First Data says revenue is up 10%

July 20, 2006

DENVER - First Data Corp. July 20 announced a 10-percent revenue increase during the second quarter, up from $2.6 billion last year. According to the company's…

VisionSky Corp. to acquire ATM portfolios

July 19, 2006

CALGARY, Alberta - VisionSky Corp. and its wholly owned limited partnership, Transdirect LP, are entering into asset purchase agreements to acquire three…

GCA signs ATM, service deals with casinos

July 19, 2006

LAS VEGAS - Global Cash Access Inc. announced in a news release that it has signed contracts to serve nine gaming establishments - Casino Apache Travel Center…

Fiserv acquires The Jerome Group

July 17, 2006

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc. has acquired The Jerome Group LLC, which provides digital-print and full-service direct marketing to industries such as…

Shared ATM service launched in Malaysia

July 17, 2006

Channel NewsAsia: HSBC, OCBC, UOB and Standard Chartered are teaming up in Malaysia to launch a shared ATM service. The partnership means their customers will…

Discover, First Data partner

July 13, 2006

DENVER - First Data Corp. has signed an agreement with Discover Financial Services LLC to offer Discover Network card acceptance to small- and mid-sized…

China UnionPay, Discover open Pulse Network to Chinese travelers

July 10, 2006

RIVERWOODS, China - China Unionpay and Discover Financial Services have struck a deal that allows Chinese travelers to use their China Unionpay cards at Pulse…

China gets first EMV cards

July 10, 2006

ePaynews.com: China's first EMV chip cards are now being issued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. In line with Asia's card fraud liability shift…

China's card industry sees rapid growth

July 10, 2006

ePaynews: China's bank-card business is growing, with 175 card issuers dispensing 960 million cards by end-2005, and a 610,000 POS terminals and 80,000 ATMs in…

Unwired: Wireless ATM connectivity continues to grow

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July 9, 2006

Retailers and FIs had concerns early on about data-transmission security over the Internet. Now it appears some of those fears have been assuaged.

Oregon PD taps FBI for help with debit, ATM scam

July 9, 2006

KOB-TV, Channel 15: Police in Ashland, Ore., are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help crack a spree of bank-account thefts. An estimated…

Office of Fair Trading reports Link's ATM innovations

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - The Office of Fair Trading has published a report about Link Interchange Network Ltd.'s governance and access arrangements, looking…

Link warns two ATM companies for not complying with fee rules

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - Travelex and TRM Corp., two of the United Kingdom's biggest cash-machine operators, could have their ATMs cut from the Link…

Link says U.K. users pay attention to on-screen ATM-fee warnings

July 6, 2006

NORTH YORKSHIRE, England - The United Kingdom's Link Interchange Network Ltd. found in an April survey that on-screen ATM warnings about fees seem to be the…

Congress pushed to address data security

July 6, 2006

Digital Transactions: With the loss or theft of computerized personal information making headlines almost daily, lawmakers are scrambling for solutions for…

7-Eleven expands Vcom ATM services

July 6, 2006

Convenience Store News: 7-Eleven signed an agreement with Financial Services Centers Cooperative that's eventually expected to allow members of the…

NACHA publishes info about Check 21 compliance

July 6, 2006

HERNDON, Va. - NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association announced in a news release that is making education and training materials available to businesses…

Tio to offer insurance products at c-stores

July 5, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Tio Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., soon expects to offer accidental death insurance to ExxonMobil…

NCR intros no-envelope ATMs to Big Apple

July 5, 2006

NEW YORK - North Fork Bancorporation Inc., one of the nation's top-20 financial institutions, has signed a deal with NCR Corp. to provide its customers with…

Fiserv inks processing deal with Montana FI, expands insurance group

July 5, 2006

BROOKFIELD, Wis. - Fiserv Inc. announced in a news release that Great Falls, Mont.-based Heritage Bank is using its new Helena (Montana) Processing Center to…