Regional ATM focus: Canada

by Travis Kircher — N/A, N/A

Canada's move to EMV and the fight for ATM fees are 2007's top priorities.

Global Payments gets end-to-end EMV certification in Canada

August 27, 2007

ATLANTA - Global Payments Inc. says it has completed end-to-end EMV-chip certification for MasterCard credit and Interac Direct Payment cards in Canada. That…

Postilion, Okla. Bank offer prepaid card programs to FIs

August 21, 2007

ATLANTA - Postilion, a division of S1 Corp., has signed a marketing deal with Central National Bank of Enid, an Oklahoma-based community financial…

Ingenico i9400 approved for EMV in Italy

August 12, 2007

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France - Ingenico Italia has received EMV approval from Cogeban-Progetto Microcircuito (formerly ABI - Progetto Microcircuito) for its…

NCR invests in contactless, NFC tech

August 7, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. has made a minority investment in Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech Inc., provider of payment terminals and software, to incorporate…

Visa, MasterCard push EMV in Australia

August 6, 2007

Inside Retailing: Visa and MasterCard are preparing multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns to roll out smart cards in Australia. The Europay, MasterCard…

Triton releases new Windows ATM

August 6, 2007

LONG BEACH, Miss. - Triton Systems has announced the launch of its RL2000, a stand-alone ATM based on Windows CE and Triton's X2 mainboard. Triton's X…

Alaric drives contactless MasterCard in Europe

July 18, 2007

LONDON - Alaric Systems Ltd., supplier of technology and fraud detection solutions for card payments, announced that its authentic-authorization and switching…

Polish FI installs 200 NCR ATMs

June 28, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. has announced the successful rollout of 220 ATMs to PKO Bank Polski in Poland. PKO BP now has more than 1,630 NCR self-service units.

Gemalto to provide Taiwan Citibank with EMV solution

June 21, 2007

AMSTERDAM - Gemalto, digital security provider, announced that Citibank Taiwan selected Gemalto as exclusive EMV migration launch partner and that it will…

VeriFone gets Visa, MasterCard certification for contactless system

June 18, 2007

The Green Sheet: Visa U.S.A. and MasterCard Worldwide have certified VeriFone's QX100 for contactless payments on Visa Contactless and MasterCard PayPass. The…

VeriFone worth improves after smart-card deal with Chinese bank

June 14, 2007

Forbes: VeriFone looked fine to Wall Street after announcing a major contract with the China Postal Savings Bank. The company's shares rose $3.17 to $35.83.

Contactless and the ATM?

The industry ponders the impact contactless tech will have on the ATM.

ABN Amro adds anti-skimming devices to ATMs

June 5, 2007

Finextra: Dutch bank ABN Amro is attaching anti-skimming devices to its 1,200 outdoor ATMs across the Netherlands. The announcement comes after recent…

Canadian retailer moves forward with chip-and-PIN migration

June 3, 2007

ePaynews: Canadian Tire, one of Canada's largest retailers, says that all 468 of its Canadian Tire Retail-branded stores will be ready to accept MasterCard…

Indian bank tests biometrics-based smart cards

May 30, 2007

ePaynews: Union Bank of India has teamed with Indian software firm Financial Information Network and Operations and Cashpor Micro Credit to launch a…

Smart Card Alliance improves security awareness

May 29, 2007

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. - The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council says it has increased awareness about identity issues and security technologies since its…

Qatar bank signs on for TSYS's PRIME 3

May 29, 2007

LONDON - Qatar National Bank has successfully migrated its cards portfolio to PRIME3, the latest version of TSYS Card Tech's card- and merchant-management…

A new approach

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Level Four builds Bridge to impact the way ATMs do business.

N.Y. envelope maker releases RFID guard for smart cards

May 20, 2007

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Envelope manufacturer National Envelope Corp. has developed and is now marketing Smart Card GuardT, a new line of products that shield smart…