Digital signature pilot a success

December 26, 2001

HERNDON, Va. -- Participants in NACHA's Internet Secure ATM Payments (ISAP) pilot successfully processed 598 transactions in which digital signatures…

Tire-d of waiting, ATM user resorts to force to retrieve lost card

December 25, 2001

MILWAUKEE -- A Tomah, Wis. man who lost his card in an ATM was arrested after being accused of taking a tire iron to the machine to try to get it back…

LINK appoints regulatory expert

December 25, 2001

LONDON -- LINK, the UK's national cash machine network, has appointed Martyn Gould as card scheme manager responsible for LINK's Card Scheme, which governs the…

Mosler files for Chapter 11

December 19, 2001

HAMILTON, Ohio – ATM service provider Mosler Inc. on Aug. 6 filed for a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the…

Crime rate drops as Sao Paulo turns off ATMs

December 19, 2001

SAO PAULO - Electricity rationing and overnight shutdowns of ATMs have helped reduce incidents of kidnapping and robbery via ATMs by 46 percent in Sao Paulo…

Secret Service agents plead guilty to stealing ATM loot

December 18, 2001

MIAMI -- Three Secret Service agents have pleaded guilty to stealing $1,300 seized from ATM thieves, covering up the crimes and lying to prosecutors, according…

Irish authorities fighting back against ATM fraud

December 12, 2001

More than $30,000 has been stolen from Irish bank customers since August in a rash of ATM-related thefts as bank officials work with Irish police to bring an…

Banks, ATMs impacted by World Trade Center attack

December 11, 2001

NEW YORK -- Two major banks shut their New York City branches and people lined up at ATMs on Sept. 11 following the terrorist attack that destroyed the twin…

Bank of New York ATMs down after mainframe damaged in attack

December 11, 2001

NEW YORK -- Customers of Bank of New York Co. Inc. have been unable to gain access to their accounts or withdraw cash from ATMs after the bank's mainframe…

Tri-State principal pleads guilty to money laundering, tax evasion

December 10, 2001

PITTSBURGH -- Barry J. Chesla, a former investor in Tri-State Armored Services of New Jersey, on Sept. 18 admitted his role in a series of schemes in which he…

ABA endorses Carreker products

December 6, 2001

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The American Bankers Association has endorsed FraudLink-PC, Integrated Cash Operations Modules (iCom) and ReserveLink, three Carreker Corp.

New NCR subsidiary to market security products acquired from Spinnaker

December 6, 2001

LONDON -- NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR - news) said it has completed negotiations with Spinnaker International and has acquired two of Spinnaker's ATM security…

Dependence on cash rises in wake of 9/11

A Dove Consulting study found that Americans have modified their payment habits in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, largely with an increased…

Federal government announces new data encryption standard

December 5, 2001

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. government has approved a new data encryption standard to protect sensitive information in federal computer systems, replacing a…

Armored car driver pleads guilty to larceny

December 3, 2001

WORCESTER, Mass. -- Shawn P. O'Donnell, a 22-year-old Worcester man, pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing money belonging to Fleet Bank.

Bold ATM thieves crash into c-stores in Fla., Ga.

December 2, 2001

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- ATM thieves have hit more than a dozen convenience stores in four counties in Florida and Georgia over the last few months…

ATM wins in a KO

November 29, 2001

MADISON, Wisc. - Police arrested a man who apparently lost a fight with an ATM in Madison, according to WISC-TV.

Not exactly pennies from heaven, but loose bills fly after ATM tech forgets about cash

November 27, 2001

ST. GEORGE, Utah -- A stream of $20 bills rained down on a St. George street after an ATM service technician rushed off to make a deposit at a bank in…

WEWATCH, so deployers don't have to

TBG Reliance Corporation has designed an Internet-based dispatch and tracking system called WEWATCH (Web-Enabled Work Activity Tracking Control Hub) to help…

Secret Service investigating ATM fraud ring

November 21, 2001

NEW YORK – The United States Secret Service is investigating a ring of computer-savvy thieves that has allegedly stolen thousands of dollars across New York…