Mumbai bank customers embrace non-branch banking

April 9, 2012

In Mumbai, bank customers are beginning to embrace off-premises banking and banks are only too happy to oblige them, said an article at hindustantimes.com.

ATM provider DirectCash offers cash for Customers

April 3, 2012

DirectCash Payments Inc., Canada's largest branded ATM operator, announced that it will purchase Australian IAD Customers Ltd. for A$173 million (US$179.…

Boom mobile banking, Allpoint ATM network partner on services

March 28, 2012

Boom, a mobile banking provider, and money transfer service owner m-Via have announced both a new low-cost pricing model and a deal with surcharge-free ATM…

Has the check-cashing ATM finally arrived?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Partner companies believe they've reeled in The Big One.

Canada gets its first remote key download provider

March 15, 2012

Open Solutions Inc., a payment services provider to the Canadian financial and retail industries, has announced that it is the first payments processor to…

ATMIA US 2012: an ATM goes gecko; a high-tech topper

Rob Evans from Nautilus Hyosung talks about two of his company's products at the ATMIA US 2012 Conference: the wall-clinging Gecko ATM, and a digital-screen…

ATMIA US 2012: An ATM hybrid adds kiosk capabilities

TIO Networks showed what IADs may come to consider as ATM 2.0 — a self-service bill-payment business model that combines current and next-gen revenue…

Commentary: Prospects for cash

by Mike Lee — CEO of the ATM Industry Association, ATM Industry Association

ATMIA's Mike Lee weighs in on why the instinctive human reliance on cash shows no signs of abating.

ATMIA: ATM Future Trends Report 2012

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Conference presentation condenses 'ideas, data and nuggets of intelligence' about the direction of the ATM industry.

Indian entitlements program to require one million micro-ATMs

March 5, 2012

A task force led by Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani has recommended a payment platform using micro-ATMs to disburse cash…

NCR debuts smallest SelfServ ATM

March 1, 2012

NCR Corporation launched its smallest-ever SelfServ ATM yesterday. Working in partnership with Cardtronics, the world's largest IAD, NCR designed the SelfServ…

Survey: ATM deployers expect grow despite challenges

February 29, 2012

Results of a survey conducted by Kahuna ATM Solutions found that despite numerous challenges to their business model, a majority of IADs are optimistic about…

WLAs in India will face hurdles

February 20, 2012

The Reserve Bank of India last week said it would allow private operators to set up white-label ATMs. But, said a news story at mydigitalfc.com, this will not…

How the ATM may help retailers win hearts

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A new ATM-based loyalty enrollment system expands the merchant's marketing footprint.

Are gift cards the Next Big Thing for ATMs?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A successful pilot program in Arizona has the industry wondering about the profit potential of a new service feature.

The real story about store-branded debit cards

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Since the financial crisis millions of consumers have moved their purchases from bankcards to debit cards to help reduce their spending, and retailers are also…

Global Axcess picks up ATM portfolios, adding 50 sites

January 9, 2012

Global Axcess Corp., an independent provider of self-service kiosk solutions, today announced that it has purchased an additional 50 ATM sites from…

A necessary evil? I don't think so.

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

I really enjoyed reading the responses to my last post. There was some agreement with my observations, particularly as they applied to the role ATMs play in…

Sri Lankan bank connects its 500th ATM

January 3, 2012

Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon Monday announced that it has connected its milestone 500th ATM. This landmark was reached with the opening of an ATM at…

Nigerian IADs criticize CBN's cashless economy initiative

January 2, 2012

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Central Bank of Nigeria's testing of its cashless economy initiative. Independent ATM deployers in the country are openly…