MoneyGram expands Visa Direct service to Spain, Philippines

December 6, 2019

MoneyGram International Inc., a provider of money transfer services, Wednesday announced the expansion of its debit card deposit service internationally to…

Cash payments in Canada declined 40% in 5 years: report

December 6, 2019

Cash payments in Canada declined 40% in volume over the last five years, according to a recent report from Payments Canada, an organization that operates a…

Fiserv selling 60% of investment services unit to private equity firm

December 5, 2019

A group led by New York-based private equity firm Motive Partners has entered an agreement with Fiserv Inc. to buy a majority stake in Fiserv's investment…

Italy's UniCredit to cull 8,000 jobs, shutter 500 branches

December 5, 2019

Italy's largest bank UniCredit plans to cut 8,000 jobs and shutter 500 branches in an attempt to boost profits and shave 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) in costs…

NYPD on the hunt for gang of ATM thieves

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

December 4, 2019

Police in New York are on the hunt for a trio of ATM thieves, according to a report in the New York Times, which said the suspects struck at least nine times…

Natwest to pilot biometric payments in UK with contactless key fob

December 4, 2019

ABN Amro shuts down hundreds of ATMs due to explosive attacks

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

December 4, 2019

Dutch bank ABN Amro has temporarily shut down and emptied 479 ATMs — more than half of its ATM fleet in the Netherlands — due to a sharp rise in violent ATM…

Planet, Network International partner to launch DCC at 1,000 ATMs in UAE

December 4, 2019

Planet Payment, an international payments service based in Ireland, has partnered with digital commerce provider Network International LLC to roll-out dynamic…

Natwest back online after Black Friday mobile banking disruption

December 2, 2019

Natwest, the U.K.-based bank, was hit with a Black Friday outage that disrupted its mobile app, online banking and Bankline services. 

ATMIA publishes next-gen deployer guide

December 2, 2019

ATMIA today published a "Next Generation ATM Deployer Guide" to help banks and independent ATM deployers get ready for the production of next-gen ATMs, which…

Hang Seng brings mobile ATM withdrawals to Hong Kong

November 29, 2019

Withdrawing cash from one of Hang Seng Bank's 600 ATMs in Hong Kong will soon be as easy as using a mobile phone to tap an NFC device or scan a QR code. 

Lebanon ATMs running dry as country faces liquidity crisis

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

November 27, 2019

Despite a recent promise by the head of Lebanon's banker's syndicate that ATMs would be stocked with cash, citizens are complaining that cash machines are…

Bitcoin ATM operator Bitstop partners with largest shopping mall operator in America

November 27, 2019

Miami-based bitcoin ATM operator Bitstop announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Simon Property Group Inc., an American commercial real estate company and…

Rural areas hardest hit by branch closings, the Fed says

November 27, 2019

More than half of U.S. counties lost access to bank branches between 2012 and 2017, with rural consumers hardest hit by the decline, the Federal Reserve said…

Britain's TSB Bank to shutter 82 branches

November 27, 2019

Britain's TSB Bank announced Monday that it will close 82 branches next year in an effort to reduce costs by 100 million pounds ($128 million).  

Travelex expands ATM access to JCB, Discover, DCC, UnionPay cardholders

November 26, 2019

Travelex, a London-based foreign exchange specialist, has penned an agreement with Transaction Network Services, a global provider of data communications and…

Australia's Heritage Bank inks 5-year services agreement with Diebold Nixdorf

November 25, 2019

North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold Nixdorf has penned a deal with Heritage Bank, Australia's largest customer-owned bank, to manage its entire fleet of Diebold…

North Holland, Netherlands, sees 5th ATM explosion in a week

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

November 25, 2019

In the wee hours of Monday morning, criminals blew up an ATM at the Dutch village of Dorpsstraat in Noord-Scharwoude in the Netherlands. 

Banks in Philippines blame cap on fees for dwindling number of ATMs in country

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

November 25, 2019

Last week, the central bank of the Philippines threw out a proposal to cap ATM fees, saying that the cap could lead to a further reduction in the number of…

Alphavend installs 2 bitcoin ATMs in Scotland

by Amy Castor — Editor, Networld Media Group

November 22, 2019

Bitcoin ATM operator Alphavend U.K. has installed two bitcoin kiosks in Scotland — one in Dundee and another in Aberdeen — both in areas of heavy foot traffic.