EMV Migration Forum expects major increase in US chip adoption within a year

April 3, 2014

U.S. EMV chip adoption is poised for exponential growth in the next year resulting from an estimated 17–20 million EMV chip cards and millions of EMV-capable…

FIS licenses Visa EMV debit solution

April 1, 2014

FIS and its wholly owned subsidiary, NYCE Payments Network LLC, have entered a licensing agreement that will make the Visa EMV debit solution available to all…

To increase positive brand image, eliminate negative impressions at the ATM

by Rebecca Hellmann — Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Welch ATM

In the Internet age, negative comments and reviews can go viral in the worst possible sense. Companies scramble to "clean up" customer service issues and draft…

Acquirer Systems qualifies end-to-end D-PAS test solution

March 27, 2014

Dublin-based enterprise test and validation specialist Acquirer Systems has announced that its end-to-end certification solution has been qualified with…

Pulse, Visa to share common AID

March 27, 2014

Visa Inc. and Pulse, a Discover Financial Services company, have signed an agreement that will allow FIs to issue EMV debit cards on both the Visa and Pulse…

Collis test tool OK'd to simulate TCI test cards for JCB

March 27, 2014

UL has announced that its Collis Brand Test Tool has been qualified by JCB to simulate the terminal check for implementation test card (version 1.2). Acquirers…

It's go time. Are your techs ready?

by Mark Smith — VP of Financial Solutions, Kahuna ATM Solutions

This year will be remembered for the number of ATM upgrades and replacements that occurred as a result of the migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. But this…

EAST releases crime stats for European ATMs

March 25, 2014

The European ATM Security Team has published its first European Fraud Update for 2014. The update includes country crime data provided by representatives of 1…

ICard4 packs a PC into a payments card

March 17, 2014

Taiwanese display card developer SmartDisplayer Technology Co. Ltd. has announced its next-generation smart card — iCard4. The card secures both card-present…

Discover OKs Acquirer Systems as supplier of D-PAS certification test cards

March 17, 2014

Dublin-based Acquirer Systems, a provider of enterprise test and validation solutions, has been qualified by Discover Financial Services to supply D-payment…

Fiserv, Visa strike AID licensing agreement

March 17, 2014

Financial services technology provider Fiserv Inc. has reached an agreement with Visa Inc. to make the card network’s common debit EMV solution available for…

The US IAD business gets a pulse check

Fourth annual report examines challenges, concerns, opportunities and outlook for US independents in the ATM business.

Fiserv, MasterCard reach EMV debit routing agreement

March 12, 2014

Fiserv Inc. and MasterCard have reached an agreement to make the card company's U.S. common debit EMV solution available for the Fiserv Accel debit network.

3 irrefutable reasons why ISOs must up their game against fraud

by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom

Heartland, Target, Neiman Marcus; Congressional hearings, NRF vs. banks; liability shift deadlines, PCI, processing AIDs – it's enough to make your head spin.

67% of SBEs not worried about card security; should that worry ATM operators?

March 10, 2014

Newtek Business Services, a provider of financial products to small- and medium-sized businesses, has released the findings of its latest Small Business…

Chip and PIN a must for security, NRF says

March 7, 2014

The National Retail Federation is disputing the position of Visa and MasterCard that a chip-and-signature implementation of EMV in the U.S. is as secure as the…

Visa, MasterCard unite to advance EMV migration

March 7, 2014

MasterCard and Visa have formed a new cross-industry group intended to increase payment system security, the companies announced today. Initially, the group…

EMV card issuance made safe and secure

Securely issuing EMV cards requires a multilayered approach to both validation and system management.

Durbin's "limbo" effect on EMV

"When you're looking at having every bank in the country potentially having to reissue debit cards and change their whole debit card structure ... to then…

Visa, First Data partner on EMV common AID

February 27, 2014

Visa Inc. and the First Data Star Network have announced an agreement to share Visa's common debit solution. Collaboration on the license agreement will help…