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Back to the future: An argument for the 'retro' bank ATM
In the beginning was the bank ATM. This through-the-wall machine dispensed cash to any customer with a card, a PIN and available funds. This basic ATM was the very essence of disruptive technology, facilitating the closure of tens of thousands of bank branches around the world, and taking countless bank teller jobs with them. Customers rejoiced at their newfound freedom from the teller queue. Bankers were thrilled as branch operating costs were slashed.
4 ways FIs are fighting ATM upgrade fatigue
In less than 24 months, banks face yet another ATM upgrade/ replacement cycle when Windows 7 goes end of life, to be replaced by Windows 10. This comes on the heels of a Windows 7 upgrade from Windows XP which in some cases is still being completed. It also follows required ATM upgrades for PCI, ADA and EMV, all in the last decade. Can you blame the banks for feeling confused, angry and abused when it comes to their ATMs?
Free trade is a 2-way street
Free trade is a good thing. Two-way free trade, that is. Economics 101 and the law of comparative advantage tell us that each country and economy has a unique set of resources and skills that should determine what gets produced. Through two-way, free trade, countries are better off producing things at lower opportunity costs and trading fairly for other goods.
5 reasons to be bullish on Cardtronics
One of the advantages of being a public company is the ability to issue and sell shares to raise capital. On the flip side, the SEC requires you to confess annually to the world in gory detail all of your hopes, fears, successes and failures. Whether by accident or by design, these opaque annual reports (10-Ks in SEC-speak) come cloaked in sheer volume, legalese and 1-point type, making it likely that only the hardiest of souls ever take the time to plow through them.
Supreme injustice?
Last Friday the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case arguing that states can require internet retailers to collect sales taxes regardless of physical location. This is a Big Deal for the ATM industry. Triton and ATMGurus believe that the Supreme Court should not side with the states — but not for the reasons you might think. We also believe that readers should be aware of the other side of the story, which is not being told.
ATM forecasts and fortunes for 2018
As has been true every year, our predictions will likely prove to be off the mark, highly questionable or just plain wrong. And yet, we will prognosticate again this year, on the off chance that we do manage to land a few correct guesses. Here is where we see the ATM industry headed in 2018. The U.S. ATM industry will reach full saturation With nearly half a million ATMs operating in the U.S., it sometimes seems that there really is one on every corner.
'Gimme shelter': A tale of cyberwar, bank panic and ATM cash
Depositors gather in the rain outside Bank of United States after its failure in 1931. (photo, Library of Congress) Imagine for a moment that North Korea or some other rogue state successfully launches a cyberattack against a small or medium-size U.S. bank. As a result of the hack, bank records are scrambled or frozen and customers of that bank no longer have access to their money. The number of victims immediately involved totals only tens of thousands.
The ATM world is in for a seismic shift ... Are you ready?
In what looks like a unique confluence of events, seismic changes in the ATM landscapes of Australia and the U.K. — and the ongoing EMV upheaval in the U.S. — will likely mean a tectonic shift in the global retail ATM industry.
Like shooting fish in a barrel: How to land merchant ATM sites after EMV
Winning merchant sites is HARD. Most of these folks are savvy, ruthless negotiators who will squeeze all of the profitability out of an ATM site contract even if you are "lucky enough" to win a site. At most locations, IADs aren't generating enough profit to upgrade these terminals to EMV. Merchants, meanwhile, continue to play "wait and see" to evaluate whether the chargeback risk will be worth the ATM upgrade cost.
Half a million strong: A salute to the much-maligned ATM
Just last week, the ATM Industry Association reported that 500,000 automated teller machines have now been deployed in the United States. Given that the number of bank ATMs in the U.S. has remained relatively flat at an estimated 125,000 terminals, the ATMIA figure means that 375,000 independently owned "white label" ATMs are operating in the United States today.
A different look at Visa's supposed war on cash
[A couple of weeks ago], the Wall Street Journal reported on Visa's bold new "war on cash" program. In exchange for up to $10,000 in upgraded POS hardware, merchants would agree to ban the use of cash to pay for goods and services Visa CEO Al Kelly didn't mince words when he boasted, "We're focused on putting cash out of business." Well of course he is.
The war on plastic
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Visa's bold new "war on cash" program. In exchange for up to $10,000 in upgraded POS hardware, merchants would agree to ban the use of cash to pay for goods and services Visa CEO Al Kelly didn't mince words when he boasted, "We're focused on putting cash out of business." Well of course he is.
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