Paycorp Holdings among first to achieve PCI V2.0 status

November 8, 2012

For the second year running, Johannesburg, South Africa-based Paycorp Holdings is among the first in the South African financial services industry to…

Chinese U students develop prize-winning ATM security system

November 6, 2012

An ATM security system designed by 10 students from Xi'an Jiaotong University in China's Shaanxi Province won third prize at the Oct. 26 Finance and…

Natural Security, Discover pilot hands-free biometric payment solution

November 6, 2012

Strong authentication technology provider Natural Security and payment company Discover Financial Services have struck a deal to pilot test a Natural Security…

Clueless crook asleep on the [bank] job

November 6, 2012

ATM hold-ups are serious crimes. But now and then a story comes across the police blotter about a crook so clueless it's comic.

NCR intros cloud-based managed IT domain service

November 6, 2012

NCR Corp. has announced the launch of Managed IT Domain Services, a solution for telecommunications carriers and technology manufacturers. The service enables…

PCI DSS certification granted to U.S. Micro Corp.

November 2, 2012

U.S. Micro Corporation, an enterprise data security and IT asset disposition firm, has gained Data Security Standard certification. PCI DSS certification makes…

Token management provider Bell ID joins EMV Migration Forum

November 2, 2012

Rotterdam, Netherlands-based smart token management solution provider, Bell ID, has joined the EMV Migration Forum. The forum brings together payment systems…

Study: Business banking customers favor biometric authentication

November 2, 2012

If bank customers are willing to accept biometrics for Internet authentication, can wider use of the technology on ATMs be far behind?

Fiserv Earns SWIFTReady accreditation for 13th year

November 1, 2012

Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced that its Accurate Reconciliation solution for transaction matching…

Vantage West CU deploys A98 remote key loading system from TSS

November 1, 2012

Trusted Security Solutions Inc., a provider of secure ATM key management solutions, has announced that its A98 ATM Initial Key Establishment System will be…

EMV test tools provider ICC Solutions joins EMV Migration Forum

October 31, 2012

ICC Solutions Ltd., a payment industry source for EMV test tools and certification services, has joined the new EMV Migration Forum, a collaborative body…

You are being watched

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

When it comes to ATMs, I am often left perplexed by how old-fashioned most of them are and how the technology lags behind just about everything else associated…

Wincor World 2012 draws more than 7,000

October 29, 2012

More than 7,000 visitors from 90 countries took in more than 500 exhibits and 70 presentations covering the latest IT solutions and services at Wincor World…

Hong Kong officials spur ATM deployers to support chip-and-PIN

October 25, 2012

China Daily reported that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority is pushing the country's banking industry to adopt chip-based technology to secure ATMs, and that…

NYC ATM bill forger arrested

October 18, 2012

It didn't take long for authorities to find the culprit behind the fake bills put into Chase Bank ATMs in New York City. Not surprising considering the…

Symantec, Wincor link up on financial self-service security

October 14, 2012

Symantec, a provider of security, backup and availability solutions, and Wincor Nixdorf, a provider of IT solutions for bank branches and retail stores, have…

Of Germany, beer and biometrics

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

I have just returned from Germany where I spent a week at an HP NonStop user group conference, GTUG. On the return trip I stopped by Munich. After all, it was…

Technical Considerations for Contactless EMV

Proximity to metal, durability of design and NFC compliance all key technical design considerations for contactless EMV terminals.

Tyco anti-skim ATM security system wins new product award

October 10, 2012

Tyco Integrated Security today announced that its Anti-Skim ATM Security system has earned a New Product of the Year award from Security Products magazine. The…

2 NYC ATMs stocked with bogus banknotes

October 10, 2012

After a few customers received fake notes, Chase bank officials discovered that stacks of counterfeit bills had been loaded into two ATMs in the midtown area…