Bitcoin ATMs down by 11% year-over-year

January 2, 2024

Bitcoin ATMs have declined by 11.1% year-over-year. On Jan. 1st, 2024, the total number of bitcoin ATMs stood at 33,638, down from 37,827 on Jan. 1 2023…

Bitcoin ATM operator Margo gains $16M in funds

January 2, 2024

Chicago Atlantic delivered a $16 million secured term loan to Margo, a cryptocurrency ATM operator. With this investment, Margo will expand its bitcoin ATM…

Philadelphia transit to stop accepting payment tokens in January

December 29, 2023

Philadelphia buses and trolleys will no longer accept payment tokens on Jan. 1, when users will be required to pay with "travel wallets," according to a…

Unionpay partners with Trip.com to offer payments options for travelers

December 29, 2023

Unionpay International partnered with Trip.com, an online travel agency, to provide improved payment options for Unionpay cardholders. Unionpay online payment…

Chase to offer 5% cash back at grocery stores through Freedom card

December 28, 2023

Chase Freedom announced its Freedom and Freedom Flex cardholders will now gain 5% cash back at select grocery stores, gyms and spas as part of its category…

Unionpay International selects BankservAfrica for South African card payments

December 27, 2023

Unionpay International selected BankservAfrica, a payments clearing house in Africa, as its domestic processor for card payments in South Africa.

Crypto firm Byte Federal expands into Australia

December 22, 2023

Byte Federal Inc., a cryptocurrency services company, has launched Byte Federal Australia to provide bitcoin ATMs, cryptocurrency point-of-sale solution…

ATM, self-service tech wows at Self-Service Innovation Summit

The recent Self-Service Innovation Summit provided examples of payment systems, interactive touchscreens, voice interaction modules, AI-enabled identity…

Contactless payments market to surpass $162B by 2030

December 21, 2023

The contactless payment market will grow from $38.55 billion in 2022 to $162.56 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate of 19.71%, according to…

Hyperion Bank intros CD promotion with 5.65% APY

December 21, 2023

Hyperion Bank introduced a limited-time certificate of deposit promotion with a 5.65% annual percent yield for 15 months. It is available for new funds…

Safe partners with Sygnum, CoinCover for crypto recovery

December 20, 2023

Safe, a smart wallet infrastructure company, partnered with digital asset banking company Sygnum Bank and CoinCover, a recovery service provider, to introduce…

Versatile Credit integrates with Intellicheck for identity validation

December 20, 2023

Versatile Credit, a credit aggregation and customer acquisition tool for merchants and lenders, integrated Intellicheck Inc.'s identity validation solution…

2023's Top 10 ATM headlines: NCR separation, security, bitcoin ATMs lead the way

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

With 2024 fast approaching, it's time to take a look back at the top stories of 2023 for ATM Marketplace.

Citizens survey reveals mid-sized companies are embracing AI for financial operations

December 19, 2023

Mid-size companies and private equity firms are increasingly adopting AI to assess data, automate processes and streamline financial operations, according to a…

Citizens intros sustainably manufactured Mastercard debit card

December 15, 2023

Citizens Financial Group Inc. introduced Citizen Bank N.A.'s sustainably manufactured Mastercard debit and ATM card. The cards are made with 90% recycled PVC…

PayTab intros card issuing solution

December 14, 2023

PayTag Groups, a payments solutions company, unveiled its prepaid card issuing solution PayTabs Issuance. With this tool, banks, retailers and other companies…

Regulators probe Wells Fargo for discrimination in mortgage pricing

December 12, 2023

Regulators recently probed Wells Fargo and other banks for possible discrimination in mortgage pricing. The bank received an official notice from the Consumer…

Bluevine gains more than $1B in small business deposits

December 12, 2023

Bluevine, a digital banking platform, now has more than $1 billion in managed deposits by its small business banking customers. This has been largely driven by…

National Australia Bank to integrate cash management solution

December 11, 2023

National Australia Bank selected Trovata to create the NAB Liquidity+ cash management solution for its customers. The solution offers cash flow forecasting and…

Atlantic Union Bank to pay $6.2M in fees due to overdraft practices

December 8, 2023

Atlantic Union Bank settled an investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in relation to its policies from 2017 to 2020 with its Opt-in…