Turkish bank rolls out biometric technology

February 7, 2012

Turkey's Isbank has installed approximately 3,400 Hitachi biometric finger vein scanners in ATMs and branches across the country, enabling customers to…

South African ATM attacks shoot up 61 percent

February 6, 2012

Disarray in the crime intelligence unit and a lack of experienced detectives are being blamed for an increase in ATM attacks in South Africa in the past year…

Colombian ATM gang busted

February 3, 2012

A Colombian gang was busted in the Malaysian town of Kajang when police caught them in the act of stealing an ATM, said a news story at the Malaysia Star…

Voice biometrics could play a key role in security

February 3, 2012

ValidSoft, a global supplier of fraud prevention, authentication and transaction verification solutions and part of the Elephant Talk Group, has partnered with…

French consumers prefer fingerprints to NFC

February 2, 2012

A Wincor Nixdorf survey has found that French consumers would rather use their fingerprint than a mobile phone to identify themselves when making a payment…

Diebold wins bid to install 3,800 ATMs in Brazil

February 2, 2012

According to a press release, Diebold Inc. has won a bid to supply more than 3,800 ATMs to Caixa Economica Federal, the second largest state-owned bank in…

MasterCard introduces roadmap for next generation payments

February 1, 2012

MasterCard this week introduced a comprehensive roadmap focused on advancing the U.S. electronic payments system, according to a press release at the…

That's not a mobile phone, it's an ATM security device

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A skimming solution in Singapore sets off SMS buzz in America.

Maybe it was just poor planning

January 31, 2012

A bungled burglary left an automatic teller machine stuck under a stolen four-wheel drive on a median strip in southern Perth, Australia, according to a news…

Singapore begins long process of EMV conversion

January 31, 2012

Singapore banks have begun the huge task of upgrading the country's magnetic stripe ATM system to a smart chip-enabled ATM system following a major skimming…

ATMs go high-tech to fight crime

January 27, 2012

In response to increasingly sophisticated attacks by thieves, ATM makers are turning to high technology, said a story from the Wall Street Journal.

Scam targets Western Union ATMs

January 26, 2012

A scam artist has stolen thousands of dollars from Western Union ATMs at two Louisiana businesses, said a news account yesterday in the Lafourche Parish Daily…

Euronet reports breach of secure payment data

January 24, 2012

Euronet Worldwide Inc., a Leawood, Kansas, company that provides secure payment services, has reported a criminal computer security breach to the Securities…

Switch to chips will cost Singapore banks

January 23, 2012

According to a report at businesstimes.com, Singapore banks are counting the cost of boosting card payment security as the industry plans the switch to chip…

ABS fast-tracks security measures for Singapore banks

January 23, 2012

In hopes of significantly reducing ATM fraud, The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced Friday that it would introduce a number of security…

NRF 2012: Is PCI fundamentally inadequate?

Representatives of one NRF exhibitor have launched an Occupy PCI movement, saying their holistic approach provides better data security.

Regulators push banks to improve online security

January 16, 2012

According to a report in the New York Times, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation wants financial institutions to add a new security layer that detects…

UOB ATMs down on Monday due to security checks

January 16, 2012

The recent DBS skimming scandal is continuing to spread edginess in the Singapore banking community. Following the theft of customer receipts from the bin at a…

Gang tunnels six months to steal ATM

January 15, 2012

Call it a case of dubious return on investment. UPI reported yesterday that police in Levenshulme, England, discovered on January 4 that thieves had spent six…

Securing ATMs with Software: Five Strategies

Encryption protocols and remote key management are just two of the tools deployers can use protect themselves from breaches.

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