News & Media
House to vote today on fee placard legislation
July 9, 2012
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider H.R. 4367, which seeks to eliminate the Regulation E requirement that ATMs provide a physical fee notice…
read nowRugged, stainless steel keyboard now available for kiosks, ATMs
July 6, 2012
A stainless steel, industrial-grade keyboard designed to resist harsh environments, including bad weather and severe temperatures, is now available for kiosks…
read nowATMIA releases EMV readiness survey results
July 6, 2012
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has released the results of a member and industry committee survey on market readiness for migration to EMV cards in the…
read nowEmirate launches Middle East's first ATM for visually impaired
July 6, 2012
The first ATM equipped for the visually-impaired in the Middle East went online this week in the Emirate of Sharjah.
read nowBanks in Pakistan fined in ATM fee-setting scheme
July 6, 2012
Pakistan's anti-trust commission this week imposed fines totalling Rs770 million ($8,190,644) on 1-Link Company and 28 of its member banks for colluding on…
read nowDirectCash completes Customers acquisition
July 6, 2012
Canada-based IAD DirectCash Payments Inc. announced this week that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Customers Limited. Customers is Australia's…
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The big picture: PTM and video banking services
by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications
A new 'mini-branch' in Philly presents a model for the future.
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Are you in a race to the top ... or to the bottom?
by Mike Lee — CEO of the ATM Industry Association, ATM Industry Association
There's one sure way to determine which direction your organization is moving in: benchmarking.
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Monitoring Payment Application Performance within Virtual, Cloud and Mobile Environments
by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO
Within banking and retail environments, application performance monitoring (APM) is changing. This is because more and more service and payment transactions…
read nowATM advertising firm announces positive first-half results
July 3, 2012
I-design Group Plc, a developer and supplier of ATM and self-service marketing solutions for the banking industry, announced positive half-year results…
read nowGesture technology far from ready as ATM-user ID
July 3, 2012
The public won't be magically summoning cash from an ATM with a wave of the hand anytime soon. At least one industry watcher is saying that gesture technology…
read nowCBN sets aggressive goal for reducing unbanked
July 3, 2012
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is aiming to reduce its unbanked population by 20 percent by the year 2020.
read nowPrepaid market still growing
July 3, 2012
In a recent report titled, Prepaid and Gift Cards in the U.S., research firm Packaged Facts said that prepaid payment volume will jump more than 22 percent…
read nowNCR sets up ATM monitoring center in Egypt
July 3, 2012
Uncertain conditions in Egypt have not discouraged NCR from pursuing growth there. The company has established a managed services center in the country that…
read nowOops: Zambian president's bankcard confiscated by ATM
July 2, 2012
Zambian President Michael Sata was frustrated in an attempt to withdraw money from an ATM last weekend at a trade fair in the city of Ndola, Zambia.
read nowCrooks 'scope out' ATMs. Literally.
July 2, 2012
Police in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur have become convinced that gangs of thieves have been stealing surgical endoscopes and inserting them into ATMs…
read nowPSCU first in the nation to launch VISA prepaid EMV cards
July 2, 2012
Credit union service organization PSCU announced it is the first financial services provider to issue VISA prepaid EMV cards in the United States. Several of…
read nowAmEx announces its own U.S. EMV roadmap
July 2, 2012
In a press announcement last week, American Express laid out the terms for its transition to EMV credit, debit and ATM transactions in the United States.
read nowCoastal Federal Credit Union goes with STAR Network
July 2, 2012
Coastal Federal Credit Union of Raleigh, N.C., recently announced that it has signed a multiyear agreement under which First Data's STAR EFT network will…
read nowFEXCO, First Data offering Dynamic Currency Conversion for ATMs
June 29, 2012
FEXCO, an Ireland-based provider of financial transaction processing, and First Data Corporation, a provider of electronic commerce and payment processing…
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