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…

Cashbox installs 1,000th ATM

May 31, 2006

WINCHESTER, England - Independent ATM deployer Cashbox PLC installed its 1,000th ATM, following an off-premise pub estate placement for Scottish &…

U.S. Bancorp expected to buy Colorado's Vail Banks

May 31, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. Bancorp announced June 1 that it expects to acquire Vail Banks Inc., the parent of WestStar Bank, for $98.6 million in the fourth quarter of…

Fishback Financial to launch prepaid card

May 31, 2006

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Fishback Financial Corp., South Dakota's largest bank holding company, is expected to unveil its new prepaid MasterCard this month in Chicago…

Va. FI takes lead with no-envelope deposits at ATM

May 31, 2006

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - ABNB Federal Credit Union in Virginia Beach, Va., announced in a news release that it is the first financial institution in the region to…

Debit use explodes in South Africa

May 31, 2006

ePaynews: South Africa's debit-card issuance grew by 23 percent to 30 percent in 2003 and 2004 from previous years, the result of efforts to reach the…

Visa extends fraud detection to ATM transactions

May 31, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO - As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen data security, Visa USA Inc. is expanding its fraud-detection capabilities to include Plus ATM…

WHITE PAPER: Distributed clients for financial services

May 30, 2006

Nexus Software's Robert Usner walks through the benefits software enhancements are providing FIs in successful management of branch-automation systems.

CASE STUDY: M&T Bank secures ATM network with Novell's ZENworks

May 30, 2006

Novell ZENworks helps M&T Bank manage its 15,000 desktops and its newtwork of more than 2,000 ATMs with the ability to automatically distribute applications…

Optimizing the ATM channel through sensible cash management

by Peter Kulik — -, Fifth Third Bank Processing

May 30, 2006

ATM deployers rarely consider the impact tracking and cash-balance optimization can have on their bottom lines. Balancing cash levels with cash-outs can be…

Congress breathes new life into data-security concerns

May 30, 2006

The VA data-breach revelation has given rise to new concerns about data security at the Congressional level. As a result, the House Financial Services…

MasterCard IPO comes in below price expectations

May 30, 2006

MasterCard began trading May 25 with a share price of $39, $1 to $4 lower than what was expected. But by the time the market closed Thursday, shares rang in at…

MasterCard extends discounts to more big banks

May 30, 2006

PURCHASE, N.Y. - On the heals of its