MoneyPass adds Walmart stores to fee-free network

September 7, 2012

MoneyPass, a network of Elan Financial Services and provider of comprehensive ATM and debit card processing solutions, has partnered with Walmart to provide…

IADs take The Hill

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A delegation of IADs descends on D.C. to bend lawmakers' ears on ATM industry issues.

Branding basics: Make use of inherent ATM advertising

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

Many financial institutions are content to call out their ATMs with a branded fee notification sticker, a small sign and, maybe, a nice welcome screen. Why…

Burroughs buys Absolute ATM

September 6, 2012

Burroughs Inc., a provider of document and payment-processing image technology, as well as cash-automation solutions and services to FIs and retailers…

GRG Int'l to acquire Triton for $25.6M

September 6, 2012

Melbourne, Australia-based GRG International announced Thursday that it will acquire Triton, a U.S. manufacturer of off-premises ATMs and ATM management…

Mobile: breaking down banking channel boundaries

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Channel-crossing capability and skyrocketing popularity make the mobile banking app an ATM industry influencer to watch.

RBI asks banks to step up ATM remote monitoring

September 5, 2012

An increase in crime at ATMs has prompted the Reserve Bank of India to request that all banks install remote monitoring devices that would automatically alert…

EMVCo, NFC Forum team up to optimize NFC testing processes

September 5, 2012

EMVCo, the EMV standards body collectively owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, has signed a collaboration agreement with the NFC Forum, a…

Study: Brazil's ATM market will grow at CAGR of 14.5 percent from 2011 to 2015

September 5, 2012

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the report, "ATM Market in Brazil 2011-2015," to their offering. The 48-page publication was issued on…

Entry of foreign players into Chinese cards market will be painfully slow

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

Visa and MasterCard will be pleased that the WTO ruling on July 16 broadly supported a U.S. Trade Representative complaint that China UnionPay holds a monopoly…

RBI ends ATM cash retraction in response to fraud

September 4, 2012

India's ATM users may need to pay closer attention to their ATM transactions from now on. In response to a National Payments Corporation of India's request…

Visa falls down on promise to make ATMs fully accessible during Paralympics

September 4, 2012

Visa is once again under fire for its ATM policies at London's Olympic venues. First it was the dust-up over a Wembley Stadium POS failure during the Olympics.

Monitise expands efforts in Hong Kong with Bank of China deal

September 4, 2012

British mobile banking provider Monitise, through its Monitise Asia Pacific unit, has signed a deal with Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd. to partner on new…

The clue’s in the name, or is it?

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

Why are banks the first to label themselves as "retail," but the last to behave like a retail store?

With ATM e-receipts, it's easy being green

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Wells Fargo program makes it simple for customers to choose email over paper for their ATM receipts. 

Animas CU selects Fiserv XP2

August 31, 2012

Fiserv Inc., a provider of business-driven technology solutions for credit unions, announced today that Farmington, N.M.-based Animas Credit Union has selected…

Spark launches 'SparkWeb' ATM data portal for merchants

August 31, 2012

For the first time, ATM-operating merchants in Africa can access their mission critical ATM data remotely and in real-time with the launch of SparkWeb, a…

UnionPay debit card debuts in Pakistan

August 31, 2012

Chinese-owned UnionPay network is making international inroads. This week, Faysal Bank Ltd. launched the first UnionPay debit card program in…

Commentary: Banking and social media: Where is it going?

New developments raise the question of whether social media will complement the ATM or compete with it.

Are IT operations teams adopting transaction-based APM?

by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO

In a recent webinar, Loki Jorgenson, a technical advisor to INETCO, did an outstanding job of answering the above question.