8 more arrests in $45M bank heist

January 8, 2014

Nearly a year after a bank job that siphoned off $45 million from two Middle East FIs, Spanish police have announced the arrest of another eight suspects…

Bitcoin ATMs bustin' out all over

January 7, 2014

Will 2014 be The Year of the Bitcoin ATM? On Jan. 2 Robocoin announced pending Bitcoin ATM installations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Toronto.

No less than the best: Attracting top talent in 2014

Seven ways ATM deployers can make sure they're not sabotaging their efforts to recruit the industry's best and brightest.

The promise of a true mobile wallet

"Today ... the mobile phone is handier than your wallet," says George Wallner, CTO of Loop. Wallner then describes the best use case for a mobile wallet. (From…

Successful mobile wallets of the future

"Think of the wallet of the future as an operating system," says George Wallner. "Today when you talk to the major card issuers, they all have wallet…

TMG white paper addresses biometric ID potential

January 6, 2014

Payments processor The Members Group has published the second in a series of four fraud-themed white papers. "Biometric Authentication Heading for Payments…

Study: Real-time Payment Systems: A Global Opportunity

January 6, 2014

As more consumers and businesses move to electronic payments, countries around the world are implementing — or considering implementing — real-time payment…

Co-op, Credit Unions for Kids enable charitable giving at ATMs

January 6, 2014

Co-op Financial Services and the charitable organization Credit Unions for Kids have introduced an add-on ATM transaction that will allow members to make a…

Double-encrypted PINs provide extra layer of protection in breaches

by Dan Kramer — Senior Vice President, Marketing & Merchant Servic, SHAZAM

As Target breach updates continue to roll out, PIN compromise is among the hot topics. The question as to whether PINs were exposed in the holiday-season…

Wincor again receives plaudits for sustainability efforts

January 3, 2014

Wincor Nixdorf has once again received an A-plus grade on its sustainability report to the Global Research Initiative. The company's two previous reports — for…

NRF files formal appeal of controversial antitrust ruling

January 3, 2014

Two weeks before Christmas, when the ruling in a controversial antitrust lawsuit settlement covering credit card swipe fees came down in favor of Visa and…

Indian Bitcoin exchange closes amid regulatory warnings and tax inspections

January 3, 2014

India's largest Bitcoin trading platform, BuySellBitCo.in, closed on Dec. 26 as a result of regulatory warnings from the Reserve Bank of India, according to…

ATM mandates in India create a quandary for FIs

January 3, 2014

In the wake of a brutal machete attack on a woman at an ATM in Bangalore on Nov. 19, many of India's state governments are requesting — if not requiring — that…

2014: The year of the seamless transaction?

A great, cross-channel customer experience is the gold standard for FIs. So why is it so hard to deliver?

Welch ATM, Five Star Bank strike ATM deal

January 3, 2014

As of Jan. 1, Warsaw, N.Y.-based Five Star Bank offers customers fee-free access to nearly 600 ATMs at Rite Aid pharmacies across the state through an…

Why Apple didn't put NFC on the iPhone

Apple wasn't the only manufacturer "mad" at the failed promise of NFC, says George Wallner. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.)

Why the iPhone platform is so secure

"I know this because we've hired a lot of people out of Apple," says Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike. (From the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.)

2013 in review: The year's top 10 ATM articles

With upcoming ATM industry deadlines for PCI, Windows 7 and EMV migration, 2013 was 'The Year of Living Distractedly.'

Analyze this! Plastic in our ATMs?

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

Upon further analysis, it would appear that the world is going plastic or, to be more accurate, polymer. When it comes to currency, polymer is making…

With checks still popular, UK looks to mobile devices to speed processing

January 2, 2014

The U.K. Treasury has announced plans to speed up check processing and to promote check imaging via smartphones, tablets and ATMs. The Government Department…