Co-op, TMG investigate blockchain opportunities

May 2, 2016

Co-op Financial Services and TMG are commissioning a series of studies by Mercator Advisory Services on blockchain technology with the goal of educating credit…

Study: Self-service continues to gain ground among US consumers

April 29, 2016

U.S. consumers' preference for depositing checks by teller continues to decline — even for higher-value checks. This is the conclusion of the Mercator Insight…

ATM security: What can we learn from a hacked iPhone?

The ATM industry needs reliable security solutions to address increasing threats — without speculation as to whether there are or should be security backdoors.

Report: Cross-border remittance market 'ripe for disruption'

April 25, 2016

Cross-border remittances are a big business: They totaled $582 billion in 2015; in 2016, they're expected to grow to $587 billion; and by 2020, says research…

Report: Cybercriminals organizing, functioning like legitimate businesses

April 22, 2016

Trustwave has issued its "2016 Trustwave Global Security Report," which details the top cybercrime, data breach and security threat trends from 2015.

Bankrate ranks FIs with largest ATM fleets

April 19, 2016

Together, the top three fleets constitute more than one-third of all bank-owned ATMs in the U.S.

Banks around the globe warming up to cash-recycling ATMs

by ATM marketplace

With Earth Day coming up this Friday, ATM Marketplace takes a look at the industry's worldwide progress on recycling ... cash.

PayToo, CNB announce strategic partnership

April 15, 2016

The companies will launch a mobile wallet for banked and unbanked consumers, offering services that range from mobile phone top-up to surcharge-free ATM access.

Segmint revs up data-driven marketing platform

April 15, 2016

The active analytics solutions provider has added business intelligence dashboards and key lifestyle indicators to help banks boost customer engagement and…

FSS to provide unified payment interface for major Indian banks

April 14, 2016

The company says that its UPI PSP solution allows FIs integrate multiple channels so that their customers can make P2P and merchant payments from their mobile…

In Europe, surging costs from ATM skimming, physical attacks

April 14, 2016

According to EAST's full-year 2015 report, card fraud carried out in non-EMV markets remains a huge headache for European issuers; locally, lower-tech card…

New tech partnership to develop 'tattoo-like' payment wearables

April 14, 2016

Paired with a smartphone, tablet, or NFC reader, the Wearable Interactive Stamp Platform will support applications such as cashless payments and event…

Navigating digital disruption in financial services

A look at how today's startups are pushing traditional banks to find new ways to stay relevant to an ever-evolving consumer.

Report: Digital transactions to reach $8T by 2020

April 13, 2016

Juniper said that the digital commerce market will see strong contributions from three key sectors — digital banking, remote digital goods and remote physical…

Report: Millennials clearly moving away from bank account ownership

April 11, 2016

By one measure — i.e., checking and savings accounts — traditional FIs are losing out on younger customers, but by a broader measure, business from this…

Report: Payments via smartphones, wearables to top $95B by 2018

April 11, 2016

The bulk of contactless payment value will come from mobile phones, with wearables such as the Apple Watch making up only 2 percent of the total.

FICO: ATM compromises rocket to all-time high in 2015

April 8, 2016

The company says that criminals are attacking terminals over shorter periods of time as a way to avoid detection, and that nonbank ATMs have been hit…

Report on millennials holds bad news, good news for traditional FIs

April 8, 2016

Young adults are less inclined to rely on traditional banks, CUs and S&Ls for checking and savings accounts, but their use of other products from these…

Efma explores reinvention of traditional banking model

April 8, 2016

In a new report, the European financial organization looks at the impact of fintech and the ways that banks can work with startups to benefit customers and…

Four power moves for traditional financial institutions

One reason why traditional financial institutions are challenged by fintech is their large, departmentalized organizational structure. The other is their large…