Singapore bank experiences glitch that disrupts ATM services for hours

September 13, 2011

According to AsiaOne, customers of OCBC Bank in Singapore were affected by a technical glitch that shut down ATMs and Internet-banking platforms for more than…

EMV deadline for U.S. ATMs...the race is on!

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

MasterCard follows Visa with an announcemernt of an EMV deadline for the U.S. market - the difference is that the MasterCard announcement relates to a…

Former NECDS employee admits to stealing $2 million in ATM scam

September 8, 2011

Reuters today reported that a Connecticut man who worked for New England Cash Dispensing Systems Inc. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his…

PCI DSS in Latin America: How to choose middleware

Deployers of multi-vendor POS and ATM devices have a lot to consider for compliance.  

India's ICICI Bank offers EMV cards

September 5, 2011

ICICI Bank, a private sector bank in India, yesterday announced its foray into EMV cards with the launch of the ICICI Bank Coral Credit Card. The card provides…

Webinar to explore payment security and tokenization

September 1, 2011

A webinar entitled "Bridging People and Payments through Mobile: How tokenization can enhance convenience and security for POS, Online and ATM transactions,…

Man sentenced to 26 years for ATM Solutions robbery

August 31, 2011

According to STLToday.com, the co-planner of the $6.6 million robbery of ATM sales and service company ATM Solutions was sentenced this week to more than 2…

Heat from your fingers could compromise your PIN at an ATM

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

Research has shown that residual heat from fingers can be used to compromise a PIN entered at an ATM with a plastic key pad using images taken by thermal…

Thieves stole $13 million in one day using cloned prepaid cards at ATMs in six countries

August 28, 2011

According to TG Daily, a group of criminals got away with stealing $13 million in one day from ATMs in six different countries in May of this year.

Wiltshire police searching for woman who attacked ATM with shoe

August 25, 2011

According to The Telegraph, Wiltshire police in the UK are searching for a woman who attacked an ATM with her shoe.

Scottish police re-issue ATM skimming warnings

August 24, 2011

Scottish newspaper Stornoway Gazette reports that local police have re-issued warnings and advice to the Highlands region locals to beware of ATM skimming…

ATM surrounds: Benefits and considerations

Cost, compatibility and materials should be taken into account when choosing a surround.

Romanian national sentenced for ATM skimming in Pennsylvania

August 23, 2011

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a federal judge in Pittsburgh, Pa., sentenced a Romanian to one year and eight months in prison on Tuesday for…

U.S. Bank offers real-time alerts for its ATM and check card customers

August 22, 2011

U.S. Bank announced it is making available real-time ATM card and check card alerts to its consumer and business cardholders' mobile devices and computers…

Researchers find that thermal camera can capture PINs at the ATM

August 17, 2011

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego presented a paper at last week's USENIX Security Symposium in San Francisco that revealed the relative…

Does your bank provide SMS alerts for debit card transactions?

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

From July 2011 the Indian Central Bank (RBI) has made it mandatory for banks to provide SMS alerts for debit card transsactions

UnionPay overtakes Visa to become world’s largest card scheme

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

The results of RBR’s latest global payment cards research provide remarkable reading. Several findings stand out, including surpassing a phenomenal eight…

Researchers say identity theft has lasting psychological effects

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

Identity theft victims don’t need Jessica Van Vliet, an assistant professor in counseling psychology at the University of Alberta, to tell them that they no…

Fourth suspect nabbed in connection with $6.6 million ATM Solutions Inc. robbery

August 16, 2011

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, yesterday a fourth suspect was arrested in connection with the ATM Solutions Inc. robbery last summer.

The U.S. is moving toward EMV...at last!

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

Visa announcement of "Plans to Accelerate Chip Migration and Adoption of Mobile Payments" may be the catalyst for the U.S. market to adopt EMV.