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…

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.