Interswitch brings cardless mobile ATM withdrawals to Nigeria

January 31, 2014

The African payments company Interswitch Transnational has added cardless ATM withdrawals for mobile money users to its Quickteller service. Quickteller allows…

Two-vendor solution helps ensure uptime at rural Italian ATMs

January 29, 2014

NCR Corp. and INETCO Systems Ltd. are working in partnership with Sinergia, an Italian provider of centralized ATM network infrastructure, to improve the speed…

Sun Nat'l, Welch partner on ATM branding deal

January 27, 2014

Sun National Bank will offer its customers surcharge-free access to more than 800 ATMs located in Rite Aid pharmacies through a networking and branding…

In 2014, Wincor World revolves around the customer

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Europe's ATM giant is ready to implement its ambitious global growth strategy customer by customer, answer by answer.

Nedbank manages rapid growth with transaction performance monitoring

January 14, 2014

Having grown by more than two million individual and small business clients over the last two years, South Africa's Nedbank recognized that, in the face of…

Japan joins Asia-wide ATM network

January 9, 2014

NTT Data Corp., the Japan-based switching service that connects the ATMs of more than 1,300 financial institutions, has been admitted to the Asian Payment…

Report: Competition heats up between local, national debit networks

January 9, 2014

A new report from Mercator Advisory Group, "National Debit Networks: When Global Goes Local," offers an understanding of national debit networks, the rationale…

2014: The year of the seamless transaction?

A great, cross-channel customer experience is the gold standard for FIs. So why is it so hard to deliver?

Ghana links mobile payments to national switch

December 26, 2013

All banks in Ghana will be able to introduce mobile payments following enhancements to the country's interbank switching and processing system by Bank of Ghana…

DNA will open EMV toolbox for more providers

A founding member of the newly formed Debit Network Alliance explains how DNA can benefit the entire payments industry.

Discover announces expansion of ATM network in Vietnam

November 18, 2013

Discover Financial Services and Smartlink Card JSC, a domestic payments network in Vietnam, have announced a strategic alliance that will give Discover and…

To a needy mother, a fingerprint’s as good as a PIN

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

I have just attended the latest user event put on jointly by the NonStop user community and HP. Among the participants were many from the financial services…

FIME ready to test D-PAS contactless chip cards

November 12, 2013

Secure-chip testing provider FIME has established testing infrastructure and conducted laboratory test services for the Discover contactless D-Payment…

EMVCo qualifies Collis CPA/CCD level 2 test suites

November 11, 2013

EMVCo has certified the latest versions of the Collis CPA/CCD Level 2 Test Suites for the testing of card products. The tools are part of the UL EMVCo test…

Software platform helps Tanzanian bank branch out into Burundi

November 7, 2013

CRDB Bank Plc., a major bank in Tanzania, has migrated to the CR2 BankWorld Platform at its subsidiary, CRDB Burundi, in a move that the FI hopes will augment…

ATM, branch-sharing partners extend, expand relationship in Puerto Rico

November 7, 2013

The success of a shared branching effort in the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico has led Co-op Financial Services to extend its relationship with El Circuito…

Back to the future; ATMs still must provide the cash!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It's always a treat to return to Sydney, Australia, my former home town, despite having to first pass through immigration and customs and then battle to make…

Deciphering the Durbin debit ruling

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A look at what's next after the U.S. District Court decision that put a stick in the wheel of EMV at the ATM.

Study: India's FIs to see a bump in IT spending

October 20, 2013

As Indian FIs ramp up efforts to extend the nation's ATM network to reach the rural unbanked, they're also ramping up their IT services — at least in some…

Hong Kong IAD pushed to enter the mobile marketplace

October 15, 2013

Joint Electronic Teller Services, the largest ATM provider in the city of Hong Kong, has partnered with its 30 member banks to develop an NFC-based mobile…