EMVCo, Fido Alliance, W3C form Web Payment Security Interest Group

April 19, 2019

The Fido Alliance, EMVCo, and the World Wide Web Consortium have created a new interest group for organizations seeking to collaborate on a vision for web…

Consumers willing to make payments via voice assistant, but wary about security

April 19, 2019

New research from Transaction Network Services Inc. indicates that adoption of smart payments technology has grown substantially, but that consumers have…

ATM physical attacks soared 27% in 2018, EAST reports

April 12, 2019

The European Association for Secure Transactions has published its European payment terminal crime report for 2018, including the finding that ATM physical…

Nice Actimize to provide AML solution for Varo Money mobile bank

April 9, 2019

Varo Money Inc., a San Francisco-based mobile bank, has chosen Nice Actimize to provide anti-money laundering protection technology, according to a company…

TMD intros integrated access management solution for ATM, secure room, branch

April 4, 2019

TMD Security, a provider of ATM security and access management solutions, has announced the launch of Access Management, which it describes as "the first…

Thales completes acquisition of Gemalto

April 3, 2019

Thales has finalized its acquisition of Gemalto, creating a global enterprise in digital identity and security. The deal, worth 4.8 billion euros ($5.…

TravelCenters of America taps Cord as exclusive ATM provider

April 2, 2019

TravelCenters of America has tapped Cord Financial Services as its exclusive provider of ATM solutions at TA, Petro Shopping Centers, TA Express and Quaker…

EMVCo publishes industry best practices for Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Methods

March 28, 2019

EMVCo, the industry body responsible for advancing the use of EMV and its specifications, has announced that it is working to promote confidence and…

The strangest kinds of kindness occur at ATMs

March 20, 2019

A pair of news stories have gone viral in recent days, both featuring ATM transactions under, let's say, somewhat unusual circumstances.

Fed announces fraud definitions working group members

March 19, 2019

The Federal Reserve has announced the members of its Fraud Definitions Work Group, an initiative to advance the Fed's strategy for improving the U.S. payment…

Windows 7 End of Support – How it affects your PCI compliance, risk and security

Over the course of its active and extended maintenance periods, more than 989 security patches were released for this product. Soon, Microsoft will release its…

1.26B fingerprint sensors to ship in 2019

March 15, 2019

The consumer market is expected to reach approximately 1.26 billion fingerprint sensor shipments by the end of 2019, with a 10.3. percent 5-year CAGR increase.

Change is coming: Are you ready for Windows 10?

by Rebecca Cicarelli — Marketing Director, BranchServ

Although some financial institutions have implemented the transition already, many have decided to wait it out. But with Microsoft set to end support for…

Kaspersky report tracks financial malware attacks in 2018

March 7, 2019

Last year, 889,452 users of Kaspersky Lab solutions were attacked by banking Trojans, an increase of 16 percent compared with 2017, according to the…

Cybercrime report shows increased attacks on mobile financial services

March 6, 2019

ThreatMetrix, a unit of LexisNexis Risk Solutions , has released its cybercrime report for the second half of 2018. ThreatMetrix recorded 244 million…

Discover, ZestFinance to develop AI-based credit scoring platform

March 4, 2019

Discover Financial Services has entered an agreement with ZestFinance, a developer of underwriting software, to create what they call the world’s biggest…

Socure raises $30M in Series C funds to expand fraud prevention

February 28, 2019

Socure, a firm that specializes in AI-based identity verification and fraud prevention, has raised $30 million in Series C funding led by Scale Venture…

Partners develop PIN-free ATM with authentication via facial ID, blockchain

February 28, 2019

Alhamrani Universal, the largest ATM provider in Saudi Arabia, has announced a partnership with ShoCard, a blockchain-based identity authentication platform…

What’s Making News in the World of ATMs

At the recent ATMIA show in Orlando, the talk was all about the future: what new technology will be introduced, what the future for cash looks like, how ATM…

NEC, E. Sun Commercial Bank intro facial ID at ATMs

February 26, 2019

NEC Corp., through its NEC Taiwan Ltd. subsidiary, has provisioned a facial recognition system for ATMs operated by E. Sun Commercial Bank Ltd. of Taiwan.