Australian police suspect Romanian gang behind $1 million ATM scam

April 13, 2009

Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald: A crime syndicate, believed to be from Romania, is suspected of being behind a spate of recent ATM skimming incidents that…

ATM Marketplace ATM Future Trends webinar still available

April 13, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ATM Marketplace, with collaboration from the ATM Industry Association, launched its first webinar March 31.   The "ATM future trends and a…

Diebold celebrates 150th anniversary this week

One of the world's top three ATM manufacturers celebrates a security and banking milestone.

ING Belgium, Wincor Nixdorf deploy 1,200 new transaction terminals in new branch strategy

April 13, 2009

PADERBORN, Germany — ING Belgium has announced plans to deploy 1,200 ProConsult transaction terminals from Wincor Nixdorf AG over the next two years. …

Retired Diebold engineer remembers smelly security solutions

Chuck Sturgis, a retired reliability engineer for Diebold Inc., reflects on the company's early days in the steel-plate business. One solution Diebold deployed…

Diebold looks back, remembers developing its first ATM

An early player in the ATM space, Diebold Inc. looks back and remembers how those early days progressed. Some 40 years after John Shepherd Barron developed his…

Diebold celebrates 150 years of security, innovation

North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold Inc. celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the company has put together a brief video that spans…

Blogger says ATM skimming attacks are on the rise in the U.S.

April 12, 2009

WalletTop Blog: Three ATMs throughout the United States have been spotted with skimmers over the last three days, according to reports from The Consumerist.

India's ICICI joins Allpoint ATM network in the U.S.

April 12, 2009

Banking Business Review: India-based ICICI Bank opened its first U.S. branch in New York City in March. Now the bank has joined the Allpoint ATM network to…

Central Bank of Nigeria calls for ATM removal from public places

April 12, 2009

AllAfrica.com: Nigerian banks have until June 30 to remove all ATMs from public places, particularly hotels and airport lobbies. The Central Bank of Nigeria…

ATM fraud more than doubles in Europe, security report says

A massive increase in ATM skimming is to blame for the increase, but efforts to curb fraud have kept overall cash losses at bay, one group says.

Eastern European ATMs become targets for criminals

April 12, 2009

The Moscow Times: Banks and retail locations in Russia have recently become breeding grounds for ATM thefts. Last week, a grocery store in Moscow's Tractor…

TestLink helps client in Philippines cut ATM costs by 70 percent

April 12, 2009

DORSET, England — Independent ATM specialist TestLink Services is supplying an initial order of 51 remanufactured NCR Personas ATMs to One Point Contact Inc.…

AT&T outage in Silicon Valley brings security into question

April 12, 2009

NewsFactor Network: A telecommunications network in Silicon Valley was taken down last week, and served as a reminder of just how vulnerable infrastructure…

BAI Sales Performance System uses online training, more to teach staff

April 9, 2009

CHICAGO — BAI, provider of information and intelligence to the financial-services industry, has launched its Sales Performance System.   The professional…

Tidel named top performer in cash management, signs distribution deal with Loomis

April 8, 2009

CARROLLTON, Texas — Tidel Engineering L.P. has been named the Top Cash Management Performer in the 2009 Convenience Store Decisions brand preference study. …

Epson launches check scanners for small biz

April 8, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. — At the NACHA Payments Conference, Epson introduced a suite of three scanning devices optimized for small business payment processing. …

Deposit automation, prepaid services expected to hit ATMs throughout the world

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Though global and regional ATM trends differ, some ATM functions are universal, and are poised for major growth over the next five years.

U.S. Attorney prosecutes Romanian man for $50K ATM skimming theft

April 7, 2009

WGRZ-TV, Channel 2 (Buffalo, N.Y.): The United States Attorney's Office says it's prosecuting a Romanian man for stealing more than $50,000 through an…

Triton's Hayes joins NAAIO PCI committee

April 7, 2009

LONG BEACH, Miss. — Triton Systems of Delaware Inc. has announced that Chuck Hayes, Triton's product development manager, will be representing Triton on the…