More U.S. banks provide ATM-based money transfers to Mexico

May 4, 2003

NEW YORK -- Two more American financial institutions have introduced money transfer services that allow users to transfer funds to Mexico and other countries…

charityATM makes it easy for ATM deployers to give

While the ATM industry is not generally noted for its warm and fuzzy mentality, Robert Greene of charityATM thinks deployers can feel good about themselves -…

Personal touch helps promo new transactions

April 28, 2003

Banks used tellers to help introduce ATMs to their customers in the late 1960s and early '70s. Now, several companies that are introducing new self-service…

Coinstar to offer payroll distribution at kiosks

April 24, 2003

HOUSTON -- Coinstar, which is currently conducting a prepaid phone top-up pilot at 75 of its coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets (See related story Top-ups at…

Telecheck veteran joins CashWorks' board

April 23, 2003

DALLAS, Texas -- Steve Shaper, a founder and former chief executive of Telecheck, has joined CashWorks Inc.'s board of directors.

Survey finds bank customers like idea of ATM receipt with check image

April 20, 2003

DAYTON, Ohio -- More than half of U.S. consumers with bank accounts would be more likely to make a deposit at an ATM if their bank provided an ATM receipt with…

Malaysia processing 23,000 applications a day for chip-based ID card

April 20, 2003

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia's National Registration Department (NRD) is processing an average of 23,000 applications a day for the MyKad, the new…

Tax season provides nice return for ATM deployer

April 14, 2003

For those who want their tax refunds sooner rather than later, BVIG Financial is trying to get the money in their hands as soon as possible -- via ATMs located…

WFS to address Check 21, impact on imaging at expo

April 10, 2003

MOSINEE, Wis. -- Andy Kurtz, a senior product manager at Wausau Financial Systems (WFS), will speak about industry and regulatory changes related to imaging…

7-Eleven adds phone services, flowers to Vcom

April 8, 2003

NEW YORK CITY -- Verizon customers in select markets now can pay their phone bills through Vcom kiosks in 400 7-Eleven stores.

ATM locator goes mobile in Canada

March 24, 2003

NEW ORLEANS -- MapInfo Corporation (Nasdaq: MAPS) has teamed with MasterCard to create what it says is the first mobile ATM locator.

Fleet adds new features to talking ATMs

March 18, 2003

BOSTON -- FleetBoston Financial has added several advanced transactions to its voice guidance or "talking" ATMs.

Triton intros two new ATMs, including 1st through-the-wall model

March 18, 2003

LONG BEACH, Miss. -- Triton is introducing two new ATMs, the RL5000 Series and FT5000 Series, that are based on the Windows Intel X Scale platform.

Ariz. Senate passes bill allowing employers to charge for check cashing

March 17, 2003

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The Arizona Senate on March 17 approved a bill allowing temporary labor companies to charge their workers up to $2 for check-cashing services.

Diebold intros Opteva, its 1st new line of ATMs in 15 years

March 11, 2003

NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) has introduced its first new ATMs in 15 years, a product line called Opteva.

Genpass is latest to join effort to add prepaid phone top-ups to ATMs

March 6, 2003

LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT), has signed a PaySpot processing agreement with Genpass, Inc., one of the largest EFT processors in the…

Malaysia's ATMs to accept chip cards only by July

March 2, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia expects to complete its conversion to Bankcard, a new chip-based multipurpose card that will replace magnetic strip ATM…

NCR ATM software receives EMV approval

March 2, 2003

LONDON -- NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) says that the EMVCo has awarded its EMV Level 2 approval to NCR's EMV for NDC ATM software.

Wells Fargo audio ATMs now bilingual

February 26, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo has added a Spanish language option to more than 2,700 of its ATMs that have audio capability.

Service could have cross-over appeal for ATMs, kiosks

What's good for the ATM is good for the kiosk, and vice versa. Based on this principle, several service companies are seeking to expand their customer bases by…