Wincor Nixdorf buys Siemens' IT division in Asia, expands ATM solutions and service to region

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

August 5, 2009

Wincor Nixdorf AG is expanding its IT line in Asia. The company today announced its June 1 acquisition of the Manila-based Information Technology Products…

U.S. Bank is first domestic bank to offer instant issuance of Visa payWave cards

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

August 3, 2009

U.S. Bank says it is now the first card issuer in the United States to add Visa payWave technology to an unembossed debit card. The cards are instantly issued…

Wincor partner BS/2 launches e-channel payments for bank in Kazakhstan

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

August 2, 2009

Lithuania-based financial software and solutions provider and Wincor Nixdorf AG partner BS/2 says it has wrapped a two-year development project for a new…

Ky. bank says $415K security breach is not its problem

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

July 29, 2009

Financial security breaches are all over the news these days, from Heartland to TJX. In most cases, when consumer accounts and cards are compromised, the…

Illegal ATM software to blame for most ATM hacks, solutions provider says

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

July 28, 2009

Lithuania-based BS/2, a Wincor Nixdorf business partner that provides business processes, support and maintenance solutions for financial institutions, is…

Postilion enables mobile prepaid offers for retail tech company in Europe

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

July 23, 2009

Postilion, a division of S1 Corp., has announced a deal with Zapa Technology to provide its core payments platform for Zapa's new mobile prepaid top-up…

South Africa's Absa bank goes live with BASE24-eps from ACI Worldwide

July 16, 2009

NEW YORK — South Africa-based Absa Group Ltd., a member of the Barclays Group, has gone live on ACI Worldwide Inc.'s BASE24-eps, a software for online payments…

Ingenico, Ryanair develop chip and PIN for airport kiosks

July 14, 2009

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ingenico has announced a three-year partnership with Ryanair, Europe's largest low-fares airliner, to develop the world's first self-service…

Gemalto gets Visa, MasterCard certification for global banking card in Saudi Arabia

July 14, 2009

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Gemalto has announced that its Optelio banking card has been certified to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency requirements.   According…

CreditCall provides Java community with EMV kernel

July 9, 2009

BRISTOL, England — Developers who use Java can now take advantage of EmvJ — a Java version of CreditCall's successful EMV kernels for Windows and embedded…

Banelco in Argentina reduces ATM testing time with Paragon's ATMulator

July 7, 2009

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Banelco, a leading ATM network in Argentina, recently licensed software from Paragon Application Systems to simulate and test its ATMs…

YESpay imports U.K. payments experience into North America

July 5, 2009

LONDON — YESpay, a global payment-services company, has opened its North American sales and support office and data center in Toronto, as local card acquirers…

Colo. bank signs with Bling Nation for 'push' debit payments

July 5, 2009

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Bling Nation is providing La Junta, Colo.-based The State Bank with the Bling Nation Community Payments Service, a contactless local debit…

YESpay solves EMV issues for Canadian retailers with Chase Paymentech

July 1, 2009

TORONTO — Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase and a global leader in payment processing and merchant acquiring, is working with YESpay, a global…

Woodforest Financial Group signs with Transoft for SaaS cash management solution

July 1, 2009

CARY, N.C. — Transoft International, provider of currency supply chain management solutions, has signed Woodforest Financial Group on for its OptimizeCF…

Sino Payments enters Asia — an $18.6 trillion card-processing market

June 30, 2009

HONG KONG — Sino Payments Inc., which provides credit and debit card processing services to supermarket and retail stores in Asia, is deploying its proprietary…

Shell service stations in Germany sign with Wincor for upgraded cash management

June 30, 2009

PADERBORN, Germany — Postbank customers can now pay their fuel bills at Shell service stations and withdraw cash as stations in Hamburg, Germany, have been…

Ask the Experts: What are the top trends in ATM advertising?

June 30, 2009

Ana Stewart of i-design shares her thoughts about the dominant trends in third-party ATM advertising.

Dynamic Card Solutions launches CardWizard easyPIN

June 28, 2009

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Dynamic Card Solutions has announced the availability of a new, patent-pending EMV PIN change solution. The CardWizard easyPIN allows…

Wincor Nixdorf partners with mobile specialist for new mobile banking offers

June 25, 2009

PADERBORN, Germany — Sevenval GmbH, a technology specialist in mobile Internet portals, and Wincor Nixdorf International have formed a strategic partnership…