Valero partners with Tio for new services

May 24, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia -Valero Energy Corp. and Tio Networks Corp. are expected to roll out self-serve bill-payment and financial-services kiosks at more…

Smart Card Marketing signs prepaid deal with Canadian ISO

May 24, 2006

SAN ANTONIO - Smart Card Marketing Systems Inc., provider of prepaid cards, value-smart storage cards and payment-transaction-management services, signed a…

Kenyan banks use ATMs to attract customers

May 24, 2006

All Africa: With the growing need to offer quality services at lower cost, Kenya is experiencing an explosion of electronic cash services, including ATMs. And…

NCR inks ATM deal with Italian post office

May 18, 2006

BARCELONA, Spain- NCR Corp. and Poste Italiane, the national Italian post office, struck a multimillion euro deal for the deployment of 1,000 NCR Personas M…

Global Axcess sells 50% of South African subsidiary

May 17, 2006

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - Global Axcess Corp. has sold 50 percent of its South African subsidiary, Cash Axcess Corp., to South African private investment firm…

South Africa's Postbank launches new Visa debit card

May 16, 2006

My Broadband: Visa International has begun replacing Postbank's ATM cards with Postbank Visa Electron cards. The rollout follows last year's agreement between…

CSC24Seven taps firm to roll out prepaid program

May 15, 2006

NACHA approves rules for back-office check conversion

May 9, 2006

SAN DIEGO - NACHA-The Electronic Payments Association approved an amendment to its operating rules that allows retailers and billers to convert eligible checks…

Tio Networks launches clerk-assisted payments program

May 2, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Tio Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., is now processing payments through Tio Express, its new clerk-assisted…

Pay-Ease, Meisel Capital Partners join forces

May 1, 2006

ROSELLE, Ill. - Kiosk developer Pay-Ease and Meisel Capital Partners, an investment firm in Rockville, Md., have joined forces to offer bill-payment and ATM…

Payment Data Systems receives patent for bill-payment system

April 30, 2006

Finextra: Payment Data Systems Inc., an integrated electronic-payments provider, received a patent for its technology and method for managing and processing…

Tio Networks signs bill-pay deal with Nashville Electric

April 26, 2006

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville Electric Service and Tio Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., announced in a news release the launch of a…

Money Network, Wal-Mart launch no-fee option for check-cashing

April 24, 2006

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - First Data Corp.'s Money Network and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have teamed to offer a no-fee paycard check-cashing option at more than 3,00…

An insider's look ... from Palm Desert, Calif.

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Palm Desert National Bank invited 50 partners to California last week to discuss the changing ATM and financial services world.

Info Touch changes name to Tio Networks

April 11, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp., which owns the Tio financial services network, has changed its name to Tio Networks Corp., according…

Tio Networks, Tranax launch hybrid-ATM strategy

April 11, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Tio Networks Corp., formerly Info Touch Technologies Corp., and Tranax Technologies Inc. have entered a strategic partnership to…

Card-reload network reaches Canada's unbanked

April 9, 2006

ePaynews.com: Canada should receive its first prepaid card reload network under a joint venture with card issuer and MasterCard partner Mint Technology Corp.

Prepaid Media appoints new CEO

April 6, 2006

NASHUA, N.H. - Prepaid Media, a media outlet and information services provider to the prepaid card industry, appointed Anil D. Aggarwal its chief executive.

Improving the customer experience

April 5, 2006

This article appeared in the ATM & Financial Self-Service Executive Summary, Spring 2006.

AccountNow.Net closes on $12 million of funding

April 4, 2006

SAN RAMON, Calif. - AccountNow Inc., which markets MasterCard-branded and FDIC-insured stored-value cards for the estimated 40 million underbanked consumer…