Judge tentatively rules against SmartMetric in patent case

October 1, 2013

Saying "I don't see there's anything to determine here for a jury," a U.S. district court judge issued a tentative ruling last week that Visa and MasterCard…

Did Capital One just say no to NFC?

September 23, 2013

In February, Isis, the NFC joint venture between AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA, announced that Chase, Capital One and Barclaycard had…

ATMs, NFC and iBeacon: The new dilemma

'To NFC or not to NFC?' Apple snubs the technology and backs iBeacon, making the choice dicier than ever for ATM operators.

Covera, UsNet intro shared ATM, branching program in NY

September 16, 2013

Covera and Universal Sharing Network have partered with Co-op to complete the first New York credit union implementation of Co-op NextGen ATM, said a news…

ECS software to drive 5,000-ATM network for 20 Indonesian banks

September 12, 2013

ElectraCard Services, a provider of software and processing solutions for enterprise payment systems, has announced a 10-year, multi-million dollar agreement…

The Gemalto 'Contactless Challenge' revisited

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

The Gemalto Contactless Challenge kicked off in the United States on June 10, with two bloggers — from Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, respectively …

Major US networks certify Diebold Agilis for Windows 7

August 28, 2013

Diebold Inc. has announced that its Agilis 3 software platform is now certified on the Windows 7 operating system by several of the largest U.S. network…

BPC SmartVista excels in IBM Power Platform audit

August 19, 2013

Payment solutions provider BPC Banking Technologies has successfully completed a set of audited performance and availability tests for SmartVista, the company…

Contactless at the ATM: The need for standards and interoperability

by David Tente — Executive Director, USA, ATM Industry Association

"What about mobile and contactless at the ATM?" It doesn't take long before most conversations about the future of the ATM channel generate this question.

Verizon debuts wireless remote management for ATMs

August 2, 2013

Verizon Enterprise Solutions is introducing a fully managed, wireless ATM connectivity solution, Managed Wireless ATMs, that banks can deploy to their remote…

Pulse debit/ATM network turns to Paydiant for mobile commerce solution

August 1, 2013

The debit/ATM network Pulse has enlisted Paydiant, a provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet and offer redemption platforms, to provide a mobile commerce…

BPC to launch national switch for Palestine Monetary Authority

July 31, 2013

BPC Banking Technologies has announced an agreement with the Palestine Monetary Authority to implement a national switch electronic payment system. The PMA is…

Sri Lankan ATMs linked up at last

July 25, 2013

Mature ATM markets have taken common switches for granted for some years now. But it's something Sri Lankans are only about to enjoy.

Kenyan bank mum through prolonged ATM system crash

July 24, 2013

Kenya's Equity Bank took a drubbing via social networks last week when its ATM network went down for several days without an explanation from the bank as to…

Gaining visibility where appliance-based instrumentation fails

by Marc Borbas — VP, Marketing, INETCO

Recently, INETCO announced that a large payment platform provider, Adquira Mexico S.A. de C.V selected the INETCO Insight application performance…

ECS to enable fast ATM fleet expansion for AB Bank

July 23, 2013

ElectraCard Services, a provider of software solutions and processing services for electronic payment systems, has announced that AB Bank, the first private…

OptConnect intros Portal online wireless portfolio manager

July 22, 2013

Wireless ATM connectivity solutions provider OptConnect has rolled out OptConnect Portal, a new online wireless device portfolio management system. The…

Discover to power new debit program for Old Second

July 22, 2013

Old Second National Bank, a 140-year-old community bank in the Chicago, has teamed with Discover to create the a debit card program powered by Discover Debit.

Discover, Allpoint partner up

July 22, 2013

Surcharge-free network operator Allpoint Network, an affiliate of Cardtronics, and Discover Financial Services, the owner of the Discover card brand, have…

The secret of the 'second screen'

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Five reasons why, sooner or later, we'll all take mobile-initiated ATM transactions for granted.