FIS expands security service portfolio through acquisitions

March 21, 2014

Banking and payments technology provider FIS has acquired ICS Risk Advisors and Memento Inc., two firms in the risk, fraud and compliance market. In a news…

'Insiders Guide' delivers in-depth detail on PCI DSS 3.0 updates

March 20, 2014

The PCI Security Standards Council has announced a new online training resource, "An Insider's Guide to PCI DSS 3.0." The guide focuses on the intent…

Awesome: California gets its first Bitcoin ATM

March 20, 2014

It's probably about time Silicon Valley got its own Bitcoin ATM. Today, California's first will debut at the 500 Startups' Bitcoinferance in Mountain View…

UK building society rolls Windows 7, contactless into one upgrade

March 20, 2014

NCR Corp. has announced that it will assist Cumberland Building Society in projects to upgrade its NCR ATMs to Windows 7 and implement a contactless card…

Patented technology promises a better experience for RDC users

March 18, 2014

Ensenta Corp., a developer of cloud-based imaging and self-service technologies for the financial services industry, has been granted a patent for software…

Discover OKs Acquirer Systems as supplier of D-PAS certification test cards

March 17, 2014

Dublin-based Acquirer Systems, a provider of enterprise test and validation solutions, has been qualified by Discover Financial Services to supply D-payment…

Fiserv, Visa strike AID licensing agreement

March 17, 2014

Financial services technology provider Fiserv Inc. has reached an agreement with Visa Inc. to make the card network’s common debit EMV solution available for…

EMV has a long way to go

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

The looming October 2015 liability shift for mag-stripe cards used on EMV terminals, combined with recent media buzz regarding the U.S. payments industry's…

The US IAD business gets a pulse check

Fourth annual report examines challenges, concerns, opportunities and outlook for US independents in the ATM business.

Fiserv, MasterCard reach EMV debit routing agreement

March 12, 2014

Fiserv Inc. and MasterCard have reached an agreement to make the card company's U.S. common debit EMV solution available for the Fiserv Accel debit network.

First Data SpendTrend: Payment growth lags in February

March 12, 2014

First Data Corp. has released its SpendTrend analysis for Feb. 1–Feb. 28, 2014, compared with the same period in 2013. Credit, prepaid and signature debit…

3 irrefutable reasons why ISOs must up their game against fraud

by atm Atom — blogger, atmatom

Heartland, Target, Neiman Marcus; Congressional hearings, NRF vs. banks; liability shift deadlines, PCI, processing AIDs – it's enough to make your head spin.

A 'Bit o' Coin' and a 'Look at me!' ATM

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

This past week I attended a dinner put on by a local investment company — from what I could tell, the audience was a small cross-section of Denver's…

Aite Group: By 2016, 47.5M smartphone owners will use RDC

March 11, 2014

According to Aite Group research, 7,000 financial institutions in the U.S. now offer mobile banking. The most popular functions are checking account balances…

EMVCo publishes framework for payment tokenization spec

March 11, 2014

EMVCo has announced the release of "The EMV Payment Tokenization Specification — Technical Framework v1.0," a document designed to allow payments industry…

67% of SBEs not worried about card security; should that worry ATM operators?

March 10, 2014

Newtek Business Services, a provider of financial products to small- and medium-sized businesses, has released the findings of its latest Small Business…

New scheme puts gamblers' winnings on prepaid card

March 10, 2014

You might call it a very risky way to transfer cold hard cash onto cold hard plastic: You pay money into your online betting account at Ladbrokes, and if…

Welch, Missouri lottery to pilot ticket sales at ATMs

March 6, 2014

Welch ATM and the Missouri Lottery have partnered with selected convenience stores in St. Louis and Kansas City to provide fast, convenient access to lottery…

New PCI SSC e-learning program to focus on protecting data, preventing breaches

March 6, 2014

The PCI Security Standards Council has announced a new series of online training courses designed to help companies keep customer payment data secure and…

XP in the crosshairs: ATM protection in a post-support world

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Webinar homes in on the benefits of one option for operators who aim to secure their XP-driven ATMs by April 8.