Global value of smart cards to top $5B this year

July 19, 2012

Montreal-based Electronics.ca Publications, an electronics industry market research and knowledge network, has announced the availability of a new report…

Prizm Payments on pace to process over $50B in transactions in 2012

July 17, 2012

Mumbai, India-based payments company Prizm Payments announced today that it has become the fastest growing payments company in Asia and expects to reach a…

M2Cash: A new revenue stream for ATMs?

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

A new money transfer service may offer existing ATM networks a new way to bring in incremental revenue.

Chase Liquid spills into nationwide market

July 16, 2012

After completing a pilot program for its reloadable prepaid card, Chase Liquid, Chase Bank announced it is now rolling out the program nationwide through its…

Bump in 2012 ATM withdrawals signals renewed SA consumer confidence

July 10, 2012

Statistics released by South African IAD Spark ATM Systems reveal year-over-year growth of 6.77 percent in cash withdrawal activity for June — the largest…

UK adults distrust mobile banking

July 10, 2012

Nearly three-quarters of adults in the U.K. consider mobile banking to be unsafe, said a survey by Wincor-Nixdorf.

ATMIA releases EMV readiness survey results

July 6, 2012

The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) has released the results of a member and industry committee survey on market readiness for migration to EMV cards in the…

Are you in a race to the top ... or to the bottom?

by Mike Lee — CEO of the ATM Industry Association, ATM Industry Association

There's one sure way to determine which direction your organization is moving in: benchmarking.

Prepaid market still growing

July 3, 2012

In a recent report titled, Prepaid and Gift Cards in the U.S., research firm Packaged Facts said that prepaid payment volume will jump more than 22 percent…

Javelin Study: $675 Billion in deposits vulnerable to bank switching

June 28, 2012

Eleven percent of consumers are likely to switch primary financial institutions in 2012 in a quest for greater convenience and service, according to a new…

Emerging economies embrace banking innovations

ATMs, mobiles and kiosks play nicely together, enabling financial inclusion in developing countries.

Into Africa: ATM-makers explore a growth market

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

Deployment is a different game where populations are diverse, dispersed and largely unbanked.

Dumbing down the ATM: a catalyst for cloud adoption?

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

As a professional blogger with a lengthy background in payment platforms as well as in networking, I happen to believe I am associated with a technology area…

First Data selects i-design for ATM marketing solutions

June 20, 2012

I-design, a Scotland-based developer and supplier of ATM marketing solutions for the banking industry announced that it has won a major contract with FDR…

ATMIA releases new ATM Fraud Survey

June 20, 2012

The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA), the non-profit association for the global ATM industry, today announced the release of a new ATM fraud survey conducted…

Mercator, ATMIA partner on research, info-sharing

June 19, 2012

Mercator Advisory Group and the ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) have announced a joint research cooperation agreement in which Mercator Advisory Group will be…

Webinar highlights ATM software trends

Consumer experience continues to grow as a critical focus for IT departments. 

Study: Cash falling behind debit, credit volumes at the POS

June 12, 2012

A study from Javelin Strategy and Research found that plastic is beating out cash when it comes to retail point of sale volume.

NCR makes the case for 'just phoning it in'

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

New software lets consumers pre-stage ATM withdrawals via mobile device.

Spain's la Caixa rolls out first large scale deployment of contactless EMV

June 8, 2012

Digital security giant Gemalto announced that it is working with la Caixa, one of Spain's largest retail banks with more 10 million customers, to deploy…