Congress asked to step into interchange wars

May 8, 2006

WASHINGTON - Congress was asked last week to consider joining the ongoing interchange-fee battle between U.S. merchants and Visa and MasterCard.

Australian central bank to set card-fees cap

May 8, 2006

Datamonitor: The Australian banking regulator is expected to impose a cap on interchange fees that it is estimated to cost the local payment-card industry $17…

The channel shuffle

As the popularity of prepaid products and services grows, deployers of a number of different devices -- including ATMs, kiosks and point-of-sale terminals -…

ATM/kiosk helps customers pay bills with 'Ease'

May 7, 2006

After installing a dozen bill payment kiosks in Chicago, an Illinois company called Pay-Ease wants to take its service nationwide by recruiting distributors…

CDS now supports Triton ATM online journal

May 7, 2006

DALLAS - Columbus Data Services announced in a news release that it now supports Triton's online ATM journal. According to a news release, the journal captures…

Credit Union 24 eliminates membership minimums

May 7, 2006

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Credit Union 24 announced in a news release it has eliminated membership-fee minimums for its member-shareholders. The decision by the EFT…

Diebold announces remote service for ATM channel

May 7, 2006

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc.'s new OpteView Remote Services allows remote troubleshooting and problem diagnosis for ATM-network service. Using Internet…

Global ATM Security Alliance focuses on insider fraud

May 4, 2006

LONDON - One of the biggest sources of fraud in financial services is insider collusion, according to the ATM Industry Association's Global ATM Security…

Virtual game pays players real cash via ATM cards

May 4, 2006

Ottawa Citizen: Is your current job not doing enough to pay the bills? How does mining on an asteroid sound? Or hunting beasts on another planet? Those are…

United Cash Solutions buys ATM Advantage ATM portfolio

May 4, 2006

BEVERLY, Mass. - ATM distributor and processor United Cash Solutions Inc. announced in a news release its acquisition of Providence, R.I.-based ATM Advantage…

TowerGroup announces slate for spring conference

May 3, 2006

NEEDHAM, Mass. - TowerGroup's 2006 Financial Services Business & Technology Conference and Exhibition May 31- June 2, is slated to feature four in-depth…

Roundtable says U.K. ATM industry should involve consumer groups

May 3, 2006

WORTHING, England - U.K. Treasury Minister Ivan Lewis and the Link Interchange Network Ltd. agreed May 4 that the public should be involved in the debate over…

Latin America's banks make EMV a priority

May 3, 2006

ePaynews: Latin American countries are expected to spend more than U.S. $200 million on card technologies in 2006, 70 percent more than in 2004 and 2005. The…

Diebold deal with Saudi Arabian bank takes biometrics to region's ATMs

May 2, 2006

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Al Rajhi Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, purchased 240 Opteva ATMs through Diebold…

GRG ATM receives U.S. network certification

May 1, 2006

DALLAS - Columbus Data Services has certified GRG Banking Equipment Co. Ltd.'s F12, F12B, F16 and H22 ATM models. According to a news release, GRG's ATMs can…

Industry leaders to talk ATM crime in N.Y.

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

ATMIA and Palm Desert National Bank address ATM-related crimes during a workshop later this month.

Columbus Data uses Stratus system for ATM-transaction processing

May 1, 2006

MAYNARD, Mass. - Columbus Data Services is using Stratus Technologies to expand its ATM/EFT network. CDS, now based in Dallas, provides small- to mid-sized…

Diebold ATM Office Suite simplifies ATM-channel management

May 1, 2006

NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc. announced in a news release that its new ATM Office Suite simplifies ATM management through a comprehensive collection of…

Campaign against ATM charges grows, again

April 30, 2006

Guardian Unlimited: Independent ATM operators are expected come under fire this week at a government-organized ATM summit to examine the explosion in machines…

Self-service banking expected to soar by 2010

April 27, 2006

NEEDHAM, Mass. - Self-service banking is performing well in the United States, according to recent research from Boston-based financial-industry consultancy…