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News/Automated teller machines and network services
Canada's payments association Interac has begun the national roll out of Chip and PIN debit cards after participants in a trial gave the technology a thumbs up.
28 October 2008
Thousands of Japanese police officers have been guarding ATMs around the country today in a bid to stop elderly people falling victim to fraudsters, according to press reports.
15 October 2008
US conglomerate United Technologies Corporation (UTC) has ditched its $2.6 billion bid to acquire ATM manufacturer Diebold.
14 October 2008
Canadian police have arrested and charged a married couple that allegedly ran an ATM card skimming operation in Toronto.
03 October 2008
Card network Visa is developing mobile payments software for handsets that run on Google's new phone operating system, Android.
26 September 2008
VocaLink has signed a deal with China Unionpay (CUP) that will allow Chinese visitors to the UK to withdraw cash at Link ATMs.
22 September 2008
UK bank Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has partnered payments vendor Indigosolutions to launch a pre-paid foreign currency card with SMS top-ups for holidaymakers.
17 September 2008
Banks across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are sending customers text messages urging them to change their PIN numbers following a surge in fraudulent ATM withdrawals made abroad.
11 September 2008
Canadian police have arrested and charged a criminal gang which allegedly stole C$2 million by hacking the database of a Calgary-based business and loading money onto pre-paid cards.
05 September 2008
Two former workers at an Abbey branch in London managed to steal more than £120,000 from cash machines by stuffing wads of notes down their trousers.
29 August 2008
The UK's Co-operative Group is piloting an in-store banking scheme which will introduce financial self-service facilities across its larger supermarkets.
27 August 2008
Brazil's largest financial institution, Banco do Brasil, has contracted with US ATM manufacturer Diebold for the supply of 3500 cash machines and 1900 cheque dispensers.
South Africa's Absa Bank has launched CashSend, a service that enables customers to send funds via ATMs to recipients that do not have a bank account or card.
14 August 2008
As growing numbers of customers tighten their belts amid the economic slowdown, UK independent ATM operator Bank Machine is rolling out a network of units that only dispense £5 notes.
11 August 2008
Irish ATM and payments network operator Payzone says it is evaluating approaches for its Spanish, Italian and French businesses.
08 August 2008
Scores of customers descended on an Alliance & Leicester ATM in Scotland after word spread that the unit was dispensing double the amount of cash requested.
05 August 2008
South African bank Absa has signed a five year deal, worth R1.7 billion ($236.5 million) with telecomms firm Telkom for the provision and management of a wide area network that will connect 2548 sites around the country.
04 August 2008
UK supermarket giant Tesco is set to ramp up its retail banking services after agreeing a £950 million deal to buy out the personal finance joint venture it established with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
28 July 2008
Banco do Brasil has selected Fiserv to provide core banking technology for a new US unit that will focus on providing services to Brazilian immigrants.
22 July 2008
Ohio-based NCR has been accused of paying staff transferred from India to its ATM manufacturing plant in Dundee, Scotland, well below the minimum wage and then axing 51 jobs at the site.
04 July 2008
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