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…

INETCO intros NetStream for Splunk

October 1, 2013

INETCO Systems Ltd. has announced the beta availability of INETCO NetStream. The program collects network data, transforms it into rich transaction events, and…

Average ATM fees rise in US, but not by much

September 30, 2013

The average cost to U.S. consumers for getting cash outside of their ATM network is $4.13 — a new high, and a 2 percent increase over last year, according to…

CU-owned collaborative launches CU-driven mobile wallet

September 27, 2013

CU Wallet, a collaborative credit union-owned and -directed mobile payments technology provider, is launching a "credit union-centric" mobile wallet…

CPV module in Collis EMV qualified for PVT by MasterCard

September 26, 2013

UL Transaction Security has announced that the CPV version 6 module in the Collis EMV personalization validation tool (Collis EMV PVT 3.7.0) has been qualified…

EMV: Can we afford to wait?

The key is to make the best-informed decision possible.

ATM use provides insights into future deployment potential

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

The recent publication of RBR's annual survey of the global ATM market provides a timely opportunity to examine the state of the ATM industry. The headline…

Cummins Allison, CTS partner on check processing solution

September 24, 2013

Cummins Allison, a provider of coin, currency and check handling solutions, is expanding its portfolio to include the full line of CTS LS series check…

Your simple pin-up guide to keeping up with upgrades [infographic]

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

 EMV, PCI, Windows 7 ... with one infographic you can keep track of them all.

GCA set to intro new technologies

September 20, 2013

Global Cash Access Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., will unveil new redemption kiosks, cash access products, a new channel…

NFC still faces roadblocks; Isis rollout may help

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

The Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile-backed Isis mobile payment service, which is still only available in limited U.S. markets, recently made two big…

ATMs, NFC and iBeacon: The new dilemma

'To NFC or not to NFC?' Apple snubs the technology and backs iBeacon, making the choice dicier than ever for ATM operators.

Pulse enhances fraud mitigation service

September 18, 2013

ATM and debit network Pulse has completed a major upgrade to its DebitProtect fraud mitigation service and introduced an optional fraud blocking service, the…

Converging channels, emerging opportunities

The secret is to let consumers interact with their bank with as few restrictions as possible.