How the mag stripe can actually prevent ATM fraud

At the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit in late September, Mimi Hart, CEO of MagTek Inc. (and a recent winner of the Most Influential Women in Payments award)…

Mexican ATMs fall prey to new cyberattack

October 11, 2013

Mexican ATMs have become the target for physically installed malware called "Ploutus."  The malware was designed to take over the ATM at the software level and…

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: the Durbin dilemma

Just when the U.S. payments industry was getting close to a common solution to its unusual quandary of how to enable network choice for EMV transactions, along…

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: Payment trends

Where retail card technology goes, ATM card technology goes. In a Sept. 25 panel discussion, "Retail Payment Trends," Marisa Mann, director of client delivery…

PayPal joins ATM makers with QR code-activated transactions

October 8, 2013

In the process of developing smartphone apps that enable cardless, pre-staged ATM transactions, manufacturers mostly settled on QR codes as cardholder…

Study: Cash-based online and mobile payment services around the world

October 8, 2013

ATM operators around the world know that cash remains a significant consumer payment instrument. But as goods and services move online, consumers who use cash…

EMV Forum moves forward despite Durbin ruling

October 8, 2013

Members of the EMV Migration Forum continue to work toward the implementation of EMV chip technology in the United States, despite uncertainty rising from a…

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: The ATM-mobile connection

ATM Marketplace Editor Suzanne Cluckey recaps her ATM and Mobile Executive Summit presentation on mobile convergence.

ATMIA invited to Fed meeting on chip standards

October 7, 2013

The ATM Industry Association has been asked to participate in an invitation-only conference on "Integrated Chip Payment Standards: The Next Generation," an…

Proposed card settlement continues to raise concerns

by David Tente — Executive Director, USA, ATM Industry Association

Ever since the details of a proposed class action settlement between merchants and MasterCard/Visa were released last year, support for the deal has rapidly…

Columbus Data Services completes MasterCard EMV certification for Genmega, Hantle ATMs

October 7, 2013

Dallas-based Columbus Data Services, a provider of ATM processing and other services, has announced that its successful completion of MasterCard EMV…

CSI reports 37th consecutive quarter of growth

October 4, 2013

Financial technology solutions provider Computer Services Inc. has continued on a path toward growth for the 37th consecutive quarter. The company today…

Alaric wins bid to replace China Bank ATM switch

October 4, 2013

Payments solutions provider Alaric has announced that China Banking Corp., one of the 10 largest FIs in the Philippines, has selected its Authentic platform…

City National Bank to go cardless at major metro ATMs

October 4, 2013

FIS and City National Bank, an FI with 27.4 billion in assets, have announced an agreement to pilot FIS Cardless Cash Access at City National ATMs in Los…

Bitcoin at the end of the (Silk) Road

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Will it help or hurt the digital currency that its busiest merchant, Silk Road, was busted this week by the FBI?

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit 2013: In review

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Event co-organizer Kurt Helwig, CEO of EFTA, shares highlights from the 2013 conference and plans for the 2014 event.

ATM+Mobile Executive Summit 2013 in review

A successful first annual ATM and Mobile Executive Summit wrapped on Sept. 26, as attendees headed home with innumerable takeaways from a full slate of…

Prepaid Discover card can now be loaded at 60k Green Dot sites

October 2, 2013

Global Payout Inc. is now offering cash loading of their MoneyTrac Prepaid Discover Cards at 60,000 Green Dot retail locations nationwide. Cardholders of the…

Kontanten ATMs to add DCC feature

October 2, 2013

Nordic IAD Kontanten will equip all of its ATMs in Sweden and Finland with dynamic currency conversion functionality during the month of October. The new…

Judge tentatively rules against SmartMetric in patent case

October 1, 2013

Saying "I don't see there's anything to determine here for a jury," a U.S. district court judge issued a tentative ruling last week that Visa and MasterCard…