These days, an ATM heist is child's play

February 11, 2013

If there's a retail bank on Sesame Street, they might want to hire on some extra security Muppets. Because with a little inspiration from German toy company…

Fifth Third Bank launches mobile RDC

February 11, 2013

Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank is now offering mobile deposit functionality for its customers who are iPhone and Android users. The service is available in…

Banks, credit unions get white label P2P solution from FIS

February 11, 2013

Bank tech provider FIS has announced a new peer-to-peer mobile payment product called FIS People Pay, a white label product aimed at financial institutions.

January activity down sharply at SA ATMs

February 8, 2013

South African consumers had a cash hangover in January. Statistics released by the Spark Cash Index indicate that citizens significantly reduced their spending…

Prepaid card providers invited to participate in study

February 8, 2013

Mercator Advisory Group and the Prepaid Expo are conducting a survey of prepaid industry participants in a first-of-its-kind study to assess the future of the…

Oakland debuts combination ID, prepaid card

February 6, 2013

Oakland, Calif., is getting ready to introduce reloadable prepaid cards integrated with city-issued municipal identification cards. The opt-in service was…

New research: 'Consumers and Cash: A Love Story'

January 30, 2013

Humankind's attachment to cash presents unique barriers to a global payments industry bent on building out a fully electronic payments market — mainly because…

FDIC warns of entrepreneurial companies in mobile payments

by Kevin Christensen — Vice President, Audit, SHAZAM

In its winter edition of Supervisory Insights, the FDIC examines the evolving mobile landscape, concluding that two industry predictions in particular appear…

UK consumer pub investigates ATM fees

January 25, 2013

The British consumer watchdog publication Which? recently published findings from a study of fee-free ATM availability in the U.K. The publication found the…

Closing soon: 2013 ATM Software Trends online survey

January 21, 2013

KAL ATM Software has issued a reminder to all members of the ATM industry to participate in the company's annual online ATM Software Survey before it closes on…

ATM ad campaign sends a message to tax dodgers

January 18, 2013

What better place for the government to advise you to declare your cash income than at the ATM? Third-party media sales group atmAd, part of Dundee…

ATMIA publishes best practices for deploying ATMs in a multi-channel banking environment

January 17, 2013

The ATM Industry Association has published the new best practice manual, "Best Practice for Developing and Deploying the ATM in a Multi-Channel Retail Banking…

Survey: shifts in prepaid card use and customer attitudes

January 11, 2013

The prepaid card landscape is changing. Today, consumers are buying a wider variety of prepaids through a wider variety of channels — and those consumers are…

December ATM withdrawals in SA notably larger than last year

January 10, 2013

The value of cash withdrawals at South African ATMs in December was up nearly 6 percent from last year, indicating a boost in overall holiday spending by…

Study: Mobile banking users to exceed 1 billion worldwide by 2017

January 9, 2013

It seems that mobile banking has arrived. This year 590 million mobile phone users across the globe will use their device for banking purposes; by the end of…

Diebold ATM concept gets a Millennial-inspired look and feel

The company's new cloud-dwelling ATM interface has a look and feel smartphone and tablet users know well.

The rise of the 'light' bank branch

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

In a recent article about what we can expect from branch banking in 2013, I predicted the rise of the 'light' bank branch. It's something that I thought was…

Javelin outlines top banking trends for 2013

January 3, 2013

Analysts at Javelin Strategy and Research have identified payments, banking, mobile and security as some transformational trends for 2013. The trends point to…

Self-service ATMs help shape a new branch service philosophy

When University Federal Credit Union decided it was time to reinvent their branch model, they worked with the branch transformations group at Diebold…

More Community Financial Institutions Offer Mobile Banking

by Jim Ghiglieri — Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, SHAZAM

A growing number of community financial institutions are now offering mobile banking, despite continued concern over regulatory obstacles. According to a…