TNS buyout offer on the table

March 23, 2006

Washington Business Journal: Transaction processor Transaction Network Services Inc. received a buyout offer from senior management led by company chairman and…

S1 replaces software platform for Greek bank

March 23, 2006

Computer Business Review: Greece's ATEbank is replacing its existing ATM software platform with S1 Corp.'s Postilion suite. The platform allows the bank to…

Belgian communications company moves toward SEPA compliance

March 23, 2006

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Eufiserv Sc is moving forward with an ATM card scheme to comply with the Single Euro Payment Area Cards Framework. According to a news…

Visa's mini contactless payment card launches

March 23, 2006

The Wisemarketer: Visa USA has launched a new Visa Contactless Mini Card - a small form-factor contactless payment card (about half the size of a traditional…

TNS, MEI enter partnership

March 23, 2006

RESTON, Va. - Transaction Network Services Inc., which provides business-critical network and data communications services, signed a strategic relationship…

Threshold partners with Canadian FI for transaction-processing, ATM driving

March 23, 2006

TORONTO - Threshold Financial Technologies Inc. announced in a news release that it will take over all transaction-processing (issuer and acquirer) and ATM…

Welfare recipients pay high fees at ATM for benefits

March 23, 2006

CBS (Denver) Channel-4: Denver welfare recipients have paid more than $1.8 million in ATM fees in the last two years to access their benefits, The Denver Post…

Fujitsu does damage control

March 23, 2006

Digital Transactions: In the game of assessing blame for the massive debit-card breach that has compromised an estimated 600,000 accounts, POS software…

B of A, China Construction Bank cut ATM fees

March 22, 2006

Houston Chronicle: Bank of America Corp. has reached a deal with a Chinese bank to offer customers of both banks free ATM access while traveling abroad.

French banking group deploys NCR's Intelligent Deposit at 87 ATMs

March 22, 2006

PARIS - NCR Corp. announced the rollout of 30 NCR Personas M Series 87 ATMs, with image-based Intelligent Deposit capabilities, at Crédit Agricole Martinique…

Debit-card fraud underscores legal loopholes

March 22, 2006

The Register: Recent widespread debit-card fraud likely has roots in three major data leaks that occurred in the last six months. (Read also, Debit card crime…

Bahrain bank outsources ATM service to Euronet

March 21, 2006

Gulf Daily News: Bahrain Islamic Bank is outsourcing its ATM network and credit card management to Euronet Middle East, a joint venture between Euronet World…

People's Bank signs with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

March 21, 2006

CINCINNATI - People's Bank has signed a seven-year contract with Fifth Third Processing Solutions for electronic funds transfer services, including gateway…

TNS acquires Sonic Global Solutions' U.S. unit

March 20, 2006

Finextra: Transaction Network Services Inc. acquired Sonic USA Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with the TPII and TP-CMS software products of Sonic…

Swipe USA moves to wireless with TNS

March 20, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO - Swipe USA, a Bay area ATM management firm, selected the Transaction Network Services Inc.'s ATMLink solution, which the company expects to…

Visa watches sales rise in Philippines

March 20, 2006

INQ7money: Payment processor Visa International reports that its total retail sales went up to P76.5 billion (U.S. $1.5 billion) in 2005, up 27.1 percent from…

TietoEnator to promote Level Four as ATM testing vendor

March 20, 2006

LONDON - Level Four Software, the leading provider of open standards-based ATM testing and development software, has signed a licensing agreement with…

Kahuna offers IP-based ATM processing using Systech converters

March 20, 2006

SAN DIEGO - Systech Corp., an industry leader in the design and manufacture of Internet payment gateways, announced an alliance with Kahuna ATM Solutions, a…

Global Payments announces agreements with nine U.S. and Canadian casinos

March 19, 2006

System leak compromises debit cards

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

A system is only as strong as its weakest link - an adage proven true last month when news of the most widespread debit-security breach ever hit the Internet…