Indian bank provides MMS-based ATM locator

May 5, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- India's IDBI Bank has created a new customer service application using Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), that will allow consumers to…

ATMIA launches new chapters

The ATM Industry Association wants to have a presence anywhere ATMs are found. The ATMIA already has chapters in North America, Europe, Africa and…

ATM users in New Zealand, UK take advantage of cash cassette errors

May 4, 2003

NEWMARKET, New Zealand -- Customers flocked to an ANZ ATM in Newmarket after word spread that the machine was dispensing $50 notes instead of $20s.

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 -…

Another large credit union joins Co-Op Network

April 29, 2003

ONTARIO, Calif. -- United Airlines Employees' Credit Union (UAECU), the sixth largest credit union in the country with more than $4 billion in assets and more…

SARS scare hits Beijing's ATMs

April 28, 2003

BEIJING -- Some Chinese banks are quarantined banknotes for 24 hours before circulating them and are encouraging the use of bank cards in an attempt to halt…

Pakistan's banks in new shared ATM switch

April 27, 2003

KARACHI, Pakistan -- A nationwide interbank shared ATM network switch launched on April 25 at the head office of ABN-AMRO Bank, according to a report in the…

State Bank of India to install 1,500 NCR ATMs

April 27, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- State Bank of India (SBI) will install about 1,500 NCR ATMs over the next 18 months, according to the Hindustan Times.

Dubai Bank to install ATMs at service stations

April 27, 2003

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai Bank will install ATMs at an unspecified number of Emarat service stations, according to a report in AME Info.

CUNA promotes Diebold's Opteva ATMs

April 23, 2003

NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) is promotingDiebold, Incorporated's (NYSE: DBD) new line of ATMs, Opteva, to its members…

Wells Fargo to use Carreker software to archive check images

April 23, 2003

DALLAS -- Carreker Corporation (Nasdaq: CANIE), says that Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has acquired the Carreker suite of image processing archive and capture…

Russian bank orders more BANQIT ATMs

April 23, 2003

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Russia's Sberbak, which has deployed more than 900 BANQIT Q-Cash ATMs, has placed an order for more than 300 additional ATMs.

Group of Kenyan banks sharing ATMs

April 21, 2003

KENYA -- Small and medium-sized banks in Kenya are launching shared ATM services, according to the Financial Standard.

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…

India's ICICI Bank investigating rumor that triggered ATM rush

April 17, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- ICICI Bank has appointed a one-man inquiry committee, headed by former chief justice of India P N Bhagwati, to investigate the run on the…

More of India's state-run banks to share ATMs

April 15, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- More state-run banks are moving to enter the world of the shared online ATM network, with Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), Dena Bank, Oriental Bank…

Consumers increasingly unhappy with how banks handle unauthorized ATM transactions

April 15, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- There appears to be a growing friction between banks and customers claiming losses, as crooks use increasingly innovative tactics to appropriate…

In Thailand, ATM transactions grow as branches shrink

April 14, 2003

BANGKOK, Thailand -- During the past several years, the number of bank micro-branches, located in shopping centers, supermarkets, schools and even in hotels…

With ICBC move, China's 'Big 4' banks all collecting foreign ATM fees

April 14, 2003

SHANGHAI, China -- The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)'s move to charge its cardholders two yuan (about 24 cents) for each ATM withdrawal from a…