Oracle announces plans for intelligent ATMs

February 21, 2002

LAS VEGAS -- Oracle Corp. unveiled new delivery channels for the financial services industry, including Internet Bill & Pay, intelligent ATMs and…

Daiwa Bank, Bank Of Kinki share ATMs

February 21, 2002

TOKYO -- According to the Nikkei Financial Daily, Daiwa Bank and Bank of Kinki began letting each other's customers use their ATMs on Monday. There is no ATM…

Japanese banks devising new ATM card uses

February 21, 2002

TOKYO -- Japanese city banks are beginning to provide new avenues for their ATM cards, according to the Nikkei Financial Daily.Competition to increase the…

Outsourcing: Everybody's doing it

Looking for a better, more cost-effective way of running your ATM network? Consider joining the crowd and getting someone else to do it for you. by Ann All…

Are ATMs an alternative for the ''unbanked'?

ATMs are usually available only to bank customers. But some companies think it makes sense for the "unbanked" to get their cash at an ATM. by Ann All, editor

ATM advertising: More bank for the buck

Financial institutions are among those experimenting with ATM advertising. Their experiences will likely clear the way for other deployers. by Ann All, editor

MasterCard is co-brand for Australian in-store bank

February 21, 2002

MasterCard was named a co-branding partner for a new in-store banking service in Austrialia.Woolworths Ezy Banking, backed by Commonwealth Bank of Australia…

Lloyds scraps tellers for ATMs, angers customers

February 21, 2002

Where have all the people gone?This was the question that customers of a large British bank asked Thursday when they saw no tellers -- only machines -- to…

innoVisions buys 500 Diebold advanced ATMs

February 21, 2002

San Francisco-based innoVisions, which is jointly owned by Wells Fargo & Co. and Cash America International, has purchased 500 advanced- function ATMs from…

South Carolina banks form surcharge-free PAL

February 21, 2002

A group of community banks in South Carolina plans to launch a surcharge-free ATM network for the state in September.The network called PAL (Personal ATM…

MPS to acquire Cartel

February 21, 2002

CINCINNATI -- Fifth Third Bancorp's data processing subsidiary, Midwest Payment Systems, will purchase Buffalo, N.Y.-based Integrated Delivery Technologies…

Bourgeois joins ebank.com

February 21, 2002

ATLANTA -- Ed Bourgeois, former president and COO of New Orleans-based Automated Technology Machines, Inc., has joined ebank.com, an online bank specializing…

Surcharge standoff continues in the UK

February 21, 2002

LONDON -- The 34 financial institution members of Link, the U.K.'s national ATM network, voted unanimously to end the double-charging of customers who use a…

Financial Technologies, Valley Bank team to provide surcharge-free ATM access

February 21, 2002

JACKSON, Miss. -- Financial Technologies, an independent deployer with more than 2,200 ATMs in the U.S. and Canada, has reached an agreement with Greenwood…

Wells Fargo has 20 talking ATMs up and running

February 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo and the California Council of the Blind announced that 20 Wells Fargo talking ATMS are now up and running in the Bay Area, Los…

NYCE acquires X-Press 24 network

February 21, 2002

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- Continuing a trend of network consolidation, the NYCE Corporationsigned a definitive agreement to acquire the switching and EFT…

Supreme Court rejects Iowa ATM appeal

February 21, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on April 24 refused to let Iowa impose certain restrictions on ATMs operated by nationally chartered banks, according to the…

Citibank Greece outsources ATM network to Euronet

February 21, 2002

LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Services (Nasdaq: EEFT) has signed an 8-year services agreement with Citibank N.A. in Greece to deploy and operate 250 ATMs for the…

DoughNET.com, USABancShares.com intro teen ATM card for online, offline use

February 21, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- DoughNET.com has teamed with USABancShares.com (NASDAQ: "USAB") to launch an ATM card designed specifically for teens that enables them to…

Western Union, Amex to offer money transfers at ATMs

February 21, 2002

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Western Union Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC), and American Express will provide Western Union® Money…