Power couple: ATM and mobile

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

Mobile devices are becoming ATM-access tools, able to offer many of the display and keyboard functions currently available on the self-service device.

April's top ATM reads

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A piece on corporate earnings; a couple of pieces on security; a couple pieces on ATM innovation — all of these cropped up in the ATM Marketplace top five for…

Chip card migration to be nearly complete by 2017, taskforce says

May 4, 2015

A new survey by the Payments Security Taskforce indicates accelerating momentum in the shift toward EMV technology.

Infosys launches teenage-friendly mobile banking product

May 1, 2015

The company calls it a first-of-its-kind mobile-based banking product for young people.

4 ways to unlock the value of cash

CIT carriers are enjoying lower capital costs; cash processors are reaping the rewards of technology. How can ATM deployers claim some of the benefits?

What goes boom on the street: The gassing of ATMs!

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

I am extremely fearful that the greatly dumbed-down 'blow up the ATM' model will appeal to many a would-be bad guy once the old 'steal the ATM card' method no…

Somalia to get more ATMs, debit cards

April 28, 2015

Premier Bank plans to install five ATMs in the capital city of Mogadishu; they should be welcome, since the nation's only other ATM is reportedly not working.

Survey: Technology-related change a high priority at C-level

April 28, 2015

Seventy-seven percent of survey respondents agreed that 'The digital world is creating new types and levels of risk for our business.'

Vendors' Q1 numbers signal an ATM industry in flux

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

As profits fall, rumors fly.

Study looks at Apple Pay prospects six months on

April 23, 2015

A research note from Mercator contends that future prospects for Apple's payment tool are brighter than current use data might suggest.

Study: improved security is key to success for mobile banking

April 21, 2015

The 'Mobile Banking, Mobile Payments Survey' looks at how FIs are offering mobile banking services, how customers are using them, and the results so far.

RBR report: Glory owns largest share of teller assist market

April 17, 2015

In the research firm's biannual report on current TAU deployments around the world, Glory gets the ... er, glory.

Study: New cyberthreats come in old packages

April 17, 2015

A Verizon report says that cyberattacks are increasingly sophisticated, but they're still carried out using the same old delivery techniques — phishing and…

Consumers looking to be their own fraud protection advocates

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

Nearly two-thirds of American consumers say they would use a service that sends them an email or text when suspicious activity occurs on their payment card.

Community FIs counting down the hours to Apple Watch launch

April 16, 2015

Maluzai Software is working with eight community FIs to offer its SmartwearApps to mobile banking customers who plan to strap on an Apple Watch when it becomes…

SBI aims to increase ATM count by 8K new machines

April 16, 2015

Half of the new machines will feature cash recycling capability, according to a State Bank of India executive.

EAST cases out ATM crime stats in 2014 full-year report

April 15, 2015

Though ATM fraud incidents fell by more than a quarter for the year, a reduction in losses did not follow — in fact, the cost of ATM-related crime rose by…

Time to talk about 'Things' …

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

The Internet of Things will bring a deluge of Big Data; will it be 'TMI' for payments processors looking to use defined behaviors as a means of validating…

Study: ATM fees on the rise for prepaid debit cards

April 14, 2015

Fees for withdrawals, balance inquiries and declined ATM transactions are more likely to have increased than decreased in the past year, a bankrate.com study…

ATMs: Cash is simply not enough

by Ron Delnevo — Chairman, Cash and Card World

All those customers doing very little at ATMs besides getting cash are a wasted opportunity — and it's long past time to do something about it.