Wells Fargo audio ATMs now bilingual

February 26, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo has added a Spanish language option to more than 2,700 of its ATMs that have audio capability.

Japan's FTC investigating ATM charges

February 25, 2003

TOKYO -- Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating the nation's top four banks to see if they colluded to level new charges for using ATMs on Saturdays…

Elan signs 8 FIs for processing, other ATM services

February 25, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- Transaction processor Elan Financial Services recently signed eight financial institutions that will utilize Elan's ATM and debit card…

Chile's BBVA Banco Bhif has ATM expansion plans for '03

February 23, 2003

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chilean bank BBVA Banco Bhif (NYSE:BB) plans to increase its ATM fleet 40 percent to 50 percent in 2003, to between 145 and 155 units…

PNC is 2nd bank to cancel ATM cards after hacker attack

February 19, 2003

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- PNC Bank said  it was forced to deactivate some 16,000 of its ATM/debit bearing the Visa logo after being notified by Visa that the cards…

Citizens Bank reissues ATM cards in wake of hacker attack

February 18, 2003

PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Hundreds of bank customers in Pittsburgh and across the state had their ATM/debit cards canceled after a computer hacker stole some …

Spanish bank orders 140 BANQIT ATMs

February 18, 2003

STOCKHOLM -- Spanish bank BBVA has ordered 140 of BANQIT's new Q-Cash 35 multi-function ATMs.

UK's Office of Fair Trading investigation likely to lead to reduction in ATM interchange

February 16, 2003

LONDON -- The UK's Office of Fair Trading has launched an investigation into interchange rates for ATMs due to concerns the system is anti-competitive.

EDS automates ATM transaction balancing

February 16, 2003

PLANO, Texas -- EDS says that it has automated the daily credit union process for balancing debit card and ATM network transaction totals -- transforming what…

StanChart to add ATMs, branches in India

February 13, 2003

MUMBAI, India -- Standard Chartered, India's largest foreign bank, says it will expand its distribution network and branch footprint across India, with the…

Navy Federal CU adds its ATMs to Co-Op Network

February 13, 2003

ONTARIO, Calif. -- Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the world with more than 2 million members and $17 billion in assets, has joined the…

Japanese authorities question banks' decisions to add ATM fees

February 12, 2003

TOKYO -- Japan's Fair Trade Commission is investigating recent decisions by major commercial banks to impose fees for Saturday transactions at ATMs.

Bank of Ireland to roll out supermarket ATMs

February 11, 2003

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Bank of Ireland (BoI) has promised to install a minimum of three extra ATMs in every county as part of its link up with Musgrave, Ireland's…

Colorado child support recipients can access payments at ATMs

February 10, 2003

DENVER -- In cooperation with U.S. Bank (NYSE:USB), Colorado has become the first state to disperse child support payments on a plastic card versus a paper…

Luxembourg bank outsources ATM operations to Diebold

February 5, 2003

LONDON -- Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) says it has signed a five-year outsourcing contract with Banque Raiffeisen, a Luxembourg-based institution…

E*Trade buys XtraCash ATMs

February 3, 2003

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- E*Trade Access, a wholly-owned subsidiary of E*Ttrade Bank, has acquired a portfolio of more than 4,000 ATMs from XtraCash ATM, Inc.

Washington Mutual to drop ATM fees in NY, NJ

February 2, 2003

NEW YORK -- In an effort to attract new customers in the highly competitive New York metropolitan market, Seattle-based Washington Mutual (WaMu) will drop the…

RemoteTeller beats ATM in personality contest

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January 30, 2003

It's more personal than an ATM, but more cost effective than a teller station. Diebold promotes its RemoteTeller system as a bridge between the two types of…

Malaysians to get chip-based ATM cards in February

January 29, 2003

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- New ATM cards with chips will be launched in February, according to a report in the New Straits Times.

Wincor Nixdorf marks ATM hardware, software milestones

January 28, 2003

PADERBORN, Germany -- Wincor Nixdorf reported two significant European deals that mark software and hardware milestones for the manufacturer during this week's…