NCR reports strong fourth-quarter financials

Revenues increase 12 percent in the Americas, which includes the United States

NCR puts team together to focus on emerging ATM markets

January 27, 2011

NCR Corp., which receives 75 percent of its revenues from international sales, has organized a sales team that will focus on the world’s fastest-growing…

Wincor Nixdorf and Giesecke & Devrient form a partnership

The companies want to expand their share in the growing market for banknote authentication.

One third of UK adults are victims of card fraud

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

According to the annual Card Fraud Index released yesterday by life assistance company CPP, Card fraud has now affected a total of 13 million people in the UK…

Teller automation key to facilitating branch transformation

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

Teller automation is inextricably linked to the wider process of branch transformation. This is both good and bad news for the teller automation industry …

Federal Reserve: ATM cash withdrawals show very little growth

ATM cash withdrawals continue to grow very little, according to a 2010 Federal Reserve Systems Payments Study.

BB&T expands ATM agreement with Allpoint

December 9, 2010

BB&T Corp., a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based bank, has expanded its ATM network into Florida and Texas after renewing a contract with Allpoint, the…

ATM industry blasts report on debit card usage

Group charges report is biased against cash, but authors say it reflects payment alternatives.

Debit card spending exceeds cash spending in the U.K.

New report signals a changing of the spending guard in the United Kingdom.

Survey: ATM deposits get the nod over human teller deposits

December 2, 2010

Consumers prefer depositing money into an ATM instead of handing the funds over to a bank teller to deposit, according to an online survey by Wincor Nixdorf…

Would you use a biometric solution to authorise a transaction at an ATM?

by Lachlan Gunn — Director, BenAlpin Ltd

In a website research poll conducted by the European ATM Security Team (EAST) from July to September 2010 73% of the respondents would not use the technology…

Indian ATM market comes of age

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

In July 2003 I wrote an article entitled “Is the current focus on the Indian ATM market justified?”. At the time I felt that far too many people were pinning…

The cost of manufacturing banknotes and coins

by Brendan Burge

In recent months there have been a number of articles related to the cost of creating and maintaining cash in society.

ATM Potential in Africa

by Mike Lee — CEO of the ATM Industry Association, ATM Industry Association

In RBR's latest press release entitled "China to become world's largest ATM market by 2015," one piece of information jumped out at me from the page more than…

Interac offers ATM ISOs alternatives to comply with chip migration

The Interac Association has given Canada’s ISOs two alternatives to comply with the country's first EMV deadline for cash dispensing, non-deposit ATMs.The…

First Data partners with Korean company to offer mobile payments

First Data Corp. yesterday signed a partnership agreement with a Korean company to provide mobile payments services in the first quarter of 2011, said Chris…

ATM cash withdrawals in U.K. dive

September 8, 2010

Cardholders withdrew fewer funds from ATMs in the United Kingdom during the second quarter compared with the same period last year because of the growing…

International card schemes - not necessarily a two horse race

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

Mixed messages from western European ATM market

by Dominic Hirsch — manager, Retail Banking Research

One in three ATM markets in western Europe contracted last year. A fall in the number of ATMs in any country is relatively rare, and it is unprecedented for so…

U.S. Bank redrafts overdraft policies

May 12, 2010

U.S. Bank has redrafted its overdraft policies, now offering a reduced fee of $10 for transactions of $20 or less drawn on negative balance accounts. The…