Converging product lines: NCR meets Tidel

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

June 7, 2006

Nearly six months after their union, NCR and Tidel are laying plans for the future.

System brings ATMs to remote retailers

June 7, 2006

TMCnet: Retailers and banks in remote areas of India will soon be linked wirelessly through a new point-of-sale system that uses cell sites to transmit data.

Prepaid-debit, credit cards target unbanked, underbanked

June 7, 2006

The Wise Marketer: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has partnered with Florida-based Access Card Systems Inc. to provide prepaid…

ATM fees begin at China banks

June 7, 2006

People's (China) Daily: ATM fees at four major Chinese banks went into effect June 1. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of…

First Data moves forward with Western Union spin-off

June 7, 2006

DENVER - Plans for First Data Corp.'s spin-off of its Western Union business continue to move forward. First Data has filed for the separation of Western Union…

Data security: Burglar nabs YMCA laptop, data for 65,000 members stolen

June 6, 2006

Digital Transactions: Credit and debit card data linked to about 65,000 Providence, R.I., YMCA members was exposed after a burglar broke into a locked office…

NCR, Wincor, HSBC receive Banker Technology awards

June 6, 2006

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp., Wincor Nixdorf and HSBC were respectively named The Banker Technology 2006 award winners for fraud prevention and high-tech solutions.

Co-Op Financial Services opens St. Louis office

June 6, 2006

ONTARIO, Calif. - Co-Op Financial Services, formerly the Co-Op Network, announced the opening of a sales office in St. Louis that will cover Missouri, Kansas…

Chip, PIN reduces European ATM fraud

June 6, 2006

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Card-skimming cases across Europe dropped 43 percent in 2005 to €44 million (U.S. $56 million), according to the ATM Industry Association.

Texas credit union extends signature debit

June 6, 2006

HOUSTON - San Antonio's Security Service Federal Credit Union has extended its agreement with Pulse EFT Association LP to provide signature-debit support…

BREAKING: TRM sells U.K. photocopier business

June 5, 2006

PORTLAND, Ore. - TRM Corp. said May 19 that it expects to sell its photocopier business in the United Kingdom, TRM Copy Centres Ltd., to Digital 4 Convenience…

Oklahoma's Endpoint Exchange reports double-digit growth

June 5, 2006

Digital Transactions: Endpoint Exchange is reporting double-digit growth rates in its monthly image exchanges and a base of 3,000 receiving financial…

Pay by Touch intros Internet-based PIN, debit payments

June 5, 2006

IRVING, Texas - Pay by Touch announced June 5 that Fiserv Inc.'s Accel/Exchange EFT Network is the first EFT network to use its Internet-based PIN and debit…

ATM security undergoes scrutiny

June 4, 2006

Gulf News: UAE Central Bank supervision and information technology officials met in Dubai June 4 to discuss the safety of bank-owned ATMs. A UAE Central Bank…

Vietnamese bank buys GRG next-generation ATMs

June 4, 2006

Vietnam News Agency: Eastern Asia Bank of Vietnam signed a contract with China's largest ATM manufacturer, GRG Banking, to purchase GRG's first batch of 42…

A2iA releases upgraded check-reader

June 4, 2006

NEW YORK - The latest version of A2iA's check reader is now available to licensees and integrators of check-recognition software. 

TD Banknorth offers no-fee ATM card

June 1, 2006

Philadelphia Business Journal: TD Banknorth has unveiled a no-fee ATM card in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Greater New York. The card is part of…

San Antonio credit union offers expanded free ATM services

June 1, 2006

San Antonio Business Journal: Firstmark Credit Union is now linked to the surcharge-free Allpoint Network, acquired by Houston-based Cardtronics Inc. earlier…

Tio Networks, Presto chain offer self-service financial services

June 1, 2006

NCR discusses loss of Tidel name at conference

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Tidel distributors met in Dallas last week to talk shop with NCR's financial division heads. At the top of the conference's priorities: explaining what NCR…