Study: Brits favor cash, aren't keen on contactless

August 20, 2012

The U.K. continues to demonstrate a lack of appetite for contactless technology; only 17 percent of citizens there think a "cashless future" would make their…

Study: Debit is growing despite new regs

FIs focus on "cash displacement" transactions to make up fee losses.

Transition to 'cashless' slow going in Nigeria

August 17, 2012

The effort of Nigeria to reduce cash in circulation, provide services to the unbanked, and transition its economy to electronic and mobile transactions, is…

Location, location, location.

Does Cardtronics know something about ATM siting that Bank of America doesn’t?

British ATMs 'go big' during Olympics

August 16, 2012

Perhaps the time has come to toss the Cashless Olympics into the dustbin of Things That Weren't, there to join the Paperless Office and the Y2K Bug.

Report: half of US bank account holders to go mobile by 2017

August 16, 2012

Forrester Research has released a new report on mobile banking, and it's evident the technology has gone from novelty to necessity.

Study: On average, CUs charge 13% less in foreign-card ATM fees than banks do

August 14, 2012

Thirty percent of America's 50 largest credit unions charge members no ATM fees outside the network or provide at least one free withdrawal per week before a…

Study: Prepaid cards mostly used short-term

August 13, 2012

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has found that consumers generally use a prepaid card for no more than six months, indicating that such…

Vietnam's small banks not paying their share for ATMs, major banks say

August 13, 2012

Last week, Vietnam's central bank announced that it would allow banks to begin charging fees on internal ATM transactions starting in 2013. But the country's…

China's UnionPay issues more than half of all new payment cards

August 9, 2012

In 2011, the number of payment cards worldwide rose 12 percent to 8.9 billion. More than half of this increase was attributable to growth in China, where card…

July ATM withdrawals hint at stronger S African economy

August 7, 2012

Spark ATM Systems has released its Spark Cash Index for July, measuring the average value of cash withdrawals across more than 1,700 ATMs across South Africa.

Forrester: NFC adoption still a few years off

August 6, 2012

Two new Forrester Research reports on the future of NFC may dampen enthusiasm for the technology somewhat. Forrester isn't exactly bearish on NFC, but does…

Asia/Pacific consumers mostly optimistic; India leads the pack

August 3, 2012

Consumer confidence in Europe may be in shambles, but in Asia/Pacific countries, consumers are feeling pretty hopeful overall.

Tata one-ups Prizm as India's largest ATM managed services provider. For now.

August 2, 2012

Tata Communications Banking InfraSolutions Ltd. (TCBIL) has announced that a new contract to deploy and manage nearly 14,000 ATMs for public sector banks in…

Study: EMV reduces ATM, POS fraud in Europe

July 31, 2012

The European Central Bank (ECB) today published its first report on card fraud. One of its key findings is that fraud has steadily declined since 2007, and…

CU members save $20M with fee-free ATM network

July 26, 2012

Tallahassee-Fla.-based Credit Union 24, the nation's largest credit union-owned ATM and POS network, announced today that its surcharge-free ATM programs have…

How can banks put the retail back into retail banking?

by Richard McMurdo — Principal Consultant, Talaris

It's probably fair to say that around 90 percent of customers who go into a retail shop will purchase something, and so are profitable. Unfortunately, the same…

Wipit offers cash solution for e-commerce

July 24, 2012

Who says you can't buy stuff on the Internet with cash? Pasadena, Calif.-based Wipit Inc. has announced the launch of a web payment service that lets consumers…

How are you measuring your ATM business?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A new ATM benchmarking study and industry report underscores the value of learning from others' best practices. 

EAST releases fraud report for first half of 2012

July 23, 2012

The European ATM Security Team (EAST) has published its second European Fraud Update of the year. The report includes statistics from January through June of…