Free Mercator research series sums up 2014 financial services outlook

January 28, 2014

Will 2014 be a year of fundamental change in payments, or is the industry just tinkering with user interfaces on the fringes while addressing other issues?

ATMs play a role in FIs’ omnichannel goals

by Dan Kramer — Senior Vice President, Marketing & Merchant Servic, SHAZAM

Mercator Advisory Group's recent "2013 ATM Market Benchmark Report" examines the ways in which the ATM channel is assisting financial institutions in their…

Mobile money transforms Kenyan banking market

January 27, 2014

Sixty percent of Kenyans now use their mobile phone for banking transactions and 64 percent of Kenyans send or receive money locally through their mobile…

2014 ATM software trends survey now open

January 27, 2014

The online survey for the 2014 ATM Software Trends and Analysis Guide is now open and survey co-sponsors KAL and ATM Marketplace are sending out an invitation…

Indian security company supplements manpower with technology

January 27, 2014

Banks across several Indian states and local jurisdictions have been told that they must increase security at their ATMs or risk having them shut down — an…

E-payments industry continues to face hurdles

by Dan Kramer — Senior Vice President, Marketing & Merchant Servic, SHAZAM

In its seventh annual overview of the status of the electronic payments industry, Digital Transactions looks closely at ongoing interchange issues, virtual…

Will cupcakes save the ATM from extinction?

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

Is Apple coming around to NFC?

January 20, 2014

Apple has filed a patent for a process that connects wireless devices to POS terminals using more than one interface. The patent describes the use of NFC or…

Study: RBR forecasts accelerating growth in ATM market through 2018

January 16, 2014

The number of ATMs installed worldwide increased by more than 180,000 during 2012 to reach 2.6 million at the end of the year. At 8 percent, the global market…

US IAD survey closing on Friday, Jan. 17

January 16, 2014

The fourth annual U.S. independent ATM deployers survey will close at end-of-day Friday, Jan. 17. Co-sponsors Kahuna ATM Solutions and the ATM Industry…

Study: Prepaid distribution in the US

January 13, 2014

New research from Mercator Advisory Group, "Prepaid Distribution Strategies in the United States," examines the tactics available to prepaid card program…

Credit card, prepaid spending up in December

January 13, 2014

Payments processor First Data Corp. has released its First Data SpendTrend analysis for the period of Dec. 3–30, 2013, as compared with Dec. 4–31, 2012.

App allows virtual branch design on a tablet

January 13, 2014

A new tablet-based visualization technology developed by Wincor Nixdorf partner company MXM allows self-service devices to be integrated into actual pictures…

Counting on currency again!

by Brendan Burge

With a New Year upon us, what better way to celebrate a fresh start than to relate a recent experience that highlights the persistent truth that we are…

10 percent of Brits leave currency at the cash machine

January 9, 2014

Research by U.K.-based personal account management firm thinkmoney has found that nearly 10 percent of British ATM users have, at some point, walked away from…

Report: Competition heats up between local, national debit networks

January 9, 2014

A new report from Mercator Advisory Group, "National Debit Networks: When Global Goes Local," offers an understanding of national debit networks, the rationale…

2013's 10 best blogs

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

From ATM upgrade deadlines to an updated 'light' branch, the topics of these blogs clicked with our readers in 2013.

Consumers want real-time payments - from their primary FI

by Terry Dooley — SVP & CIO, ITS, Inc

A recent FIS study reiterates three key points regarding consumers and real-time payments. 

Bitcoin ATMs bustin' out all over

January 7, 2014

Will 2014 be The Year of the Bitcoin ATM? On Jan. 2 Robocoin announced pending Bitcoin ATM installations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Toronto.

No less than the best: Attracting top talent in 2014

Seven ways ATM deployers can make sure they're not sabotaging their efforts to recruit the industry's best and brightest.