7-Eleven intros second wave of Vcom ATM hybrids

April 2, 2006

The New York Times: ATMs have long been a staple in convenience stores, but now several major chains, including 7-Eleven, are installing transactional kiosks…

Tranax makes strategic move, strikes out on its own

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

For the last six years, Tranax Technologies worked closely with Nautilus Hyosung, selling and supporting its ATMs in the U.S. But now Tranax is venturing out…

Retail bill-payment: One solution, two approaches

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

March 26, 2006

Two giants of financial self-service choose different paths to expand their retail bill-payment kiosk programs.

Info Touch announces new bill payment program

March 23, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp. signed an agreement with both San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Gas Company to…

Welfare recipients pay high fees at ATM for benefits

March 23, 2006

CBS (Denver) Channel-4: Denver welfare recipients have paid more than $1.8 million in ATM fees in the last two years to access their benefits, The Denver Post…

Visa offers prepaid reloads at retail locations

March 22, 2006

The Wisemarketer: Visa USA has introduced the Visa Prepaid Load Network, a new service that allows consumers to purchase and add funds to Visa reloadable…

BillMatrix counsels California commission on bill-pay legislation

March 20, 2006

Houston Chronicle: BillMatrix Corp., a provider of outsourced telephone and Internet-based payment services and a subsidiary of Fiserv Inc., briefed the…

Info Touch, Sunoco offer bill-pay and financial services

March 9, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp. teamed with Sunoco Inc.'s retail marketing division to set up a pilot program for self-serve…

ATMIA East: Big on security

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

Fraud prevention was the focus of this year's ATMIA Conference East. And with an appearance from Frank Abagnale and a slate of security-focused presentations…

SURVEY: Reaching the unbanked

March 5, 2006

Chicago's The Center for Financial Services Innovation conducted an industry survey in November to learn how many financial services companies and institutions…

Info Touch, Circle K deploy ZapLink in Texas

March 1, 2006

BURNABY, British Columbia - Info Touch Technologies Corp. is expected to deploy 25 ZapLink kiosks at select Circle K Stores Inc. convenience stores in El Paso…

Deployers move with caution on kiosk/ATM hybrids

February 28, 2006

Bank Systems & Technology: While non-banks push the ATM-functionality envelope, banks haven't done much in the way of advanced kiosks. Madhavi Mantha, a…

First Data's TeleCheck delivers cost-effective way to process checks

February 28, 2006

DENVER - First Data Corp. subsidiary TeleCheck Services Inc., a leading check acceptance company, released a new tool to combat check fraud and reduce merchant…

Cardtronics, Info Touch announce hybrid ATM

February 27, 2006

BURNABY, BC - Cardtronics Inc. and Info Touch Technologies Corp. are expected to introduce a hybrid ATM this spring that combines traditional cash dispense…

Western Union inks deal with UAE bank

February 23, 2006

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Western Union Financial Services Inc. announced in a news release a strategic relationship with Bank Al Bilad of Saudi Arabia to…

Electronic Payment & Transfer Corp. triples client-base in '05

February 14, 2006

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - Payment processor Electronic Payment & Transfer Corp. announced in a news release that its EasyGreen Pay Card client base more than…

Vero, Tranax join forces to provide self-service check-cashing solution

February 14, 2006

PORTLAND, Ore. - Vero Inc., a financial-services-technology provider, announced in a news release that it has entered into a marketing relationship with Tranax…

Western Union launches domestic money transfer in Chile

February 9, 2006

DENVER - Western Union Financial Services Inc. and Chilexpress, one of Chile's largest domestic couriers, are launching domestic money-transfer services in…

The future of banking

February 5, 2006

Banking executives shared their perspectives at Wincor World 2006 in Paderborn, Germany. Here is a compilation of the information they presented Jan. 24-26 at…

Source Technologies, KIS take latest tech to Orlando

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

February 1, 2006

Anchor partners at next month's self-service and kiosk show include financial-services leader Source Technologies and kiosk titan Kiosk Information Systems.