Study: Credit transaction amounts fall — along with cash use

April 14, 2017

Consumers are increasingly using credit cards to pay for small transactions, according to a new CreditCards.com survey.

Need cash? If you're in Hyderabad, that might be a problem

April 14, 2017

On March 13, the Reserve Bank of India lifted the cap on ATM withdrawals it had imposed in November, when demonetization of India's most popular banknotes set…

Major 'Pays' expected to attract 500M users by 2021

April 14, 2017

New data from fintech analysts at Juniper Research projects that the number of OEM-Pay contactless users — including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Android Pay …

EAST reports 2016 crime stats for Europe's ATMs; black box attacks up 287 percent

April 13, 2017

A newly published report from the European ATM Security Team discloses that criminals carried out ATM black box attacks in 10 reporting countries during 2016.

FSS supports India's cashless payment initiative with card-free solution

April 10, 2017

FSS, a Chennai, India-based provider of ATM and payments services, has launched FSS Aadhaar Pay to support the digital payment initiatives of the Indian…

The future of data — rounded to the next zettabyte

April 10, 2017

A new study forecasts that the amount of data worldwide will rise tenfold within the next eight years.

NAC knocks new FICO findings on card compromise at nonbank ATMs

April 10, 2017

The National ATM Council Inc. is questioning — for the second year in a row — FICO statistics concerning card compromises at retail ATMs in the United States. 

Lloyds Bank bets big on 'micro branches'

April 10, 2017

Following on the heels of announcements by HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Bank has confirmed that it will be scaling down its branches in the U.K.

The whys and hows of banks and the blockchain

The blockchain technology at the heart of the cryptocurrency bitcoin has opened up a number of possibilities for the banking industry. Here's what's in it for…

Cash-loving Europeans get a new 50 euro banknote

April 7, 2017

The fourth entry in the European Central Bank's Europa series — the 50 euro banknote — started circulating this week, according to an announcement from the ECB.

FIs in western US a bit foggy on Fed's Faster Payments initiative

April 7, 2017

A survey of 430 financial institutions in the western part of the U.S. revealed low awareness and adoption of faster payments products, according to a press…

ATM Marketplace: March top 5

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Survey findings published in our 'ATM Future Trends 2017' report must be right on target. It identifies mobile ATM access as the industry's No. 1 trend; a…

Mobile access 'poised to invigorate' the ATM channel, study shows

April 6, 2017

A new survey by marketing research firm Phoenix Synergistics has revealed that a "surprising number" (17 percent) of ATM users have already accessed their…

5-month ATM-cleaning field test shows significant uptime improvement

April 4, 2017

ABC Currency Solutions, providers of coin- and cash-handling devices, in partnership with KICTeam Inc., providers of technical cleaning products, have…

CIBC rated best in Canada for mobile banking

April 4, 2017

Surviscor, a firm that provides analysis and ranking for Canadian digital customer experiences provided by service firms, has released its 2017 Canadian mobile…

London Assembly members call for free ATMs across the capital

March 31, 2017

Greater London Authority Conservatives, an organization featuring Conservative members of the London Assembly, has published Cash for Access: Expanding the…

Video banking a plus for bankers, consumers alike

March 31, 2017

Vidyo, a provider of embedded video and video conferencing technology, Efma, an association of 3,300 retail financial services companies, and CUNA Strategic…

Kaspersky Labs lists 5 ways for FIs to fight cyberattacks

March 31, 2017

The cost of a cybersecurity incident to a financial institution in the U.S. can be as much as $1,165,000, according to new data from Kaspersky Lab Financial…

Retail ATMs are again fraudsters' favorite target, FICO data finds

March 30, 2017

FICO reported Wednesday that the number of compromised card readers at U.S. ATMs, restaurants and merchants monitored by the Silicon Valley firm rose 3…

AI crucial to humanizing branch experience, report says

March 30, 2017

In traditional banks, basic transactions continue to migrate from physical to digital channels, leading to major changes as banks redesign their branch…