Access For All: A Follow-Up

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

February 6, 2002

A meeting of ATM Industry professionals and blind advocacy groups didn't resolve any issues, but the dialogue was encouraging.

Groceries host Internet bank branches

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

February 6, 2002

Canada's CIBC develops a creative way to interface its online banking component with real-world customers.

ATM fees under attack in Illinois

February 6, 2002

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A consumer group has taken on the fight against ATM fees, proposing that the Illinois state legislature consider a ban on some fees…

Zimbabwe Building Society adds ATMs

February 6, 2002

ZIMBABWE -- Zimbabwe Building Society has launched ATM cards, dubbed ZBS Money Wells, and installed a computer network to enable customers to transact business…

Aussies want to limit ATM fees

January 31, 2002

CANBERRA, Australia -- The Australian parliament wants to limit the fees charged by banks on ATM transactions.

E*TRADE Bank appoints new CFO

January 31, 2002

ARLINGTON, Va. -- As reported earlier on ATMmarketplace.com, E*TRADE Bank, a wholly owed subsidiary of E*TRADE Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRP) has named Robert J.

BofA offers ATM/debit product tailored to business owners

January 31, 2002

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), the largest debit card issuer in the U.S., has introduced its ATM/debit card product called the Business Check…

Australian banks balk at fee disclosure

January 31, 2002

AUSTRALIA -- According to ZDNet Australia, Australia's big four banks are refusing to commit to a timeframe for introducing real-time disclosure of electronic…

InnoVentry secures $253M

January 31, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- InnoVentry Corp., a provider of automated check-cashing services, has completed its third (Series C) round of funding, worth $253 million. The…

Biometrics gaining ground with credit unions

January 31, 2002

ATLANTA - Real-Time Kiosks, a provider of self-service financial transaction kiosks for credit unions, said its biometrically-enabled kiosks are gaining in…

Australian banking official enters fee debate

January 31, 2002

SYDNEY -- Managing director David Murray of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia entered the increasingly heated debate over electronic banking fees in that…

Ending the paper trail

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January 31, 2002

For the first time, a paper check used at a point-of-sale transaction was immediately processed and debited from a customer's checking account in real time.

Mellon piloting voice-guided ATMs

January 30, 2002

PITTSBURGH -- Mellon Bank has equipped ATMs at 11 Mellon locations in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Harrisburg with voice-guided technology to assist visually…

World party

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January 30, 2002

U.S. ATM manufacturers have been sending machines to banks in other countries for years, but now the international market for retail machines is beginning to…

'Dynamic branding' introduced on Canadian ATMs

January 30, 2002

TORONTO -- AutoBranch Technologies Inc. of Toronto, Ontario and Charlotte, N.C., together with Rogers Video of Richmond, British Columbia have signed an…

E*TRADE to use Mosaic's Postilion platform

January 30, 2002

PORTLAND, Ore. -- E*TRADE Access Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of E*TRADE Group Inc. (NYSE: ET), has signed on to use Mosaic Software's Postilion platform to…

Sony, IY expand in Japan

January 30, 2002

In Japan, Sony Bank made headlines when it launched last year as an Internet-only bank. Now it offer services through a network of 25,500 ATMs. Rival IY Bank…

Fleet sees need for talking ATMs

January 29, 2002

BOSTON - FleetBoston Financial will install 1,420 talking ATMs throughout the northeastern U.S., by far the largest deployment of the machines designed to…

Bank hikes surcharge in Pittsburgh

January 29, 2002

PITTSBURGH - National City Bank has raised its surcharge to $2 at a dozen western Pennsylvania ATMs, from its previous level of $1.50.

Bank Rhode Island adds SUM surcharge-free ATMs

January 29, 2002

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Bank Rhode Island has become the latest member of SUM, a program administered by the NYCE Corporation that is designed to help minimize ATM…