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The Scottish Government is to launch a debt advice campaign to consumers using bank cash machine screens during the festive season.
19 November 2008
Thieves have blown up four St George Bank cash machines with acetylene gas in Sydney, Australia, successfully stealing money from one.
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is upgrading its national network of over 3700 ATMs and installing new machines from NCR.
12 November 2008
In a bid to tackle scammers swindling elderly people out of cash, Japanese students have developed a security tool that warns members of the public to turn off their mobile phones when they approach ATMs.
07 November 2008
Residents of the English market town of Chorley flocked to a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) ATM last week after word spread that the unit was dispensing double the amount of cash requested.
06 November 2008
Two men who purloined the details of thousands of credit cards from Chip and PIN terminals and used them to make counterfeits before stealing over £1 million have been jailed at a London Court.
29 October 2008
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
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