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…

A marriage made in heaven?

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

January 4, 2006

NCR and Tidel Engineering have finally tied the knot, and NCR's decision to operate Tidel as a subsidiary is likely to get no objections from the industry.

GRG Banking gets order from Bank of China

January 4, 2006

GUANGZHOU, China - GRG Banking Equipment Co. Ltd. announced in a news release that it has signed a ¥65 million (U.S. $565,500) deal with long-time customer…

ATMIA releases U.K. study of ATM criminals

January 3, 2006

LONDON - The ATM Industry Association and the Global ATM Security Alliance have published research by a leading United Kingdom criminologist about the criminal…

BREAKING: Bantek West, Efmark announce merger

January 3, 2006

CHICAGO - Bantek West Inc. and Efmark Premium Armored, two privately held pioneers in the ATM service space, announced plans to merge Jan. 4.

Steering group set up to address ATM charges in India

January 3, 2006

Business Standard: The National Financial Switch, sponsored by the Reserve Bank of India, has set up a steering group to decide on a uniform per-usage ATM…

Navy Federal Credit Union adds remote key

January 3, 2006

MATTHEWS, N.C. - Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the world, has installed the remote key option on the A98 ATM Initial Key…

GRG Banking's EPP gets Visa approval

January 3, 2006

GUANGZHOU, China - GRG Banking's encrypted PIN pad has been certified by Visa, according to a news release. GRG Banking is expected to apply the certified PIN…

Indian software company unveils biometric ATM

January 2, 2006

Business Standard: Pune, India-based Axis Software, a developer of security solutions, is the first Indian company to develop a biometric ATM. The company has…

Euronet signs outsourcing deal with top Indian bank

January 2, 2006

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Euronet Worldwide Inc. signed a multiyear ATM outsourcing and deployment agreement with ABN AMRO Bank, a leading multinational bank in India.

TRM to renegotiate deal with Travelex

December 29, 2005

PORTLAND, Ore. - TRM Corp. is expected to renegotiate the terms of its purchase of the United Kingdom-based Travelex UK Ltd.'s ATM business, according to a…

First Data to acquire German processor

December 29, 2005

BAD VILBEL, Germany - First Data Corp. is expected to acquire GZS, Gesellschaft fur Zahlungssysteme, Germany's leading processor of card-based payment…

ATMs for visually impaired get noticed

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

December 27, 2005

Phoenix Interactive's work with four banks in the United Kingdom to provide ATMs with new technology for the visually impaired is grabbing headlines.