Who's who: Len Fowler

May 7, 2006

For one whose connection to the ATM industry has been fairly fleeting, Len Fowler's impact has been surprisingly lasting. His company, T-Base Communications…

The channel shuffle

As the popularity of prepaid products and services grows, deployers of a number of different devices -- including ATMs, kiosks and point-of-sale terminals -…

ATM/kiosk helps customers pay bills with 'Ease'

May 7, 2006

After installing a dozen bill payment kiosks in Chicago, an Illinois company called Pay-Ease wants to take its service nationwide by recruiting distributors…

ATM news: Mickey Brown, through Katrina and back

May 7, 2006

Remitco to use Wausau enterprise-remittance platform

May 7, 2006

MOSINEE, Wis. - First Data Corp.'s Remitco unit, the nation's largest processors of retail-lockbox payments, has signed a deal with Wausau Financial Systems to…

CDS now supports Triton ATM online journal

May 7, 2006

DALLAS - Columbus Data Services announced in a news release that it now supports Triton's online ATM journal. According to a news release, the journal captures…

Credit Union 24 eliminates membership minimums

May 7, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Credit Union 24 announced in a news release it has eliminated membership-fee minimums for its member-shareholders. The decision by the EFT…

B of A chief dissatisfied with bank's Visa focus

May 7, 2006

Datamonitor: Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis said he's unhappy that his bank in the past concentrated on promoting the Visa brand instead of its own.

Diebold announces remote service for ATM channel

May 7, 2006

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc.'s new OpteView Remote Services allows remote troubleshooting and problem diagnosis for ATM-network service. Using Internet…

MasterCard IPO could raise up to $2.61 billion

May 7, 2006

Reuters: MasterCard Inc., the world's No. 2 credit card association, expects to raise up to $2.61 billion in its upcoming initial public offering. MasterCard…

Global ATM Security Alliance focuses on insider fraud

May 4, 2006

LONDON - One of the biggest sources of fraud in financial services is insider collusion, according to the ATM Industry Association's Global ATM Security…

Virtual game pays players real cash via ATM cards

May 4, 2006

Ottawa Citizen: Is your current job not doing enough to pay the bills? How does mining on an asteroid sound? Or hunting beasts on another planet? Those are…

United Cash Solutions buys ATM Advantage ATM portfolio

May 4, 2006

BEVERLY, Mass. - ATM distributor and processor United Cash Solutions Inc. announced in a news release its acquisition of Providence, R.I.-based ATM Advantage…

TRM reports losses

May 4, 2006

PORTLAND, Ore. - TRM Corp. announced losses for the first quarter of 2006.

TowerGroup announces slate for spring conference

May 3, 2006

NEEDHAM, Mass. - TowerGroup's 2006 Financial Services Business & Technology Conference and Exhibition May 31- June 2, is slated to feature four in-depth…

Roundtable says U.K. ATM industry should involve consumer groups

May 3, 2006

WORTHING, England - U.K. Treasury Minister Ivan Lewis and the Link Interchange Network Ltd. agreed May 4 that the public should be involved in the debate over…

Latin America's banks make EMV a priority

May 3, 2006

ePaynews: Latin American countries are expected to spend more than U.S. $200 million on card technologies in 2006, 70 percent more than in 2004 and 2005. The…

Bundled Communications Services Not Just For Consumer Market

May 3, 2006

Bundled communications packages are all the rage among the largest U.S. telecommunications firms. These firms try to entice consumers to use an all-in-one…

Fifth Third to process transactions for Michigan firm

May 2, 2006

CINCINNATI - Fifth Third Bank Processing Solutions signed a contract to provide a credit and debit/ATM card acceptance program to Michigan-based Allied…

Fifth Third Bank to process AFFN transactions

May 2, 2006

CINCINNATI - The Armed Forces Financial Network (AFFN), an EFT network that provides U.S. military personnel with access to their funds through ATM and…