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Monday, 09 November 2009
Dynamic Card Solutions (DCS), a provider of instant card-issuance hardware and software, debuted its prototype instant-issuance kiosk system at last week's BAI Retail Delivery  conference. DCS' Ron Zanotti demonstrated the solution, which he said capitalizes on the personalization trend in the card market and allows financial institutions to create a one-to-one marketing solution and enhance relationships with their customers.
To use the solution, users simply verify their identities by entering an account number and a secondary form of identification, such as an account PIN. They then are able to choose from a variety of gallery images, which DCS can customize to include photos of local scenes or sports teams, for instance. A user can also create a card featuring a personal photograph uploaded to her account on the FI's Web site.
Zanotti says DCS showcased the prototype at BAI as a way to gauge the industry's interest in such a solution. Based on interest expressed by attendees from banks and credit unions, Zanotti says the company likely will move forward with development of the kiosk, with a potential launch in the second or third quarter of 2010.
The "automated card machine," as DCS has coined it, was manufactured by KIOSK Information Systems, and its user interface was developed in-house by DCS.
Thursday, 01 October 2009
ProTouch, a supplier of electronic point of sale kiosks, has announced a partnership at KioskCom Europe with YesPay, a provider of card payment-processing services. The partnership resulted in several kiosk solutions designed to offer retailers the ability to offer self-service card payments.
According to Retail Banking Reaearch, the number of self-service checkouts is set to quadruple over the next five years.
Protouch said that the solutions will be geared toward supermarkets, rail stations and cinemas that want to offer self-service chip-and-PIN credit and debit card payments.
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Protouch exhibiting its kiosk range at KioskCom Europe.
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Tom Quarry, managing director of ProTouch, says the solution will help retailers meet consumers' self-service expectations:
With self-service payments becoming the norm, we wanted to give retailers an easy-to-deploy solution that ticks all the boxes and that you could practically buy off the shelf.
YesPay’s EMBOSS payment service is fully preaccredited with multiple card acquirers within the U.K. and Republic of Ireland and is PCI DSS Level 1-approved. The system delivers transaction authorization in three to five seconds, and at the end of the day retailers can access and download real-time transaction reports.
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hypercom Corp. has announced that its Artema Modular unattended payment terminals are being deployed by three of Germany's major regional rail transit operators. According to a news release, the solution is PCI-approved and accepts debit and credit cards.
Christian Jurs, vice president of sales for Hypercom Germany, says the deal will help build awareness of the company's solutions in the transportation and self-service industries:
"This deployment strengthens our leadership position in self-service technology (and) our leadership in mobile rail ticketing systems and brings new levels of speed and convenience to hundreds of thousands of travelers."
Hypercom says installation of the payment solution in self-service devices was recently completed at key transit hubs served by Abellio, Rheingahn and Westfalen Bahn-operated trains. The technology will help speed ticketing in more than 370 trains serving more than 200 million commuters and travelers per year.
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Giesecke & Devrient unveils self-service machine for card issuance
29 Apr 2009
Finextra: Giesecke & Devrient presented the first functioning prototype of its new Instant Issuance Kiosk for payment cards at the Visa Europe Member Days in Berlin.
The exhibited product is a self-service machine for private customers, who can use it to issue their own prepaid cards. The machines can be installed anywhere — at train stations, airports, shopping centers, football stadiums, or in the self-service area of a branch bank. The solution enables banks to significantly expand their service offering and improve customer loyalty, while also tapping new business segments and target groups
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Thursday, 19 March 2009
LONG BEACH, Miss. — Triton Systems of Delaware Inc. has joined the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
According to a news release, as a participating organization, Triton will work with the council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard, as well as other payment card data protection standards. As a participating organization, Triton now has access to the latest payment card security standards from the council and will be able to provide feedback on the standards.
"Triton is happy to join the ranks of PCI's participating organizations," said Chuck Hayes, product development manager for Triton, who is representing the ATM manufacturer on the council. "We look forward to assisting in the development of new security standards to protect the interests of both our customers and the general consumer."
