Central and Eastern Europe News & Media
EAST reports a new skimming threat - fake ATMs
November 21, 2013
The European ATM Security Team has published its third European Fraud Update for 2013. In a new development, one EAST national member has reported the use of…
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From Russia with love
by Todd Nuttall — CEO of Better ATM Services, Better ATM Services
Leo Tolstoy had it right. A century after his death, I find myself marveling at the stark contrasts in a country still wrestling with the evolving payments…
read nowUK pol says IAD-operated ATM should be fee-free
October 29, 2013
In one of the poorest areas of Bristol, England, where retail banks apparently have elected not to deploy their own on-us ATMs, independent deployer Bank…
read nowPrivatBank debuts the 'topless' ATM
October 29, 2013
A news release from PrivatBank reports that the FI has introduced the world's first Android contactless ATM. The machine, called "the black box," does away…
read nowLow-tech fraud, explosive attacks on the rise for Europe's ATMs
October 29, 2013
EAST has published its European ATM crime report covering the period from January to June of 2013. The report shows that while the incidence of card skimming…
read nowRussia busts counterfeiters who exploited ATM auto-deposit
October 17, 2013
Authorities in Russia have rounded up a gang of seven counterfeiters whose exploits were so effective that some banks stopped accepting 5,000 ruble banknotes …
read nowEAST records drop in ATM card fraud, increase in explosive attacks
October 14, 2013
The European ATM Security Team has reported a 32 percent increase in ATM-related fraud attacks, despite a 9 percent fall in card skimming incidents. The…
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Why is cash recycling an issue that's not all for one, but one for all?
by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris
The other day I ran a series of workshops for a major bank regarding a project affecting a number of different customer touch points. Given the wide-reaching…
read nowIAD Kontanten launches multi-currency ATM
October 4, 2013
Nordic IAD Kontanten has announced that it is launching multi-currency service in its ATM fleet across a "broad front" during the last quarter of 2014. The…
read nowKontanten ATMs to add DCC feature
October 2, 2013
Nordic IAD Kontanten will equip all of its ATMs in Sweden and Finland with dynamic currency conversion functionality during the month of October. The new…
read nowLoktec, Mactwin partnership offers new anti-gas security solution for UK ATMs
October 1, 2013
U.K.-based Loktec ATM Security Solutions recently signed a business partner agreement with Netherlands-based Mactwin Security Specials to be the U.K.
read nowWincor opens dedicated software HQ in Netherlands
September 19, 2013
Wincor Nixdorf AG is unifying its software and professional services expertise in Utrecht in the Netherlands, the company has announced. Wincor Nixdorf CEO…
read nowNCR tackles ATM fleet modernization for Germany's largest municipal FI
August 15, 2013
NCR Corp. has entered an agreement with Sparkasse KölnBonn, Germany's largest municipal savings bank, to modernize the FI's ATM fleet with NCR SelfServ systems…
read nowSpanish FI puts the bank on the bus
August 15, 2013
In 2012, in the midst of financial collapse, the Spanish banking industry closed 1,963 — 5 percent — of all branches, leaving some towns with no bank access at…
read nowParagon provides e-payment testing hub for Ukrainian processor
August 14, 2013
Ukrainian Processing Center, a provider of ePayment processing and outsourcing in the Ukraine, has chosen the Web FASTest platform from Paragon Application…
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Cash: Europe's payment scheme
by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World
The European Commission has for many years been concerned that the two international card schemes — Visa and MasterCard — are controlled from outside Europe.
read nowOpenWay, AzeriCard roll out mobile wallet with cardless ATM capability
August 8, 2013
Card processing company AzeriCard and payment industry software provider OpenWay have introduced a mobile banking service based on Way4 Cash By Code technology…
read nowUkraine's UniCredit Bank taps Fiserv for currency supply chain management solution
August 1, 2013
UniCredit Bank Ukraine, part of the multi-national UniCredit Group, has chosen Fiserv and its local partner, Mellon Ukraine, to implement Fiserv Integrated…
read nowTurkey's largest bank takes to Wincor cash recyclers
July 30, 2013
Turkey's largest bank in terms of assets, Türkiye Is Bankasi, has ordered 335 CINEO cash recycling systems from Wincor Nixdorf. The company will also provide…
read nowEAST releases midyear ATM fraud stats for Europe
July 25, 2013
ATM-related fraud losses continue to migrate away from EMV chip liability shift areas, and the U.S. continues to be the top location for such losses, according…
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