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…

China issues more bank cards

December 16, 2001

BEIJING -- Fifty-five financial institutions in China had issued 330 million bank cards by June of this year, sources with the People's Bank of China ( PBOC…

BankAtlantic Bancorp to acquire Community Savings

December 16, 2001

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE:BBX) has reached an agreement to purchase Florida-based Community Savings Bankshares Inc. (NASDAQ:CMSV) in a…

National Australia Bank and Teradata share award for excellence at NCDM Expo

December 16, 2001

DAYTON, Ohio -- Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation and National Australia Bank have received the National Center for Database Marketing (NCDM) Database…

Star Systems and NCR announce joint initiative on advanced deposit technology

December 16, 2001

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- NCR Corporation and Star Systems today announced a joint arrangement to bring advanced deposit technology to STAR participants throughout…

Bank of Nova Scotia to use fees to encourage electronic transactions in Jamaica

December 16, 2001

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) beginning Jan. 1 will charge customers for transactions at branches, in a move to relieve crowded conditions…