Banks take baby steps into ATM future

October 11, 2004

My trip to Diebold's May Partner Information Xchange conference provided proof that banks are not exactly taking a quantum leap into the ATM future. It's more…

ATM check imaging: A win-win

October 3, 2004

Utah-based America First Credit Union surveyed members at its branches to find out which transactions were most in demand. An enormous percentage of them…

Board gives ADA guidelines, adds requirement for audio ATMs

October 3, 2004

The U.S. Access Board on July 26 released a set of revised guidelines for the Americans with Disabilities Act - including a new requirement for audio-enabled…

Global Cash Access and Aladdin to utilize 3-in-1 ATM

October 3, 2004

LAS VEGAS - Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and 25 other gaming properties have signed a contract to use the products and services of Global Cash Access…

NCR's portable wireless ATM moves beyond concept stage

September 14, 2004

LONDON - NCR Corporation has introduced a new ATM called Cash4all, with features that make it particularly well suited for exterior deployments. The…

Middle Eastern bank building multi-channel platform, beginning with ATMs

September 14, 2004

DUBLIN - Cairo Amman Bank (CAB), the largest retail bank in Jordan and Palestine, will build a multi-channel banking platform using CR2's BankWorld ATM…

Level Four moves on to the Americas

Martin Macmillan, chief executive of Level Four, believes it's time to take his company and its flagship product, a software suite for developing ATM…

ATMs take advantage of prepaid

September 2, 2004

Customers love prepaid services. Retailers can take advantage of this fact by offering prepaid services such as wireless top-ups, long distance, money orders…

AmStar teams with IPP for bill payment, other services

August 18, 2004

DALLAS - AmStar Systems, Inc., manufacturer of a multi-function financial kiosks called e ca$hier, has formed an alliance with IPP of America, Inc. (IPP), an…

7,000 South African ATMs need to be upgraded for EMV

August 17, 2004

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African banks are upgrading their ATMs and merchant point-of-sale terminals to accommodate the EMV…

US Postal Service installing Wincor Nixdorf self-service terminals

August 1, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas - The United States Postal Service has selected self-service devices from Wincor Nixdorf and its U.S. alliance partner, IBM, for installation at…

Updated ATMs part of Chase retail expansion

July 25, 2004

NEW YORK - J.P. Morgan Chase has more than 400 branches in the Big Apple -- more than any other bank in the city. Yet Chase is opening another 16 branches this…

Indian mobile provider partners with bank to offer services

July 21, 2004

INDIA - Are mobile phones a competitor -- or a complement -- to ATMs?

Wincor Nixdorf creates institutional ATM solution

July 21, 2004

DRESDEN, Germany - Wincor Nixdorf has installed an ATM in a home for mentally handicapped people that will be used by residents of the institution to obtain…

Euronet acquires Texas prepaid provider

July 21, 2004

LEAWOOD, Kan. - PaySpot, Inc., a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT) that provides prepaid services in the United States, has acquired Call…

UK's Abbey National to test high-tech ATMs as part of network revamp

July 18, 2004

LONDON - High-tech ATMs will apparently be part of a £200 million (U.S. $374 million) revamp of Abbey National's retail delivery network over the next five…

Germany's Commerzbank to pilot cash recycling ATMs

July 14, 2004

BERLIN - The Commerzbank AG will roll out 100 Rondo 4cashcycle+ cash recycling systems from KEBA, beginning in autumn of 2004.

Getting personal at the ATM

While the ATM is a highly efficient and convenient delivery channel, it doesn't elicit a lot of warm-and-fuzzy reactions from users. But that could change. ATM…

ATM vet Bob Cannon is now president of prepaid firm

June 29, 2004

SUGARLAND, Texas - XL Payment Systems, Inc. has introduced a pre-paid debit card program designed to serve the unbanked and under banked populations.

S. Korean banks adding ATMs with coin acceptance

June 27, 2004

SEOUL, South Korea - Major banks, including Kookmin Bank and Woori Bank, will install new ATMs through which customers can exchange coins for banknotes, in…