Seattle region sees uptick in skimming

September 19, 2011

According to a Seattle Times report, ATM skimming is on the increase in the Pacific Northwest. How bad has it gotten? Ask U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan, the chief…

ATMmarketplace.com, ATMIA launch 2012 Future Trends survey

by Tom Harper

ATMmarketplace.com, in collaboration with the ATM Industry Association, is currently compiling data for the 2012 ATM Future Trends Report. We recently launched…

Fiserv offers personalized EMV cards, announces plans for processing solutions

September 18, 2011

Fiserv Inc. announced on Friday that it will begin personalizing chip payment cards based on the EMV standard.

Dynamics Inc. to unveil its dual chip technology at Finovate Fall 2011

September 18, 2011

Dynamics Inc., a producer and manufacturer of payment cards, will unveil its Chip and Choice Technology, which features both an embedded and exposed…

Fiserv launches new mobile banking suite

September 14, 2011

Fiserv Inc. yesterday announced the new Mobiliti mobile banking, alerting and payments suite that combines Mobile Money from Fiserv, and BankAnywhere from the…

CBN says ATM fraud in Nigeria down 90 percent

September 14, 2011

The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday announced that the banking sector is on its way to recovery with a 90 percent reduction in ATM fraud leading the upturn.

FBI: ATM skimming, third party payment processor breaches expected to grow

The assistant director of the Cyber Division delivered testimony to the House Financial Services Committee.

Concerns voiced over looming ADA compliance deadline

Upgrade costs, lawsuits, interpretation of guidelines are causing unease.     

Durbin Amendment sponsor defends legislation

September 12, 2011

According to the Nashville Business Journal, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin yesterday defended his legislation limiting interchange fees during a press conference in…

EMV deadline for U.S. ATMs...the race is on!

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

MasterCard follows Visa with an announcemernt of an EMV deadline for the U.S. market - the difference is that the MasterCard announcement relates to a…

Mastercard clarifies EMV policy rumors

September 7, 2011

According to the Credit Union Times, Aite Group Analyst Julie Conroy McNelley announced yesterday that she heard from multiple sources that, effective April…

Mitek offers mobile credit card balance transfers

September 7, 2011

Mitek Systems Inc., a provider of mobile-imaging applications using smartphone cameras for check deposits, bill payments and ACH enrollments, today announced…

Expert Group signs ATM locator service agreement

September 7, 2011

Expert Group Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Expert Financing Inc./ExpertATM has signed a locator service agreement with LocatorSearch…

PCI DSS in Latin America: How to choose middleware

Deployers of multi-vendor POS and ATM devices have a lot to consider for compliance.  

Q&A: The EPC push for standardized ATM cash cassettes, part 2

by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance

Diebold discusses its stance on the standardization issue.

Q&A: The EPC push for standardized ATM cash cassettes, part 1

by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance

EPC chairman discusses the benefits, costs, timelines and more.

Heat from your fingers could compromise your PIN at an ATM

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

Research has shown that residual heat from fingers can be used to compromise a PIN entered at an ATM with a plastic key pad using images taken by thermal…

Bill payment processor targets cash-preferred U.S. Hispanic population

by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance

TIO Networks caters to the under- and unbanked with its self-service business model.

High projected earnings growth in data processing, outsourced services industry

August 24, 2011

According to Investors.com, the current top five companies in the data processing and outsourced services industry with the highest projected earnings growth…

Shazam offers dual-message PIN transactions and EMV card support

August 22, 2011

The Shazam EFT network has announced the creation of a dual-message PIN product, and plans to expand its support of EMV. The product will use a dual-message…