The EMV liability shift at ATMs: What's your risk mitigation plan?

The MasterCard liability shift date has arrived. Avoidance is no longer an option, so what's an unprepared ATM operator to do? Here's the view from a…

Cash use declines, mobile payments awareness grows, study finds

October 20, 2016

Sixty percent of consumers in North America use cash at least weekly to make purchases at a merchant location, down seven percentage points from 2015. Of all…

China maintains galloping pace of growth in payment card issuance, acceptance

October 19, 2016

China today is home to 43 percent of the world's payment cards and 29 percent of its EFTPOS terminals, making it the largest market for card issuing and…

Partnership to provide biometric ATM access for India's underbanked

October 19, 2016

Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd., a pan-Indian microfinance institution in the process of becoming a small finance bank, has announced that it will provide ATMs…

UK Link member discussions said to portend ATM network downsizing

October 19, 2016

Members of Link, the ATM network that drives about half of the machines in the U.K., are discussing "multilateral interchange arrangements" that could involve…

New report highlights financial service providers' focus on CX

October 19, 2016

A majority of financial services businesses are in the process of expanding their customer experience projects — particularly those involving the mobile…

Could biometrics be the key to better customer relationships?

There are far more effective solutions than a 50-year-old, four-digit PIN for protecting ATM cardholder accounts; and they can be effective at improving the…

ATM explosive attacks booming in Europe

October 17, 2016

The European ATM Security Team has reported an 80 percent increase year over year in the incidence of ATM explosive attacks through the first half of 2016.

Hyosung launches MoniMobile ISO app for ATM operators, distributors

October 17, 2016

Nautilus Hyosung America has introduced MoniMobile ISO, a new, patent-pending mobile application for the ISO-IAD channel.

Just the FAQs: FFIEC answers questions about its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

October 17, 2016

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council has issued a frequently asked questions guide related to the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool.

US Payments Forum sums up EMV migration progress, resources

October 17, 2016

The U.S. Payments Forum has released its fall 2016 market snapshot of the status of U.S. chip migration, its effect on the U.S. market, and priorities and new…

Galitt adds Quick Chip, M/Chip Fast features to terminal test suites

October 17, 2016

Galitt has updated its KaNest-ICC EMV Level 3 Terminal Test Suites to incorporate  Quick Chip and M/Chip Fast technology. According to a press release, updated…

Did the CFPB just become 'a political football'?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

This week, a U.S. Court of Appeals granted the financial industry a long-wished-for curb on the unfettered power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Q2 Holdings rolls out fraud alert system for debit card breaches

October 13, 2016

Q2 Holdings has launched the Centrix Dispute Tracking System fraud alerts module, an add-on to the case management and Regulation E compliance platform used by…

ATM PIN inventor inducted into hall of fame

October 13, 2016

James Goodfellow, the Scotsman who developed and patented the four-digit ATM personal identification number 50 years ago, has been honored with induction into…

Survey: Majority of Americans use mobile deposit at least monthly

October 13, 2016

Within the past year, 1 in 3 Americans deposited a check using a mobile device, according to new research by the American Bankers Association. Of those who…

Fed task forces begin review of faster payments proposals

October 13, 2016

Two task forces convened by the Federal Reserve have begun to review and discuss 19 faster payments proposals submitted by task force members from across the…

Diebold announces Q4 dividend

October 13, 2016

The board of directors of Diebold Inc. has declared a fourth quarter cash dividend of 10 cents per share on all common shares.

Euronet Worldwide acquires UK-based YourCash Europe ATM network

October 13, 2016

Euronet Worldwide Inc., a global electronic payments provider, has completed its acquisition of the U.K.-based ATM operator YourCash Europe Ltd.

'Virtual hacker' CyBot identifies cyberthreats to ATM networks

October 13, 2016

Israel-based software vendor Cronus Cyber Technologies has developed a virtual hacker system, called CyBot Suite, that imitates the way hackers are thinking…