ATM Marketplace: August Top 5

August. The dog days of summer, when you can fry an egg on top of an exterior, free-standing ATM if the sun hits it just right. We think of August as a slow…

ATM-based virtual gift card, mobile top-up service adds NYC partner

September 6, 2018

GivePay Commerce has partnered with ATM World, a New York-based ATM operator to distribute digital gift cards and wireless air time through thousands of ATM…

Smartphone payments security to migrate from hardware to software enablement

September 6, 2018

The most significant shift in mobile payment security will be the move from hardware-based methods to software-based methods that rely on standard smartphone…

Rep. Luetkemeyer drafting data breach notification bill

September 6, 2018

Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer is crafting a bill to legislation that would clarify and codify the obligations of financial companies to report data…

'But this is how we've always done it!': 5 ways your FI can break down barriers to a digital mindset

You can no longer look at digital as a distinct channel serving a specific segment of your customer base. Every consumer is a digital consumer, and to be in…

Visa chip card transactions edge toward 100 percent in June

August 30, 2018

Visa has release June EMV statistics showing that the network continues to make progress on EMV migration in the U.S.

China edges out US in AI investment

August 28, 2018

Chinese AI startups raised $5 billion in venture capital funding during 2017 — a half-billion more than their U.S. counterparts — indicating investor…

Global IT security spending to total $114B in 2018

August 24, 2018

According to estimates from Gartner, worldwide spending on information security products and services will amount to $114 billion this year, an increase of…

Consumers worry about privacy of data used by money management apps

August 23, 2018

Nearly one-third of U.S. banking consumers use online and mobile apps for money management, but many worry about the privacy of their data used in these apps…

Samsung Pay marks 3 years, 1.3B transactions

August 23, 2018

Samsung Electronics celebrated the third anniversary of the launch of Samsung Pay — on Aug. 20, 2015, in South Korea — with the announcement that the mobile…

OptConnect lands a spot on Inc. 5000 list

August 23, 2018

OptConnect, a provider of managed wireless connectivity, has secured a spot on the 2018 Inc. 5000 list.

Consumers who choose e-payments over cash less able to recall transaction amounts

August 21, 2018

A research team in Germany has found that people not only tend to spend more when they use a credit card, but also that tend to have a less accurate memory of…

US credit card total purchase value edges toward $1T mark

August 21, 2018

For the first time in history, the U.S. credit card processing industry is poised to pass the $1 trillion mark in total purchase value in Q4, according to a…

6 sound bites from CONNECT: The Mobile CX Summit

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

One of the overarching themes in this year's event held in Chicago was the importance of design, whether in a mobile app, a loyalty program, or delivery…

5 key characteristics of a digital banking mindset

Every consumer is a digital consumer, and to be in banking means you have to be in digital banking. Frankly, digital is no longer an expense; it's a necessary…

Keeping up with ATM security technology: Let the task determine the tool

Today's security technologies might be automatic, but success with them isn't, necessarily.

Podcast: A conversation with Citi about loyalty programs and the mobile experience

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Mary Hines, Citi managing director of customer engagement and innovation talks with host Will Hernandez about the challenges and rewards of implementing a…

Down Under, digital and cash coexist

August 14, 2018

Results from a new study by NCR Corp., Banking in Australia and New Zealand: At a digital crossroads, reinforces the need for organizations to provide…

Financial services need to test payments systems, not people's patience

Financial systems outages stop customers from accessing and spending money as they normally would. The growing incidence of outages — particularly in the U.K.

US Payments Forum shares summer 'snapshot'

August 10, 2018

The U.S. Payments Forum has released its Summer 2018 Market Snapshot, which looks at the status of the U.S. EMV chip migration, next phases for emerging…