BofA prepares for five weeks of ATM downtime

May 17, 2005

Boston Herald: Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America boasts that it has the largest ATM network, with 16,700 ATMs, and the most widely used online-banking…

Genpass' sale was no big surprise

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

May 17, 2005

The announcement of Genpass Inc.'s sale May 10 didn't come as a big surprise. But U.S. Bank flew beneath the radar of some analysts as the acquirer.

ACI launches packaged EMV solutions

May 15, 2005

DUBAI, UAE - ACI Worldwide, which provides enterprise e-payment solutions, is introducing modular-packaged solutions to help card issuers migrate to Europay…

TNS signs deal with regional c-store chain

May 15, 2005

RESTON, Va. - Transaction Network Services Inc. (NYSE: TNS), a network and data communications provider for transaction-oriented applications, signed a deal to…

PRE Solutions files suit against Dynamic for contract breach

May 15, 2005

ATLANTA - PRE Solutions Inc., which provides prepaid transaction-processing solutions for retailers, announced May 16 in a news release that it has filed a…

TNS acquires FusionPoint

May 12, 2005

RESTON, Va. - Transaction Network Services Inc., which provides business-critical network and data communications services for transaction-oriented…

Credit union network grows 35% since '04

May 9, 2005

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Credit Union 24 Network hit record-setting growth figures for 2004, according to a news release. New participants and expanded…

Ticket sales at the ATM make a comeback

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Ticket and coupon sales at the ATM were the rage in the '90s, at least among large U.S. financial institutions. That dual functionality, however, didn't go…

Credit union in Kansas drops fees

May 5, 2005

The Wichita Eagle: Boeing Wichita Credit Union in Kansas has eliminated ATM fees for customers and noncustomers. The move went into effect this for the credit…

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…

MasterCard accredits British software house Comms XL

May 4, 2005

CHESSINGTON, SURREY, England - Comms XL, a transaction and data processing specialist, is the first software house to achieve global accreditation from…

NCR's ImageMark integrates reader/sorter processing

May 3, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) is taking another step toward check truncation with the integration of the legacy 3890 reader/sorter into its ImageMark…

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…

The evolution of CRM

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

April 26, 2005

Financial institutions started customer relationship management databases in the '80s, but FIs never quite figured out how to use the information. In fact…

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.

Triple DES and the small c-store

April 24, 2005

If you own an independent convenience store, the last thing you want to worry about is ensuring your ATM is Triple DES compliant. Even the name "Triple DES…

Clydestone wins ATM contract in Ghana

April 24, 2005

GNA: Clydestone, an information technology company on the Ghana Stock Exchange, won a three-year contract to supply ATMs to Transaction Solutions Ghana Ltd.

ATMs move toward remote key management

April 19, 2005

With rapidly changing regulatory and technical environments, many financial institutions are emulating the Boy Scouts. They want to �be prepared� with ATM…

IntraNet grows in Asia-Pacific market

April 17, 2005

NEWTON, Mass. - IntraNet Worldwide, an international and domestic financial-messaging and payment-processing company, inked a distributorship agreement with…

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…