ATM Marketplace: May Top 5

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

ATM deployers are looking ahead: In May, the first and second most-read stories were concerned with the future of the industry. The remainder of the top five…

A mixed bag: US banking reg rollbacks are met with approval and alarm

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

In May, President Trump signed a flurry of legislative measures, keeping a campaign promise to roll back bitterly opposed rules and regulations levied against…

FI, CU checking fees vary, but ATM fees are much the same, study finds

May 29, 2018

Forty-one of the nation's 50 largest credit unions (82 percent) offer their members free checking accounts with no minimum balance requirements or monthly…

Massachusetts ATM operators jolted by jackpotting attacks

May 29, 2018

ATMs in the Massachusetts towns of Ludlow, Attleboro and Danvers, and in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston have been targeted in a rash of recent ATM…

Product agility a key concern in retail banking strategy, report says

May 25, 2018

More than half (61 percent) of retail bank executives are developing niche propositions for their digital strategies, according to a new report by banking…

A change in-store? With iZettle buy, PayPal extends its reach in retail payments

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

PayPal's planned purchase of iZettle the "European version of Square," will extend the online payment giant's reach in the retail payments space, particularly…

ATMs doomed Down Under, financial literacy chairman says

May 23, 2018

Will Australia be largely devoid of ATMs a few years from now? That's the prediction from Paul Clitheroe, chairman of the Australian Financial Literacy Board.

UK Emerging Payments Association seeks to 'stimulate innovation' in open banking

May 23, 2018

The Emerging Payments Association in the U.K. has asked the nation's Open Banking Implementation Entity to amend the terms of the Competition and Markets…

FinTechVisor: It's Tinder for fintechs and banks (sort of)

May 23, 2018

Capgemini, a global provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, and Efma, the European Financial Management Association, have launched…

ATM skimming remains a top 5 trend in data breaches

May 21, 2018

Risk Based Security has released the results of its Q1 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report, which shows that breaches of all types fell by more than half in the…

7 in 10 consumers 'reassured' by FI's alerts of possible fraud

May 21, 2018

In an informal poll conducted by the European Association for Secure Transactions, the majority of respondents said they were reassured by steps taken by their…

G&D, IDnow combine know-how to develop secure digital ID solutions

May 21, 2018

G&D Mobile Security and IDnow GmbH have announced plans to combine their expertise and resources in a partnership that aims to develop AI-driven biometric…

Can cash and digital payments coexist?

One clear conclusion we can make, based on recent trends in the financial services industry, is that the increasing prevalence of new transaction methods does…

India printing cash like it's going out of style because, well ... it's not

May 18, 2018

The Reserve Bank of India has initiated a 500 percent increase in bank note printing in order to ensure that citizens do not experience another cash shortage…

Lloyds legs off, leaving Bungay bankless

May 18, 2018

The Suffolk, England, market town of Bungay, population 4,895, saw its last bank branch close last week, part of a wider action by Lloyds, which shuttered 3…

Our money may be green, but it's not about to die!

by Richard Buckle — Founder and CEO, Pyalla Technologies, LLC

It has been a very busy period for me, and more than a month since I last posted to the ATM Marketplace blog. A heavy travel schedule took me to the heart of…

POPin, MEA partner to bring mobile video banking to Iowa FI

May 15, 2018

POPin Video Banking Collaboration, an interactive mobile video banking solution, has partnered with MEA Financial Enterprises, a provider of mobile…

Consumers not sold on the 'Pays,' study finds

May 15, 2018

Adoption rates are declining for the major "Pays" — Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay — according to the latest tracking results from Rhinebeck, New…

You'll need more than luck: A winning defense against ATM jackpotting

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

In today's criminal underworld, jackpotting is serious business. And, increasingly, the business of ATM security providers is to help FIs and IADs understand…

Study finds rising aversion among US consumers to paying ATM fees

May 11, 2018

More than three-quarters (77 percent) of consumers will do "anything they can" to avoid paying ATM fees, according to newly released survey findings from…