TSYS helping Kenya with EMV migration

August 13, 2013

TSYS, a provider of issuer services and merchant payment acceptance, is assisting Paynet, a financial services provider to issuers and acquirers in Kenya, in…

As authorities move on Bitcoin, crooks move on to other digital currencies

August 13, 2013

Who could've seen this coming? In May, authorities charged the principals of Cost Rica-based digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve with laundering $…

Travelex, MasterCard team up on multicurrency prepaid card

August 13, 2013

Foreign exchange provider Travelex has joined with MasterCard and Access Prepaid to introduce the new Multi-Currency Cash Passport Prepaid MasterCard. The…

ATM operator Cardtronics is red-hot and on a roll

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

The company lights up Q2 earnings and looks to heat up the independent ATM market in Europe. 

Consumers increase card spending in July

August 12, 2013

Payment processing provider First Data Corp. has issued its First Data SpendTrend analysis for July 2–30 compared with July 3–31 of last year. Year over year…

GRG certified by Fiserv for ATM transaction processing in Canada

August 12, 2013

Fiserv Inc., a provider of financial services technology solutions, has certified GRG International ATMs for the Canadian market. This means that Canadian FIs…

Contactless at the ATM: The need for standards and interoperability

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

"What about mobile and contactless at the ATM?" It doesn't take long before most conversations about the future of the ATM channel generate this question.

SA ATM withdrawals weaken in July

August 8, 2013

ATM withdrawal activity in South Africa metered a decrease in July, pulling back from a holiday high in June. This according to the Spark Cash Index, which…

GBC Int'l Bank adopts full complement of Fiserv solutions

August 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based GBC International Bank has opted for the Precision bank platform and outsourced processing from Fiserv, as well as an array of additional…

Bringing order to the 'Wild West' of mobile financial services

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Regulatory oversight will be critical to consumer confidence in the adoption of ATM-mobile services.

Security: Credit card fraud

by Robert Siciliano — speaker, IDTheftSecurity.com

Buying credit card numbers with high credit limits must be so much easier than going through the hassle of building good credit, applying for credit cards…

Maine mulls proposal to ban use of EBT cards at some ATMs

August 1, 2013

The state of Maine has opened up a comment period until Aug. 30 for a proposed rule that would ban the use of electronic benefits transfer cards at ATMs in…

eRG, ElectraCard to roll out contactless e-payment in West Africa

August 1, 2013

ElectraCard Services, a provider of software and processing solutions for e-payment systems, has partnered with e-Revenue Gateway, a payment processing and…

Pulse debit/ATM network turns to Paydiant for mobile commerce solution

August 1, 2013

The debit/ATM network Pulse has enlisted Paydiant, a provider of a cloud-based mobile wallet and offer redemption platforms, to provide a mobile commerce…

Paragon earns MasterCard EMV accreditation

August 1, 2013

Paragon Application Systems, an independent provider of ePayment testing solutions, has announced that it has completed the MasterCard Third-Party…

ANZ Bank connects with un-, underbanked via Fiserv Mobiliti Reach

August 1, 2013

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ($642.12 billion in assets) has launched goMoney mobile banking and payments in several nations in the Pacific. Powered…

Debit fee cap set too high, U.S. district court judge rules

July 31, 2013

A judge for the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia sided today with retailers who claimed that the Fed had set the debit transaction fee cap…

BPC to launch national switch for Palestine Monetary Authority

July 31, 2013

BPC Banking Technologies has announced an agreement with the Palestine Monetary Authority to implement a national switch electronic payment system. The PMA is…

NIB Bank calls on Euronet Pakistan for debit, prepaid card solutions

July 30, 2013

Euronet Pakistan and NIB Bank Ltd. have signed an agreement under which Euronet will provide outsourced services for the bank's MasterCard and Visa EMV debit…

Update: The EMV common debit solution

Getting 4 AIDs into place (if that's what it comes down to) is going to take some skill.