Taiwan begins switch to chip cards

June 29, 2004

TAIWAN - Beginning next month, holders of ATM cards will have to upgrade to integrated-circuit or smart cards in a bid to counter the increasingly severe…

ATM vet Bob Cannon is now president of prepaid firm

June 29, 2004

SUGARLAND, Texas - XL Payment Systems, Inc. has introduced a pre-paid debit card program designed to serve the unbanked and under banked populations.

ATM growth predicted in Vietnam

June 20, 2004

HANOI - Vietnam will likely have about 2,000 ATMs in the next few years, said Ta Quang Tien, director of the State Bank of Vietnam's Information Technology…

Payroll cards may help reduce migrant muggings

June 16, 2004

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust of West Palm Beach hopes to reduce muggings of migrant workers by replacing their rolls of cash with…

Reviving the ATM wrap

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June 15, 2004

ATM wraps -- sheets of vinyl that can be applied to toppers, enclosures or ATM themselves -- were once pitched as a possible revenue generator. While that…

Operational improvements driving move to Windows

June 15, 2004

Streamlining ATM operations, not adding functionality, appears to be the main driver behind the migration away from an OS/2 ATM operating system to Microsoft…

ACI licenses Brixlogic IFX Simulator software

June 14, 2004

SAN MATEO, Calif. - ACI Worldwide has licensed IFX Simulator software for development of ACI's new IFX-based (Interactive Financial Exchange protocol) ATM…

UK ATMs, transactions grow in '03

June 14, 2004

LONDON - Britons withdrew a record £144.1 billion (U.S. $263.5 billion) from the UK's ATMs in 2003.

Open standards drive change in ATM technology

June 14, 2004

New developments in the ATM software market mean that owners no longer have to rely on hardware vendors for software.  In this white paper, Level Four…

Wal-Mart begins offering check cashing services

June 13, 2004

PITTSBURGH - ATM providers hoping to get a chunk of the lucrative financial services market by providing check cashing and other services to the underbanked…

Wells Fargo doubles Mexican consumer remittance network in deal with HSBC Mexico

June 10, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO - Wells Fargo has entered into a partnership with HSBC Mexico that will more than double the San Francisco bank's Mexican consumer remittance…

NCR wants to add animation to ATMs

June 2, 2004

LONDON - DA Group, the creator of virtual characters which pop up in mobile messaging, has struck a deal with NCR Corporation that could lead to the Scottish…

Check, please: Imaging at the ATM

May 27, 2004

Utah's America First Credit Union, which offers check cashing at about a dozen of its ATMs, has stepped up its plans to add the service to all of its machines…

Singapore bank links CRM, ATMs with NCR software

May 24, 2004

SINGAPORE - OCBC Bank has become the first bank in Asia to provide targeted marketing and a personalized experience at its ATMs by using NCR Corporation's…

Diebold to expand e-voting commitment despite controversy

May 20, 2004

Diebold will continue making voting machines despite flack from investors and states, according to an article on Bloomberg.com.

New safety devices at ATMs call police

May 20, 2004

JACKSONVILLE, FL--Some Florida ATMs are being fitted with devices that allow users to notify police of a crime in progress, reports firstcoastnews.com.

Euronet to implement national ATM switch in India

May 19, 2004

LEAWOOD, Kan. - Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq:EEFT) has been selected by India's Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), the…

Royal Bank uses contest to promote mobile top-ups at ATMs

May 18, 2004

LONDON - Royal Bank of Scotland's customers who use the bank's ATMs over the next month to top-up mobile phones stand to win one of six prizes worth £150 (U.S.

UK's Cardpoint in talks to acquire 800 bank ATMs

May 18, 2004

LONDON - Shares in independent ATM operator Cardpoint were suspended on May 18 while the company negotiates the acquisition of 800 ATMs from HBOS

InstaPay PINs Internet payment hopes on pad

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May 10, 2004

InstaPay Systems Inc. has spent the last four years developing what the company claims is the first patented production system for delivering encrypted…