REPORT: EMV is driving down ATM-fraud losses in Europe, pushing fraud to other continents

April 28, 2008

EDINBURGH, Scotland — The European ATM Security Team has reported a 43 percent rise in skimming-related ATM fraud losses, mainly due to a €173.6 million…

Wall Street warns of brokerages committing ATM fraud

April 27, 2008

New York Post: Two Wall Street watchdogs are warning investors to study their brokerage statements. The two claim they are seeing a marked increase in theft by…

ATM customer robbed by sword-wielding bandit

April 23, 2008

(San Diego) KGTV-TV, Channel 10 : A man who had just withdrawn cash from an ATM in Carlsbad, Calif., was robbed Tuesday morning by a bandit wearing a ski mask…

NCR looks to ATMs, mobility

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

NCR has a lot of goals for 2008 and beyond.

New kiosk mat helps prevent unauthorized access to PINs

April 22, 2008

BRAINERD, Minn. — In response to the growing need for increased protection against identity and information theft, Larco Manufacturing, supplier of automatic…

Romanian man gets five years for ATM scheme

April 15, 2008

The Associated Press: A man in Pittsburgh identified by the FBI as part of a Toronto-based Romanian organized crime ring was sentenced to more than five years…

PCI council issues app for data-security standard

April 15, 2008

LAS VEGAS — The PCI Security Standards Council, a global team dedicated to supporting open-industry standards for management of the Payment Card Industry Data…

ATM I.D. theft ring busted in Miami

April 13, 2008

(Jacksonville, Fla.) WTLV-TV, Channel 12: Police in Florida say they've broken theft/ ATM-scam ring that stretched from Jacksonville to Miami. Miami Beach…

Diebold Information and Security Systems gets thumbs up from U.S. Army

April 7, 2008

NORTH CANTON, Ohio — Diebold Information and Security Systems, a subsidiary of Diebold Inc., has received excellence awards for the October 2006 through March…

One-tenth of Indian ATMs equipped with Lithuanian software

April 3, 2008

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Penki Kontinentai Group, a Lithuanian IT company owned by BS/2, has reached an agreement with ICICI Bank to install its ATMeye software…

Major data breach hits retailer claiming to be PCI compliant

April 3, 2008

Baseline: The major data breach affecting Hannaford Brothers grocery chain isn't record-setting in terms of the volume of records exposed — the 4.2 million…

China Banks told to increase ATM security for Olympics

April 2, 2008

Bernama (Malaysia): China's central bank and Public Security Ministry have ordered banks to beef up security against credit card fraud ahead of the Olympic…

U.S. computer programmer sentenced for ATM fraud

April 2, 2008

ePaymentsnews Network: A former computer programmer at the Alabama Compass Bank has been sentenced by a U.S. district court to 42 months in prison after he…

Man jailed for using dead mom's ATM card

March 31, 2008

Newhouse News Service:  A Jersey City, N.J., man has been sentenced to 120 days in jail and three years' probation for using his dead mother's ATM card to…

Startup company turns cell phone into wallet

March 31, 2008

CNNMoney.com: When software entrepreneur Carol Realini first visited Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, signs of brutal poverty were…

ATM Marketplace releases new ATM tech-related reports

March 31, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — ATM Marketplace is pleased to announce the release of three new special publications, each addressing topics central to the ATM industry. …

ATM murder prompts lawsuit against B of A

March 30, 2008

The Associated Press: The family of a U.S. Customs employee who was killed during a holdup at a Los Angeles ATM has sued Bank of America for negligence. The…

Threshold Financial signs switching deal with THE EXCHANGE ATM network

March 27, 2008

MISSISSAUGA, British Columbia — Ficanex Services Ltd. Partnership, operator of THE EXCHANGE ATM network in Canada, has signed Threshold Financial Technologies…

Building a better ATM

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

March 27, 2008

Encrypting PIN pads help multifunction kiosks span the gap between ATMs and self-service.

ATM joke gone wrong?

March 24, 2008

(Rochester, Minn.) Post-Bulletin: A 21-year-old Rochester man told a district judge that when he threatened to shoot a woman and her boyfriend in front of an…