Counting on currency again!

by Brendan Burge

With a New Year upon us, what better way to celebrate a fresh start than to relate a recent experience that highlights the persistent truth that we are…

ATMs really do matter to MasterCard

Contrary to common opinion, "ATM revenue matters to MasterCard." So says Peter Shortall of MasterCard Advisors. (From a panel at the ATM & Mobile Executive…

How channel convergence will change ATMs

“I believe about half the world is still unbanked,” said Mike Lee of ATMIA. “And if you want to bring them into the payment system, you need to start with…

6 'must see' exhibits at Wincor World 2014

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Exhibits, keynotes and workshops at next week's trade fair will focus on ATM channel excellence and branch transformation.

The ATM industry in 2014: Beyond the Model T

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

ATM execs share their predictions and expectations for the coming year in a rapidly updating industry.

10 percent of Brits leave currency at the cash machine

January 9, 2014

Research by U.K.-based personal account management firm thinkmoney has found that nearly 10 percent of British ATM users have, at some point, walked away from…

Japan joins Asia-wide ATM network

January 9, 2014

NTT Data Corp., the Japan-based switching service that connects the ATMs of more than 1,300 financial institutions, has been admitted to the Asian Payment…

Jordan's mobile wallet to include cardless ATM access

January 9, 2014

Jordanians might soon be using to their mobile phones to withdraw money from ATMs, pay bills, and make person-to-person or person-to-merchant transfers. The…

Report: Competition heats up between local, national debit networks

January 9, 2014

A new report from Mercator Advisory Group, "National Debit Networks: When Global Goes Local," offers an understanding of national debit networks, the rationale…

Customers of Polish bank can get a loan at the ATM

January 9, 2014

Talk about self-service. Warsaw, Poland-based Bank Millennium added a service last month that allows bank customers to take out a small personal loan with a…

Data security bill makes another appearance in the Senate

January 9, 2014

In the aftermath of the recent data security breach at Target, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has reintroduced the Personal Data…

An attorney summarizes the Durbin Amendment in 2 minutes

Attorney Crystal Kaldjob of Goodwin Proctor highlights what the Durbin Amendment is and how we got to where we are today. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive…

Has Durbin benefited consumers?

"In reality it's just been a transfer of funds from the large banks to the large merchants." (From a panel at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.)

2013's 10 best blogs

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

From ATM upgrade deadlines to an updated 'light' branch, the topics of these blogs clicked with our readers in 2013.

Maybank brings cardless ATM withdrawal to Malaysians

January 8, 2014

Maybank has introduced Malaysia's first P2P payments service that lets money transfer recipients withdraw cash from an ATM without the need for an ATM card.

It's still anyone's game in mobile payments

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

In a previous blog post, I wrote about some of the reasons mobile technology needs financial institutions. In this blog, I'd like to follow-up with some…

MasterCard acquires Turkish payment solutions provider

January 8, 2014

MasterCard has announced the completion of its acquisition of Provus Bilisim Hizmetleri A.S., a Turkish independent payment solution and processing provider.

Consumers want real-time payments - from their primary FI

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

A recent FIS study reiterates three key points regarding consumers and real-time payments. 

Israel going cashless?

An e-mail received by an audience member during the "cashless society" panel at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit leads to one of the most interesting…

Does the U.S. government want cash out of the way, or not?

Leland Englebardt of MasterCard confronts a government interagency panel on why they seem to be warm on cash, when the cost of cash is so high for them. "I…