Hong Kong FI signs with HP for new branch tech

March 21, 2007

HONG KONG - CITIC Ka Wah Bank Ltd. has selected Hewlett-Packard as its strategic IT partner for the bank's deployment of an advanced branch-banking…

Wincor, Cisco provide security solutions for ATMs

March 20, 2007

PADERBORN, Germany - Wincor Nixdorf International has developed a new security solution for ATM networks using Cisco's endpoint security technology. …

MoneyPass offers free ATM use at Minnesota chain

March 20, 2007

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The MoneyPass ATM network, owned and operated by Elan Financial Services, has been selected by Snyders Drug Stores to provide surcharge-free…

Data breach leads to bank-freeze in Canada

March 20, 2007

BankNet 360: At least three Canadian Banks are freezing thousands of customer accounts after hundreds bank cards and PINs were skimmed and at least 70 client…

Utah credit unions promote, partner with Co-Op

March 20, 2007

ONTARIO, Calif. - The Utah League of Credit Unions has signed a deal with Co-Op Financial Services to market and promote Co-Op's ATM network and services to…

'White-label' ATMs on rise in Canada

March 20, 2007

Toronto Star: Canadian banks operated 16,190 ATMs last year, reflecting only a slight increase from 2004, according to recent surveys. But the overall number…

Drop in interchange could help, hurt prepaid cards

March 20, 2007

Digital Transactions: Should efforts by merchants to force down interchange rates succeed, the expanding prepaid-card market will be forced to confront one of…

Australian ram-raiders get inked

March 20, 2007

Shown above are notes stained with a Fluiditi system. Yahoo!7 News:  Fluiditi's ink-marking system likely foiled a ram raid in Sydney, Australia. The…

DCI promotes Mac Kay to senior VP

March 19, 2007

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - DCI, provider of full-service bank technology and processing solutions, has promoted Melvin 'Mac" Kay Jr. to senior vice president of…

TRM delays annual financial report

March 19, 2007

PORTLAND, Ore. - Just more than a month after one industry analyst announced that he expected TRM Corp. to outperform financial expectations, the company has…

Triton recognized for ATM industry contribution

March 19, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. - Triton Systems was honored by the ATM Industry Association during its Conference East for opening its proprietary message format, Triton…

RESEARCH: New guide analyzes, reviews state of ATM software

March 19, 2007

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - ATM Marketplace, a site dedicated to the financial self-service industry, has launched a guide that takes an in-depth look at multivendor…

Coinstar and the unbanked

Coinstar sees future in bill payment.

Innovus shifts focus from ATM to cards

March 18, 2007

New Orleans City Business: Innovus Inc. is changing its focus from ATMs to stored-value cards. The company, formerly of New Orleans, began making the change…

APACS: Cash is big fish in U.K.

March 18, 2007

Finextra: The United Kingdom's payments association APACS says Brits show no signs of abandoning cash anytime soon. That's despite predictions from Visa that…

Wincor CEO says U.S., China are focus for ATM growth

March 18, 2007

Malaysia Star: Eckard Heidloff says the United States and China are his company's two-largest potential markets for ATM business. "We are trying to grow…

Deal with Winn-Dixie pulls Cardtronics' income into black

March 18, 2007

HOUSTON - Cardtronics Inc. reported net income of $2.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, compared to a net loss of $1.6 million during 4Q 2005. The…

First Data enters global partnership for mobile payments

March 15, 2007

LONDON - First Data International has partnered with network and communication service Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (NCS), a mobile-payment provider, to…

CMB expects 15 million cards in China by end '07

March 15, 2007

ePaynews: China Merchants Bank, China's largest credit-card issuer after entering the Chinese market five years ago, expects its credit-card total to hit 1…

HSBC plans card expansion in China

March 15, 2007

ePaynews: HSBC says it plans to issue at least 1.2 million new credit cards this year in mainland China. The cards will be issued jointly by HSBC and Bank of…