College prepaid programs garner attention

August 27, 2007

Digital Transactions: An Oklahoma banking company is working toward an ambitious university prepaid-card deployment, which also involves contactless payment.

REPORT: Unbanked services to double by 2011

August 27, 2007

Marketing Daily: Consumers who are disenchanted with the banking industry are seeking more convenience and easier answers to credit and economic woes. In…

Global Payments gets end-to-end EMV certification in Canada

August 27, 2007

ATLANTA - Global Payments Inc. says it has completed end-to-end EMV-chip certification for MasterCard credit and Interac Direct Payment cards in Canada. That…

ArcaTech releases cash-recycling, dispensing tech for check-cashing industry

August 27, 2007

MEBANE, N.C. - ArcaTech Systems, supplier of transaction-automation components for the financial, retail and self-service industries, has developed…

First Data deal gets final thumbs up

August 27, 2007

The Associated Press: First Data Corp. said last week that it has received all federal and international regulatory approvals for its $29 billion acquisition…

Advanced-function ATMs register on college campuses

Branch automation gains popularity at the university level.

Wachovia hits $1 billion in single day remote-capture volume

August 26, 2007

Digital Transactions: Wachovia Corp.'s treasury services division said last week that the bank hit $1 billion in remote-capture volume during a single day.

India's hospitals need ATMs

August 26, 2007

Daily Times: Doctors, medical students and patients in Lahore, India, say more ATMs that allow payment by credit card need to be installed in public…

ATM scam in Ireland robs thousands

August 26, 2007

The Echo: ATM withdrawals involving sums ranging from €200 (U.S. $402) up to €2,000 ($4,024), amounting to as much as €100,000 (U.S. $201,340), may have been…

IT leader to talk customer experience during keynote at Foreword Financial

August 26, 2007

ISLANDIA, N.Y. - CA Inc. President and Chief Executive John Swainson will deliver the keynote Sept. 5 during the Foreword Financial Expo in Chicago.   During…

NACHA approves international ACH amendment

August 23, 2007

HERNDON, Va. - Last week NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association approved an operating-rules amendment requiring all international automated clearing house…

Russian bank keeps expanding ATM network

August 23, 2007

Ural Business Consulting: SKB-Bank keeps expanding its ATM network in the Sverdlovsk Region as well as other parts of Russia. New ATMs have been introduced…

Fiserv names Simons to board

August 23, 2007

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc. has added Doyle Simons to its board of directors.   Simons is the executive vice president of Temple-Inland Inc., an Austin…

RemitPro, Vanco join forces to promo Check 21 tech

August 22, 2007

OMAHA, Neb. - RemitPro Inc. and Vanco Services LLC have announced a deal to use RemitPro's eRemitPro software to capture check images and data that will be…

SURVEY: Bulk deposits at ATMs benefit consumers

August 22, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - According to a recent survey conducted by Wincor Nixdorf International among Southeastern U.S. bank executives, bulk-check deposit ATMs…

First Data, Star deal gives m-banking a boost

August 22, 2007

Digital Transactions: Extending its reach into emerging mobile-banking and payments markets, First Data Corp. announced a deal with mFoundry Inc. that will…

Wells gives no explanation for massive ATM, online outage

August 21, 2007

E-Commerce Times: A computer problem at Wells Fargo, which operates more than 6,000 branches, wreaked havoc on bank users. The bank said Aug. 21 that it had…

Wachovia scraps 'foreign' ATM fees

August 21, 2007

San Francisco Business Journal: As part of its expansion into California, Wachovia Corp. says it is eliminating ATM fees at other banks' ATMs. Wachovia says…

Postilion, Okla. Bank offer prepaid card programs to FIs

August 21, 2007

ATLANTA - Postilion, a division of S1 Corp., has signed a marketing deal with Central National Bank of Enid, an Oklahoma-based community financial…

Star inks surcharge-free ATM deal with Allpoint

August 20, 2007

DENVER - First Data Corp. has signed a deal with the Allpoint Network to offer participating STARsf financial institutions access to more than 32,00…