question of how banks should evolve in order to attract and serve…
read nowATMIA paper offers a template for assessing ATM money-laundering risk
April 20, 2017
The ATM Industry Association has published a new position paper, Actual versus Perceived Risks of Money Laundering at White-Label ATMs in Canada. The…
read nowPayza marries cash, e-commerce in Mexico
April 20, 2017
Payza, an online payments provider, has made the Mexican peso an available currency within its platform.
read nowThe ICX Summit: Millennials, emerging tech and measurement of success
April 20, 2017
The upcoming Interactive Customer Experience Summit, slated for June 5–7 in Dallas, will spotlight leaders in customer experience speaking on topics ranging…
read nowWhy mess with cash? Masterpass those snack crackers!
April 20, 2017
MasterCard has vowed to end the plight of shivering, swimsuit-clad hotel guests who pass a vending machine on their way in from the pool only to find…
read nowPartnership to let Wells Fargo customers make mobile payments via PayPal
April 20, 2017
Wells Fargo & Co. has announced that its retail customers soon will be able to use PayPal to make purchases with their NFC-enabled Android device at…
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FICO nixes NAC number-fixing claims on retail ATM compromise
by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications
On March 29, FICO released stats showing that nonbank ATMs accounted for the majority of card compromises in 2016. NAC fired back with a memo accusing FICO of…
read nowExperian: US e-commerce fraud increases as EMV acceptance grows
April 18, 2017
Delaware, Oregon, and Florida were the top-ranked states for billing and shipping e-commerce fraud in 2016, according to a new report from Experian.
read nowUS ACH transaction volume sees 1.3B year-to-year growth
April 17, 2017
New statistics from NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association show that ACH transaction volume in 2015 grew to more than 24 billion electronic payments, an…
read nowIndia may ease foreign investment rules for ATM, cash management firms
April 17, 2017
India might be on the verge of changing its foreign direct investment policy for the ATM industry in order to encourage the inflow of monetary resources into…
read nowIllinois House bill seeks $1 cap for ATM fees
April 17, 2017
Illinois State Rep. Arthur Turner, D-Chicago, has introduced a bill in the state assembly limiting ATM charges to $1. The fee cap would apply to banks and…
read nowLloyds to pilot test Windows 10 biometrics with customers
April 17, 2017
Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Microsoft to test biometric authentication with customers logging into Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland…
read nowGlobal blockchain market to grow from $228M to $5.4B within 6 years, study predicts
April 14, 2017
The global blockchain distributed ledger market accounted for $228 million in 2016, and between 2017 and 2023 is expected to reach $5.43 billion, expanding at…
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ADA, assistive technology and the leading example of ATMs
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
In part 3 of our series: Assistive technology for the disabled has become more sophisticated and pervasive in recent years, giving kiosk manufacturers and…
read nowStudy: Credit transaction amounts fall — along with cash use
April 14, 2017
Consumers are increasingly using credit cards to pay for small transactions, according to a new CreditCards.com survey.
read nowNeed cash? If you're in Hyderabad, that might be a problem
April 14, 2017
On March 13, the Reserve Bank of India lifted the cap on ATM withdrawals it had imposed in November, when demonetization of India's most popular banknotes set…
read nowMajor 'Pays' expected to attract 500M users by 2021
April 14, 2017
New data from fintech analysts at Juniper Research projects that the number of OEM-Pay contactless users — including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay …
read nowKICTeam intros Waffletechnology cleaning card for Canon check scanners
April 14, 2017
KICTeam Inc., a provider of technical device cleaning products, has introduced a new cleaning card engineered specifically for use with Canon imageFormula…
read nowACI to provide fraud protection solutions to Panama-based payments provider
April 14, 2017
ADSI, a banking IT services and fraud protection provider operating in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, has selected real-time electronic…
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