First Data licenses Gasper Manager

December 18, 2001

OMAHA, Neb. and DAYTON, Ohio -- First Data Resources, the nation's leading debit card processor and a subsidiary of First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), has signed a…

Euronet appoints Henry as president

December 16, 2001

LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Daniel R. Henry has been appointed president of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: EEFT), a duty he will assume in addition to his chief…

UK's Office of Fair Trading exempts LINK from Competition Act

December 15, 2001

LONDON -- The UK's Office of Fair Trading ruled on Oct. 16 that the benefits offered by the rules governing ATMs in the LINK network far outweigh any possible…

Banks, ATMs impacted by World Trade Center attack

December 11, 2001

NEW YORK -- Two major banks shut their New York City branches and people lined up at ATMs on Sept. 11 following the terrorist attack that destroyed the twin…

ThruComm raises $15 million in fourth round of funding

December 10, 2001

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Privately-held ThruComm, Inc., which provides IP networking services to the EFT industry, said it has raised $15 million of fresh…

Croatian bank outsources POS program to Euronet

December 10, 2001

ZAGREB, Croatia & LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Worldwide has signed a multiyear point-of-sale outsourcing agreement with Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., which was…

LINK key to branch-sharing services of UK building societies

December 10, 2001

LONDON -- LINK Interchange Network Ltd, the electronic transaction management company behind the UK's shared ATM network, will process over-the-counter…

Genpass partners with Western Union to offer money transfer at ATMs

December 9, 2001

DENVER and FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Western Union Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC - news), and Genpass Inc., owner and…

Czech bank to use Euronet card management software

December 6, 2001

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic and LEAWOOD, Kan. -- Euronet Worldwide will implement its Euronet Integrated Card Management System, which provides online ATM card…

Cash Technologies appoints Grano to board

December 6, 2001

LOS ANGELES -- Cash Technologies, Inc. has appointed David Grano, former president and chief executive officer of Card Capture Services, to its Board of…

Stockton leaves TRM; to be replaced by Daniel Spalding

December 6, 2001

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fred Stockton, who had served as director, president and chief executive officer of TRM Corporation since joining the company in 1997, has…

MPS completes purchase of Universal Companies

December 5, 2001

CINCINNATI -- Fifth Third Bank's Midwest Payment Systems division (MPS) has acquired the remaining 51 percent of privately-held Universal Companies (USB), a…

MIST to license security technology for Oki's ATMs

December 4, 2001

TORONTO -- MIST Inc., a provider of wireless transaction technology, says it has expanded its offices to Tachikawa-city, Japan and signed an agreement to…

Fiserv to acquire NCR's bank processing operations

November 20, 2001

BROOKFIELD, Wis. -- Fiserv and NCR have signed an asset purchase agreement to transfer NCR's bank processing operations to Fiserv.

Concord EFS earnings up again

October 29, 2001

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Concord EFS Inc. (NasdaqNM:CEFT - news), which runs payment-processing systems and ATM networks, said net income rose to $81.5 million, or 1…

eFunds hits revenue record in 3rd quarter

October 28, 2001

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- eFunds Corporation (Nasdaq: EFDS - news), a provider of electronic payment, risk management and related technology and business process…

Is ATM interchange an anachronism?

Stan Paur, keynote speaker at the ATM Industry Association's 2001 Conference West, contends that interchange is no longer as relevant as it once was – and…

TNS opens private IP network to ATM industry

October 9, 2001

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 10, 2001 - Transaction Network Services (TNS) today announced it is opening its private IP-based network to the ATM industry and offering two…

CDPD: Cutting the cord

September 18, 2001

Bill Jackson, Triton's chief technical officer, is a lot less excited about CDPD (cellular digital packet data) than he used to be. "The availability hasn't…

ATM + debit = new applications

A combination of ATM and debit functionality makes a variety of new applications possible on the eTM, a kiosk manufactured by Northrop Grumman Canada Ltd.