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.

Study: Real-time Payment Systems: A Global Opportunity

January 6, 2014

As more consumers and businesses move to electronic payments, countries around the world are implementing — or considering implementing — real-time payment…

Analyze this! Plastic in our ATMs?

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

Upon further analysis, it would appear that the world is going plastic or, to be more accurate, polymer. When it comes to currency, polymer is making…

Brazil hikes ATM fees by 1,600%

January 2, 2014

Brazil's finance ministry has increased the tax on citizens' debit card withdrawals abroad from the current 0.38 percent to 6.38 percent in the hope of…

Bitcoin ATM set to blow into the Windy City

December 26, 2013

A Chicago Bitcoin hobbyist is planning to deploy an ATM-like kiosk that allows Bitcoin users to trade them for cash, according to DNAinfo Chicago.

New Commerzbank branch intros Germany's first video teller ATM

December 19, 2013

This month, German FI Commerzbank AG revealed its new branch strategy with the opening of its reinvented branch in Berlin — the first in Germany to use a video…

For Bank of England, pounds of plastic

December 19, 2013

The Bank of England will switch from cotton paper to plastic polymer for its next-issued 5 pound and 10 pound banknotes. The first polymer note will be the …

Will cards be replaced by mobile?

Dave Willis of Navy Federal Credit Union defends his position on the card/mobile/cash consumer debate. "It's not just the Millennials," he adds, referring to…

THE major reason for FI outsourcing in 2014

by Mark Smith — VP of Financial Solutions, Kahuna ATM Solutions

Simply, Windows 7.

How the market is forcing multivendor ATM strategies to a new level

A panel of experts including Citibank, Navy FCU and NCR discuss the market's need for ATM solutions that work in a multichannel environment dominated by…

The time frame for new ATM/mobile standards and regulation

As world governments study the risks inherent in ATM/mobile convergence, is inevitable regulatory activity gathering on the horizon? (Panel discussion at the…

The Wright brothers did It. Could we?

by Todd Nuttall — CEO of Better ATM Services, Better ATM Services

Imagine our lives today without the gift of flight. While many were involved in one of the greatest achievements in recorded history, we tend to view one…

Will retail cash recycling result in lower quality cash?

by Brendan Burge

Many of the manufacturers of retail cash smart safes are starting to talk about the viability of smart safe recycling devices. It is widely accepted that…