Felix Group intros Max Box ATM

January 19, 2006

CHESIRE, England - Felix Group Plc. is expected to launch its Max Box ATM brand Jan. 24-26 in London at the ATEI trade show. The new Max Box kiosks will…

e-pay Asia joins Malaysian ATM network

January 18, 2006

Yahoo Singapore: e-pay Asia's subsidiary, e-pay Sdn. Bhd., has formed a strategic alliance with Malaysian Electronic Payment System Sdn. Bhd. to offer prepaid…

First American Bank goes with remote key loading of ATMs

January 18, 2006

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Elk Grove, Ill.-based First American Bank, a privately held full-service bank with more than $2 billion in assets, installed the A98 Initial…

ATM owners rush to fix machines for smaller bills

January 18, 2006

JoongAng Daily: Korea's central bank and local companies should spend more than 200 billion won (U.S. $203 million) readjusting their ATMs to accept the new…

Taiwanese have more ATM cards

January 17, 2006

Taiwan News: Each person in Taiwan owned an average of 5.7 ATM cards at the end of November 2005, 10 times the level in 1991, according to a report released by…

Euronet signs ATM outsourcing agreement with ING Vysya Bank in India

January 17, 2006

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc. has signed a multiyear ATM outsourcing and deployment agreement with ING Vysya Bank, a…

U.K.'s ATM market is largest in Europe

January 16, 2006

ePaynews.com: Western Europe's ATM market grew 6 percent in 2004 to 316,534 installations, with the United Kingdom showing the largest growth. Twenty-seven…

Foreign banks await move on off-site ATMs

January 16, 2006

The (Malaysia) Star: The local banking sector in Malaysia achieved a milestone in December, when Bank Negara allowed foreign banks operating in Malaysia to set…

Chinatown deposit growth spurs Wells expansion in San Francisco

January 15, 2006

East Bay Business Times: Seven months after opening a storefront bank in Oakland's Chinatown, Wells Fargo Bank & Co. is converting the location to a…

Widower starts push for ATM alert code

January 15, 2006

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Since September, when his wife was killed in a carjacking, Michael Boyd has worked to change the laws that let her attacker…

Better tech, promising ROI prompt wireless-ATM adoption

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Wireless technology is finally starting to take off at the ATM, and because of little 'black boxes,' it doesn't cost a lot to implement.

Australian banks boost bottom lines with higher fees

January 12, 2006

Asia Pulse: Bank fees in Australia keep rising and new fees are introduced all the time. In 2004, Australian households paid a total of $3.4 billion (U.S. $2.…

Info Touch offers bill-pay option to MetroPCS customers

January 11, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp. has sealed a deal with MetroPCS Wireless Inc. that enables MetroPCS customers to pay wireless bills…

Thieves net $100,000 in WaMu ATM scheme

January 10, 2006

CNNMoney.com: A group of thieves used fake keypads to steal more than $100,000 from customers at two New York City Washington Mutual branches. They then made…

Nexus earns EMV Level 2 approval

January 9, 2006

EMV entrenches global card markets

January 9, 2006

ePaynews.com: EMV is rapidly gaining a presence in the global payment-card infrastructure. By mid-2005, 329 million EMV-compliant payment cards had been issued…

Fee-charging ATMs in U.K. take over

January 9, 2006

The Advertiser: The days of no-charge ATMs are numbered in the United Kingdom, British consumers have been warned. Fee-charging machines, which did not exist…

FSS enables mutual-fund debit card launch in India

January 9, 2006

MUMBAI, India - Reliance Mutual Fund has launched the Reliance Any Time Money Card, making it India's first mutual fund to provide a debit card, according to a…

Wincor World '06 highlights comprehensive banking, retail solutions

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Innovation in system architecture is changing the way bankers do business. At Wincor World 2006, more than 70 Wincor partners from around the world will be in…

ICBC awards Axalto card-issuance project

January 5, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas - Axalto, which provides microprocessor cards, announced in a news release that its multiapplication smart card, Palmera, has been selected by…