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US retail giant Wal-Mart has teamed up with American Express to launch Bluebird, a mobile-heavy alternative to bank debit and current accounts.
08 October 2012
NatWest has suspended its GetCash mobile app, which lets users withdraw money from ATMs without a card, after it emerged that thieves had defrauded some customers.
Large numbers of Brits have been unable to access their accounts online and withdraw cash from ATMs after separate systems problems at Lloyds Banking Group and the Co-operative Bank.
05 October 2012
Bank BPH in Poland is to install 'Finger Vein' biometric scanners across its branch network to provide customers with secure money transaction services without the need for PIN entry.
19 September 2012
India's ICICI Bank will soon allow customers to make transactions through social network Facebook.
07 September 2012
MasterCard has become the first international payments network to issue a license to a Myanmar bank, paving the way for branded cards to be issued and accepted in the country for the first time.
06 September 2012
Olympics and Paralympics sponsor Visa has run into criticism for failing to provide on-site ATMs that are suitably equipped for blind and partially sighted people.
31 August 2012
MPs have called on Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland to remove their restrictions on customers with basic accounts using rivals' cash machines.
Banco Bradesco has opened a futuristic hi-tech branch in São Paulo Brazil featuring robot guides, personalised financial advisory services from digital avatars and on-screen consultants, biometric interfaces, and wall- and table-mounted gesture-controlled touchscreens.
30 August 2012
Virtual currency transfer provider BitInstant has confirmed that it intends to launch a Bitcoin debit card within the next two months, despite MasterCard recently denying its involvement in the project.
23 August 2012
Visa is working with banks in Myanmar to help build the country's electronic payments infrastructure as it opens up to the rest of the world.
17 August 2012
A Halifax worker has been arrested on suspicion of stealing around £700,000 from the bank's cash machines.
16 August 2012
ATM manufacturer NCR may have broken US sanctions by operating a directly controlled subsidiary in Syria, according to the Wall Street Journal.
14 August 2012
A man who went on a year-long skimming spree, targeting Chase Bank ATMs in four US states and stealing more than $400,000 from victims, has been jailed for five years.
01 August 2012
The South African government has called in MasterCard to help it distribute welfare benefits to millions of people through biometric debit cards.
31 July 2012
Brazilian design outfit Edra Equipamentos has developed an eco-friendly ATM and booth powered by solar energy and composed of recycled and renewable resources.
20 July 2012
Citi has hired former Motorola executive Christy Wyatt to head up its global consumer e-business and mobile technology operations.
29 June 2012
A Detroit man who took advantage of a Bank of America glitch to withdraw $1.5 million he didn't have from ATMs and gamble it away in casinos is facing a jail term.
18 June 2012
Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest customers who forget or lose their cards can now withdraw money from ATMs using their mobile banking app.
13 June 2012
NCR has introduced a card-less and PIN-less ATM withdrawal system that sees customers initiate transactions through their mobile phones and then scan 2D barcodes on the machines' screens.
11 June 2012
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