Real-time payments expected to take hold by 2018

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

A recent ACI Worldwide survey asked 200 executives from commercial and retail FIs, credit card companies and technology providers for their opinions regarding…

ATM innovation: Give the people what they want

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Sounds simple enough, but what do people want?

Study examines prepaid card fraud and risk controls in the US

November 14, 2013

New research from Mercator Advisory Group examines fraud risk and best practice for fraud prevention in prepaid card programs. The report, "Prepaid Card Fraud…

ATM withdrawals in S Africa ho-hum before the holidays

November 14, 2013

Spark Cash Index statistics for October indicate that consumers have been holding off spending before the holiday buying season. The SCI, which measures the…

Will businesses be forced to pay for polymer notes?

Polymer notes have undeniable benefits, but these come at a cost to ATM deployers and others involved in the cash cycle.

PIN wins in consumers' expected mobile wallet experience

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

A recent study by Phoenix Marketing International highlights a disconnect between consumers' awareness of mobile wallets and their use of this emerging payment…

Canada completes polymer banknote conversion

by Brendan Burge

"Canada completes polymer banknote conversion" is much more than a headline about a national banknote series refresh.

Independent review firm names '10 best EMV compliance consultants' for November

November 8, 2013

Topcreditcardprocessors.com has ranked the 10 best EMV compliance consulting firms for the month of November. Each month, the payment processor review firm…

Bitcoin ATM does $100K in transactions in 1st 8 days

November 8, 2013

Two weeks ago, the first Bitcoin ATM went live in Vancouver, Canada. So far, traffic at the machine is encouraging to the ATM's maker, Robocoin.

Study: US prepaid card market forecast for 2013-2016

November 8, 2013

Growth in the prepaid card industry has slowed and may remain depressed, by comparison with past years, due to ongoing economic turmoil and increased…

Community banks embracing branch reinvention, too

November 7, 2013

Major U.S. banks have been engaged in branch reinvention for a few years. Now smaller players are beginning to embrace the trend, as well.

Who cares about branch transformation?

by Terrina Rishel — CEO, ATM Authority, LLC

Thinner margins, loan losses, economic pressures, expensive regulation and stiff competition have created the need for banks to conduct an in-depth analysis of…

Looking for an ATM? Put on your glasses

November 1, 2013

Or more specifically your Google Glass. Banks such as Spain's Banco Sabadell and Ukraine's PrivatBank are already eyeing the technology — Sabadell has created…

Low-tech fraud, explosive attacks on the rise for Europe's ATMs

October 29, 2013

EAST has published its European ATM crime report covering the period from January to June of 2013. The report shows that while the incidence of card skimming…

Spotlight on the ATM: regulations, innovations and prognostications

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A Q&A panel discussion sheds light on the ATM industry issues that keep deployers up at night.

World's first bitcoin ATM goes online tomorrow

October 28, 2013

Sometime tomorrow, a coffeehouse in Vancouver, Canada, will acquire the distinction of being home to the first and only (for a short while, anyway) bitcoin ATM…

Study: ATM market 2013-2019

October 28, 2013

Transparency Market Research, a market intelligence company, has issued a new study covering the worldwide ATM industry: "ATM Market — Global Industry…

Almost all Kenyan ATMs now EMV compliant

October 24, 2013

According to the Kenya Bankers Association, 96 percent of Kenya's ATMs have migrated to the EMV standard.

The lifecycle of a fraud

Fraud such as counterfeit card use at ATMs will certainly drop with EMV, but as UK stats show, it can still rise again.

Study: The technologies FIs are using to meld self-service and semi self-service

October 23, 2013

In new a new research report, "Interaction and Advice via Evolving Banking Channels," Mercator Advisory Group looks at the practical ways in which financial…