'Superman29’ pleads guilty to laundering millions using bitcoin ATMs

July 23, 2020

Kais Mohammad, aka "Superman29," will plead guilty to federal charges of money laundering, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and failure to…

Alipay parent unveils AntChain as new blockchain brand

July 23, 2020

Ant Group, the parent firm of mobile wallet Alipay, has unveiled a new brand identity for its blockchain-based technology called AntChain. The brand will also…

Traditional vs. frictionless payments: Will customers trade security for convenience?

by Pat Shea — Editor, Networld Media

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, most traditional ATM and bank branch customers, especially those who never shopped online before, turned to online…

Goldman’s Marcus bank offers customers a digital future

July 17, 2020

Goldman Sachs' startup consumer bank, Marcus, named after the firm's cofounder, has seen an increase in digital-only banking during the coronavirus crisis…

Regions Bank updates mobile app

July 16, 2020

Regions Bank has updated its mobile banking app to improve functionality and support more than 1.85 million of its customers that bank on-the-go using the app…

Robinhood raises another $320M for $8.6B valuation

July 13, 2020

Robinhood, a mobile stock and crypto trading platform, has raised another $320 million in part of its Series F round of funding, for a total of $600 million…

Railsbank launches in US, lands Unifimoney for card platform

July 10, 2020

Railsbank, a London-based open banking platform, has expanded into the U.S. market, landing San Francisco-based neobank Unifimoney as its first major customer.

Full Microservice Integration and Complete Cloud Capacities

A Tango application is a collection of autonomous services, each of them doing one (or a few more) thing(s) well, that work together to provide a global…

Hyosung America launches new ATM distribution model

July 1, 2020

Hyosung America, the largest provider of ATMs in the U.S. market, has launched a new distribution model to better serve regional and community banks and credit…

FCA lifts restrictions off Wirecard accounts

June 30, 2020

Wirecard Card Solutions customers have access once again to financial accounts now that the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has lifted restrictions on all the…

The role of ATMs and cash access in the digital banking era

Cash is not going to be phased out any time soon, but cash access is evolving to suit people’s “anytime, anywhere” needs.

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Africa’s ATM use dips while app use increases during pandemic

June 25, 2020

Fintech app use in Africa jumped 72% while ATM transactions and branch visits dropped 50% during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report in ThisDayLive.

Self-service tools help banks thrive in a pandemic environment

The reliance on self-service solutions comes at a time when consumers have become familiar and relatively comfortable with the technology that is prevalent in…

How retail banks can speak to the customer experience

Banks now know that consumer experience is not just about the front-end look and feel, but that it requires discipline, focus, and investment in new systems to…

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DigitalMint partners with E Money Commerce to expand Bitcoin ATMs

June 23, 2020

As part of the initial launch of a partnership, E Money will deploy 10 Bitcoin ATMs at convenience stores throughout central and southern Illinois, including…

Diebold Nixdorf restores full-year outlook amid improved performance

June 22, 2020

Diebold Nixdorf restored its full-year financial outlook as preliminary earnings data through the end of May showed improvement from year-ago figures.

Pandemic reopenings may be premature; why self-service needs to step forward

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Higher coronavirus hospitalizations in some states could get out of control unless robust tracing measures are deployed, and a slowdown in long awaited…

Visa, Facebook back new payments feature in WhatsApp in Brazil

June 15, 2020

Visa Inc. announced a partnership with Facebook to power the new payments capability in the WhatsApp messaging service in Brazil.

COVID-19: The contactless payment catalyst?

by Daniel Kornitzer

Is COVID-19 at the core of contactless payments or were global trends heading that way? Daniel Kornitzer takes a look at what is changing the payments…

Are we living in a cashless society?

People always like to ask about the cashless society. Has it arrived here in North America? Is it on its way?