Paragon inks deal in Middle East

May 9, 2005

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. - The Shared Electronic Banking Services Co. (KNET) - Kuwait's EFT national switch and a leading payments processor in the Gulf…

New Zealanders are giving up the green

May 9, 2005

The National Business Review: New Zealand consumers are well on their way to making cashless transactions, according to a KPMG, a professional service firm…

CIT releases electronic check-image endorsement solution

May 8, 2005

LAS VEGAS - Cheq Information Technology Inc. released StencilFont, an image-endorsement software package for financial institutions and commercial…

Barclays buys into South African market

May 8, 2005

The Sunday Business Post: Barclays announced a full-scale return to South Africa after confirming it would pay £2.9 billion (U.S. $5.5 billion) for a 6…

Bold thieves build their own ATM

May 8, 2005

Reuters UK: Audacious thieves in Romania have constructed a complete ATM, minus the cash box, to steal account details, banking officials said.

eFunds' 1Q earnings reflect growth in EFT processing, outsourcing

May 8, 2005

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.- eFunds Corp. reported first quarter net revenue of $114.2 million, an 8 percent increase from Q1 2004, according to a news release.

Wincor's automated postal center takes top honors at KioskCom.com

May 8, 2005

AUSTIN, Texas - The U.S. Postal Service won three first place awards at the KioskCom.com Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards ceremony in Las Vegas last month…

Ticket sales at the ATM make a comeback

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Ticket and coupon sales at the ATM were the rage in the '90s, at least among large U.S. financial institutions. That dual functionality, however, didn't go…

S1 Corp. reports significant cross-sales in Q1

May 5, 2005

Credit union in Kansas drops fees

May 5, 2005

The Wichita Eagle: Boeing Wichita Credit Union in Kansas has eliminated ATM fees for customers and noncustomers. The move went into effect this for the credit…

GCA reaches highest-ever quarterly revenue

May 5, 2005

LAS VEGAS - Global Cash Access Inc., a supplier of cash access systems and related marketing services to the gaming industry, experienced a 12.6 percent…

Diebold introduces next-generation IDM

May 4, 2005

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc. (NYSE: DBD) is expanding its deposit-automation family with its intelligent depository module. The IDM was recently showcased…

QuikTrip, CashWorks roll out financial self-service kiosk

May 4, 2005

FRISCO, Texas - CashWorks, a GE Consumer Finance company, is offering bill payment and check-cashing services through its new mini-kiosk platform.

MasterCard accredits British software house Comms XL

May 4, 2005

CHESSINGTON, SURREY, England - Comms XL, a transaction and data processing specialist, is the first software house to achieve global accreditation from…

FDIC addresses the U.S. unbanked

May 4, 2005

CHICAGO - National Community Investment Fund will hold its Annual Development Banking Conference June 15-16, 2005, at the Hotel Allegro in Chicago. This year's…

Visa adds technology layer to fight fraud

May 4, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO - Visa USA announced April 20 the addition of a new layer of technology to help its member financial institutions reduce application fraud losses…

Nexus expands its management team

May 3, 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. - Nexus Software Inc., which provides cross-channel middleware for financial services delivery, has named Snowden "Skip" Williams general manager…

National EFT Network sets new standard

May 3, 2005

ONTARIO, Calif. - The CO-OP Network's board of directors announced a record-setting patronage distribution of $10.3 million for 2004, the largest cash…

NCR's ImageMark integrates reader/sorter processing

May 3, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) is taking another step toward check truncation with the integration of the legacy 3890 reader/sorter into its ImageMark…

NCR, Advanced Software Design Corp. team to support early fraud detection

May 3, 2005

ORLANDO, Fla. - NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) and Canada-based Advanced Software Design Corp., which specializes in electronic-check fraud-prevention solutions, have…