Why NAC should stop quibbling about ATM skimming stats

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Arguments over whose ATMs are more likely to be skimmed are slipping into irrelevance as the industry faces its final EMV deadline four months from now and…

Agenda, speakers announced for ATM & Payments Security 2017

April 27, 2017

The ATM Industry Association has announced the program and speaker lineup for the ATM & Payment Security 2017 conference to be held Sept. 19–20 in London…

Entrust Datacard lends its voice to PCI Security Standards Council

April 27, 2017

Entrust Datacard, a provider of trusted identity and secure transaction technology solutions, has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a Participating…

Russian hacker gets 27-year sentence for payment card data theft

April 25, 2017

It is notoriously difficult to extradite Russian hackers to face trial in the U.S. It was the misfortune of one Roman Seleznev, 32,  of Vladivostok, Russia, to…

PayToo gets into the selfie game

April 25, 2017

PayToo Merchant Services Corp., a division of PayToo, has unveiled its new payment technology, PayToo SmileandPay. The service uses facial recognition and…

MasterCard tests biometric EMV card

April 21, 2017

MasterCard has unveiled what it is calling the "next generation biometric card," combining chip technology with biometrics to verify the cardholder's identity…

ATMIA paper offers a template for assessing ATM money-laundering risk

April 20, 2017

The ATM Industry Association has published a new position paper, Actual versus Perceived Risks of Money Laundering at White-Label ATMs in Canada. The…

KAL Announces the Launch of KTH Terminal Handler

The latest addition to KAL’s world-renowned Kalignite family of software – KTH Terminal Handler - gives banks a new option within the data center when…

FICO nixes NAC number-fixing claims on retail ATM compromise

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

On March 29, FICO released stats showing that nonbank ATMs accounted for the majority of card compromises in 2016. NAC fired back with a memo accusing FICO of…

Experian: US e-commerce fraud increases as EMV acceptance grows

April 18, 2017

Delaware, Oregon, and Florida were the top-ranked states for billing and shipping e-commerce fraud in 2016, according to a new report from Experian.

Lloyds to pilot test Windows 10 biometrics with customers

April 17, 2017

Lloyds Banking Group is collaborating with Microsoft to test biometric authentication with customers logging into Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland…

ACI to provide fraud protection solutions to Panama-based payments provider

April 14, 2017

ADSI, a banking IT services and fraud protection provider operating in South America, the Caribbean and Central America, has selected real-time electronic…

EAST reports 2016 crime stats for Europe's ATMs; black box attacks up 287 percent

April 13, 2017

A newly published report from the European ATM Security Team discloses that criminals carried out ATM black box attacks in 10 reporting countries during 2016.

NAC knocks new FICO findings on card compromise at nonbank ATMs

April 10, 2017

The National ATM Council Inc. is questioning — for the second year in a row — FICO statistics concerning card compromises at retail ATMs in the United States. 

New York calls for consistent nationwide cybersecurity standards

April 10, 2017

New York is making the case that other U.S. states should use New York's comprehensive new cybersecurity rules as a model as they develop regulatory frameworks…

Diebold Nixdorf announces Windows 10 readiness

April 7, 2017

Diebold Nixdorf has become the first ATM manufacturer prepared to support the Microsoft Windows 10 operating system, according to a press release.

TMD intros deep insert skimming defense for NCR SelfServ DIP-reader ATMs

April 7, 2017

TMD Security has launched its patented Card Protection Plate for NCR SelfServ ATMs with DIP card readers. The new design joins TMD's existing range of CPPs for…

Kaspersky Labs lists 5 ways for FIs to fight cyberattacks

March 31, 2017

The cost of a cybersecurity incident to a financial institution in the U.S. can be as much as $1,165,000, according to new data from Kaspersky Lab Financial…

Wisconsin FI taps Fiserv for core processing, biometric account holder ID

March 30, 2017

PyraMax Bank, a Greenfield, Wisconsin-based mutual savings bank, has partnered with Fiserv to modernize its retail banking operations and create a frictionless…

Note-staining kit a 'game-changing' defense in ATM explosive attacks

March 24, 2017

TMD Security has expanded its solution portfolio with the release of the TMD Security Note Staining Kit, the company has announced in a press release.