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…

Mobile banking offers customers convenience, control

One in two Americans will have a smartphone by Christmas.

Researchers find that thermal camera can capture PINs at the ATM

August 17, 2011

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego presented a paper at last week's USENIX Security Symposium in San Francisco that revealed the relative…

UnionPay overtakes Visa to become world’s largest card scheme

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

The results of RBR’s latest global payment cards research provide remarkable reading. Several findings stand out, including surpassing a phenomenal eight…

Visa puts its weight behind EMV in the U.S.

by Ian Kerr — CEO, Level Four

Last week, Visa announced that it is kicking off three new initiatives to accelerate the adoption of EMV and NFC technology in the U.S. Visa is the largest…

FirstMerit fast tracks Fiserv mobile banking solution

August 16, 2011

Financial services technology provider Fiserv Inc. announced FirstMerit Bank from Akron, Ohio has launched a mobile banking solution using Fiserv's Mobile…

RBR research reveals new payment card leader, growth in debit, prepaid sectors

The forecast for credit cards shows a decline, particularly in the U.S. market.

PSCU offering EMV cards to its 680 member-owner base

August 10, 2011

The Credit Union Times reports that Public Services Credit Union is now offering its 680 member-owner credit union base new credit cards that carry both EMV…

Surcharge sticker fee lawsuits cropping up across several states

August 9, 2011

The Credit Union Times reports that there are 44 lawsuits across 14 states against credit unions and community banks over alleged ATM compliance violations as…