Carrollton pulls plug on Target ATM

December 19, 2001

BALTIMORE - Citing sluggish returns, Mid-Atlantic-based Carrollton Bancorp has pulled 55 ATMs out of Target stores in four states, ending a five-year…

Bank of America promotes ATMs in ad campaign

December 19, 2001

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America's line of talking ATMs, designed to make banking easier for the visually impaired, provide the focal point of a new…

IYBank expands reach in Japan

December 19, 2001

TOKYO - Japan's Chiba Bank has become the fourth bank to reach a partnership agreement with automated banking service IYBank, according to the Nikkei English…

NCR: Only a third of ATMs at bank branches

December 19, 2001

DAYTON, Ohio – If there was any doubt that the majority of ATMs in the U.S. are found in off-premise locations, it was definitively laid to rest at NCR's third…

What's holding banks back?

December 19, 2001

Many financial institutions remain reluctant to add advanced functionality to their ATMs, agreed participants in a panel discussion at NCR's recent…

Mobile phones, ATMs unite in Australia

December 19, 2001

SYDNEY - Vodafone Australia is offering a program that will allow customers to purchase recharge services for the company's FastFone mobile telephones at…

ATM cards out, debit cards in for India

December 19, 2001

HONG KONG - As part of a plan to expand its banking services in India, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp. (HSBC) has announced plans to phase out its ATM…

Co-Op Network catching rays in Florida

December 19, 2001

ONTARIO, Calif. - The Co-Op Network, which in recent months has worked to expand its national network of no-fee ATM machines for credit union members, will add…

Skylight Corp. raises $3.4 million to promote payment card for the unbanked

December 18, 2001

ATLANTA -- Skylight Corporation, a provider of payment cards for those without traditional bank accounts, has closed its Series B Round of venture capital…

The future is now

While the biggest banks tend to introduce new functionality first on their ATMs, RDS attendees learned that at least one smaller player – New Orleans-based…

City Colleges of Chicago taps LaSalle Bank as exclusive ATM provider

December 17, 2001

LaSalle wins ATM contract

Beyond the branch

A major tremor is due to hit the ATM industry this year and next, as a large number of contracts written in the early years of off-premise deployment expire.

E*TRADE Access to move to Va. as part of cost-cutting effort

December 17, 2001

MENLO PARK -- E*TRADE Group, Inc. (NYSE: ET) will move its ATM subsidiary, E*TRADE Access, from Portland, Ore. to E*TRADE Bank's Operating Center in Arlington…

First Union, Wachovia complete merger

December 17, 2001

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- Wachovia Corp. and First Union Corp. have completed their long-planned $14.3 billion merger, creating the fourth-largest U.S.

Citibank resolving ATM problems

December 17, 2001

NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. said on Sept. 5 that its U.S. Citibank network of 2,000 ATMs was running again, after software glitches shut the machines down for…

Bank One, Microsoft partner to develop new products and services.

December 17, 2001

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. and Bank One are forming a three-year strategic relationship worth $30 million to develop and promote services and products aimed at…

Bank One adds talking ATMs in Louisiana

December 17, 2001

NEW ORLEANS -- Bank One has installed 25 "talking" ATMs in Louisiana, creating the first ATM network in the state to help visually impaired customers conduct…

The UK's HBOS signs on for NCR's APTRA Edge software

December 17, 2001

LONDON -- HBOS, the financial services group formed by the recent merger of the Halifax and the Bank of Scotland, will implement NCR's (NYSE: NCR) APTRA Edge…

Fleet to add enhanced ATMs as part of upgrade

December 16, 2001

BOSTON -- As part of a $47.1 million, 18-month reconfiguration planned for its Massachusetts branch network, FleetBoston Financial will deploy 23 new…

Software problem causes Citibank ATMs to crash

December 16, 2001

NEW YORK -- An internal software problem caused Citibank's nationwide network of 2,000 ATMs to crash for about four hours on Sept. 4, according to an…