Carreker offers Check 21 Readiness Program

August 4, 2003

DALLAS -- Carreker Corporation (Nasdaq: CANI), a provider of consulting and technology solutions for the financial services industry, has introduced a Check 2…

India moving toward chip cards

August 4, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- India appears to be making a major move toward the implementation of chip-based smart cards, according to a report in the Financial Express.

First Data fends off money transfer challenge from banks -- so far

July 30, 2003

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- First Data Corp., which handles more money transfers from the U.S. to Mexico than any other firm through its Western Union unit…

TowerGroup predicts rise of prepaid phone top-ups at ATM

July 29, 2003

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Consulting firm TowerGroup, in a new report entitled "Island of Opportunity in a World of Withdrawals? Prepaid Top-Up Emerges at U.S. ATMs,…

Inventor patents ATM that can be used for money transfer, online payments

July 29, 2003

ATLANTA -- Carl Amos, an inventor in Atlanta, recently patented a way to pay for online transactions with bills and coins rather than credit or banking cards.

Top-ups at ATM move into market

A year after ATM vendors and deployers began to move toward adding prepaid phone top-ups to their ATMs, a rollout of the functionality seems to be gaining…

Vcom lottery sales may be ticket for 7-Eleven

July 28, 2003

DALLAS -- Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc has added lottery ticket sales to its Vcom kiosks at 1,000 stores in 14 states, including Texas, and the…

Malaysian economist predicts bigger payment role for banks with intro of chip card

July 27, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The introduction of BankCard, a chip-based, multi-purpose payment card that includes ATM, debit and e-cash functions, will likely…

Bank 'bills' it, hopes customers come to ATM

July 24, 2003

FleetBoston Financial has taken advantage of a new Web-enabled ATM platform to roll out bill payment on 75 of its machines. Bill payment gave Fleet an…

Tranax is latest to partner with CashWorks

July 22, 2003

DALLAS, Texas -- CashWorks Inc., a provider of technology solutions for the non-bank financial services industry, will partner  with ATM manufacturer Tranax…

Triton selects supplier to make its 'talking' ATMs sound more natural

July 22, 2003

PEABODY, Mass. -- ScanSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSFT), will provide its RealSpeak text-to-speech software to Triton, a wholly owned operating company of Dover…

Manufacturer gets go-ahead for cash recycling from German Central Bank

July 20, 2003

SALZBURG, Austria -- Keba, a manufacturer of automated industrial equipment and self-service banking terminals, says its Rondo 4 terminal has successfully…

New program allows ATM deposits into brokerage accounts

July 9, 2003

WILMINGTON, Del. -- PFPC, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) and the nation's largest full-service mutual fund transfer agent and…

Innobeta, NexTran support top-ups at ATM

July 8, 2003

LEAWOOD, Kan. -- ATM processor Innobeta and ATM manufacturer NexTran have joined Euronet Worldwide's (Nasdaq: EEFT), PaySpot program, which allows consumers to…

Chase ups tech factor at Houston branches

July 7, 2003

HOUSTON -- New York-based JPMorgan Chase is trying to win Houston banking consumers with branches that feature such high-tech amenities as Internet kiosks…

CashWorks partners with Infonox on kiosk project

July 1, 2003

DALLAS -- CashWorks Inc., which has installed its check cashing application at some 500 retail locations through partnerships with several ATM manufacturers…

NexTran to offer CashWorks check cashing on its ATMs

June 29, 2003

SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. and DALLAS -- NexTran Industries, Inc. has become the latest ATM manufacturer to offer check cashing on its ATMs through a partnership…

Phone top-ups live on Triton ATMs

June 26, 2003

LONG BEACH, Miss. -- PaySpot, Euronet's prepaid phone recharge program that allows customers to purchase wireless airtime at ATMs, is now "live" on Triton ATMs.

7-Eleven adding bill payment to Vcom

June 17, 2003

DALLAS and TULSA, Okla. -- 7-Eleven is adding a bill payment application to its Vcom kiosks.

Human touch at the ATM -- without the human

NCR's Advanced Solutions team believes that avatars, or 'virtual humans,' can be used to help guide users through new and more complex transactions.