Alabama allows child-support payments via debit cards, ATMs

May 25, 2005

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Beginning June 1, 20,000 parents who receive child-support payments through the Alabama Central Disbursement Division will have the option…

Iraq gets first credit cards; ATM network on the way

May 24, 2005

Los Angeles Times: The Trade Bank of Iraq on May 24 issued the country's first credit and debit cards, from Visa International Inc., at a ceremony in Baghdad.

Japanese push for ATMs that take foreign cards

May 24, 2005

Japanese Times: The inability of most ATMs at Japanese banks to accept foreign credit cards has long irritated tourists and short-term foreign residents in a…

FIs rely on third-party techs to inspect their ATMs

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

May 23, 2005

Third-party service providers are touting their turnkey solutions as the remedy for ATM owners' headaches. In fact, financial institutions arguably have the…

German bank installs cash-recycling Personas ATMs

May 19, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - Sparkasse Hannover, one of Germany's largest savings banks, signed a deal with NCR Corp. for the installation of Personas M Series ATMs…

New Zealanders are giving up the green

May 9, 2005

The National Business Review: New Zealand consumers are well on their way to making cashless transactions, according to a KPMG, a professional service firm…

Diebold introduces next-generation IDM

May 4, 2005

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc. (NYSE: DBD) is expanding its deposit-automation family with its intelligent depository module. The IDM was recently showcased…

Fiserv , FSV Payment Systems offer stored-value solutions

May 2, 2005

LINCOLN, Neb. - Information Technology Inc., a subsidiary of Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV), and FSV Payment Systems Inc. (FSV) teamed to offer FSV's Paycheck…

ACI inks deal with Algerian bank

May 2, 2005

WATFORD, England - ACI Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: TSAI), an international provider of enterprise e-payment solutions, announced in a news release that Banque de…

Bank of Ireland takes Brinks to court

May 1, 2005

Banking Business Review Online: Bank of Ireland is expected to take Brinks Allied to court over the security company's refusal to transport cash to a select…

NCR provides remote-capture application to Frost Bank

May 1, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - San Antonio, Texas-based Frost Bank is delivering remote capture to several of its commercial clients through NCR Corp.'s  (NYSE: NCR) ImageMark…

Omega Financial launches check-processing technology

April 27, 2005

MOSINEE, Wis. - Pennsylvania-based Omega Financial and Wausau Financial Systems successfully launched live-image exchange with the Federal Reserve banks…

Knowing what to expect

April 24, 2005

Today, ATM companies don't need to do much selling to convince c-store owners and operators that they should place an ATM inside their units.

Handling the money — or not

April 24, 2005

C-store owners might not realize it at first, but ATM cash management can be a major burden if not handled properly.

ATMs do more, including currency conversion

April 21, 2005

Sify: Converting dollars, or even euros, pounds, riyals, dirhams, to rupees will soon be easier. Thomas Cook offices plan to introduce currency-exchange ATMs…

Level Four wins Scottish Enterprise award

April 18, 2005

LONDON - Level Four Software, provider of ATM and POS testing and development software, won the 2005 Fife Business Award for innovation and creativity from…

uWink introduces touchscreen system

April 17, 2005

LOS ANGELES - uWink Inc., a technology-based entertainment company, is introducing a touchscreen order-entry system for restaurants. According to a news…

Bringing it all together

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

For years financial institutions collected information about customer banking behavior. Databases included everything from customers' ages and socioeconomic…

OCBC, NISP launch joint ATM service

April 14, 2005

SINGAPORE - Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. and PT Bank NISP Tbk have created a joint ATM cash withdrawal service for Singapore and Indonesia.

State Bank Group launches 5,000th ATM

April 14, 2005

MUMBAI, India - State Bank Group, India's largest ATM network, launched its 5,000th ATM on March 18.