Visual Control upgrade improves uptime for CUs' ATMs

February 11, 2014

Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based CUSO Co-op has announced an upgrade to ATM Visual Control that adds Remote Manager, a feature that enables remote maintenance by…

RBI gives nod to four white label ATM providers

February 11, 2014

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the issuance of "certificates of authorization" to four non-bank ATM providers. The certificates grant IADs permission…

Bitcoin ATM-maker's machines averaging $10K daily in transactions

February 10, 2014

Canada-based startup BitAccess is racking up $10,000 in Bitcoin transactions daily, the company announced recently. So far, BitAccess has launched machines in…

More consumers favoring ATM, RDC check deposit

February 10, 2014

Though the majority of U.S. adults still prefer to deposit checks at the teller window, increasing numbers favor self-service methods for check deposit…

Bitcoin regulation a certainty, but to what degree?

February 7, 2014

Rulings by the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network are revealing a developing picture of Bitcoin regulation in the United States. Last week…

Spanish gang connected to string of ATM explosions

February 7, 2014

ATM explosions — most of them fails — are frequent newsmakers. But a spate of attacks along Spain's Costa del Sol stands out for its record of success.

CUs, community FIs rolling forward with EMV rollout plans

February 7, 2014

Payments processor The Members Group recently conducted a survey among 43 FIs and found that more than half of them would like to start an EMV project within…

Cardtronics acquires Automated Financial

February 7, 2014

Cardtronics continues to grow through acquisition. The company announced this week that its U.S. fleet now stands at 66,400 ATMs with the purchase of another…

The paddle-up ATM: Who knew?

February 7, 2014

Report: Most companies that accept cards fail PCI standards

February 6, 2014

A new Verizon report has found that too many businesses, following their annual assessment for meeting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard , fail…

Target puts EMV migration on fast forward

February 5, 2014

This week, Target Corp. called for all stakeholders to take up the "shared responsibility" of payments security as it announced an accelerated timeline for its…

Kansas bank embraces universal teller concept

February 5, 2014

Leawood, Kan.-based Alterra Bank has made the move from a traditional teller line format to a universal banker approach that allows staff and customers to…

Mobile startup seeks to turn businesses into ATMs

February 5, 2014

A mobile payments startup aims to launch a new kind of ATM juggernaut in the U.S., one that will dispense funds from the cash-filled tills of hotels — and…

Pay in-pay out network bridges the digital divide

February 4, 2014

Historically, ATM and POS network operators have been locked into card-based payments acquiring relationships that offer few options for generating additional…

Department of Homeland Security taps FIS for cybersecurity research

February 4, 2014

Banking and payments technology provider FIS has reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security under which the company will serve as a…

Canada's Parliament mulls 50 cent off-us fee cap

February 4, 2014

It shouldn't cost Canadians as much as $3 to get access to their own money at a cash machine, a member of Canada's Opposition party asserts. The party wants to…

London transport authority ends cash payment for bus fares

February 3, 2014

According to Transport for London, the 1 percent of Londoners who pay bus fares with cash cost the city 24 million pounds ($39.15 million) per year. So, the…

Independent review firm names '10 best EMV compliance consultants' for February

February 3, 2014

Topcreditcardprocessors.com has ranked the 10 best EMV compliance consulting firms for the month of February. Each month, the payment processor review firm…

Cash management solution promises improved cost-efficiency

February 3, 2014

Operators typically overload ATMs with cash to the point where associated costs account for up to 60 percent of all operating costs, according to financial…

Interswitch brings cardless mobile ATM withdrawals to Nigeria

January 31, 2014

The African payments company Interswitch Transnational has added cardless ATM withdrawals for mobile money users to its Quickteller service. Quickteller allows…