PCI DSS, endorsed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc., requires merchants and service providers that store, process or transmit customer payment card data to adhere to information security controls and processes that ensure data integrity.
"The PCI Security Standards Council is committed to helping everyone involved in the payment chain protect consumer payment data," said Bob Russo, general manager of PCI DSS. "By participating in the standards setting process, Triton demonstrates they are playing an active part in this important end goal."
Monday, 23 February 2009
New (Malaysia) Straits Times: Muslims in Malaysia who forgot to bring cash to the mosque will soon have a new option when it comes to paying tithes. The new Maju Masjid eZakat/eDerma kiosks are being placed in mosques across the country and will enable Muslims to pay their tithes via a credit or debit card. The first kiosk was unveiled at the Kampung Baru mosque on Feb. 20.
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Monday, 16 February 2009
BRISTOL, England -- Since it's obtained card processing certification with the Canadian Moneris Bank Processor, CreditCall Corp., an association member, has seen a dramatic rise in the number of Canadian parking terminals that are being equipped with the company's CardEase credit card payment system.
According to a news release, parking machine manufacturers Parkeon and MacKay Meters both offer the CreditCall service to their Canadian customers and have deployed almost 600 of the self-service machines. The largest installed base is in the city of Toronto, although there are also installations in London, Barrie and Brampton (Ontario) and Quebec.
Canadian motorists in these cities no longer have to worry about having enough change to park for the time they need. The CardEase system securely authorizes every transaction online with the bank, protecting the operator against card fraud.
MacKay Meters' customer, Fanshawne College in London, Ontario, has recently added credit card payment to its self-service parking system.
"I'm very happy with this system," said assistant facilities manager Marion Dietze. "It has certainly increased our revenue with credit cards being used. Customers often purchase more parking than needed but they feel comfortable with this choice."
Thursday, 22 January 2009
PADERBORN, Germany -- An ability to provide a more comprehensive package of services and solutions for retail and banking is something Wincor Nixdorf AG executives are touting at this year's Wincor World.
Wincor Nixdorf president and chief executive Eckard Heidloff has stressed the corporate vision of a continued transition from providing solely hardware to providing more inclusive solutions and services that offer financial institutions and retailers more.
On the retail side, that means service and IT infrastructure, and a chance, the company says, to make inroads in developing markets such as India and China. But Wincor Nixdorf also expects its holistic approach to help build its business in developed markets like the United States, where retail growth has been a challenge. Last year, Wincor Nixdorf's retail business dropped 2 percent, and it fell another 3 percent during the first quarter of fiscal year 2008/2009.
But Heidloff expressed confidence about retail growth over the next three quarters, saying "We have strong innovative solutions for retail with cash management, but we have to communicate our offerings much better in the U.S."
In addition to cash management and automated checkout solutions, which Wincor Nixdorf has showcased at Wincor World for the last few years, this year the company introduced a new transaction processing offer for retailers and FIs.
On an outsourced basis, Wincor Nixdorf can now manage debit- and credit-card transaction processing for FI and retail customers. The payment processing services for retail companies include IT-infrastructure management, the transfer of all card transactions to the bank acquirer that settles the card transactions, as well as the provision and support of the POS terminals at the retail location.
One advantage to the outsourced approach, Wincor Nixdorf says: Retailers are no longer tied to a specific bank.
"The option of changing its financial services provider improves a retailer's position when it comes to negotiating lower charges," the company says. "Wincor Nixdorf's transaction processing services for banks range from transaction checking and forwarding to authorization, back-up and transfer of the posting data records, and provision of the data center and network infrastructure. All types of national and international cards are processed. The service covers all transactions offered at self-service terminals: from balance inquiries to cash dispensing."
Wincor Nixdorf says it also assumes responsibility for the maintenance, remote monitoring, cash replenishment and the transaction platform for all of the ATMs in the retail environment.
"Quick and smooth transaction processes are ensured by automatic synchronization with systems at other locations and automatic transfer of the relevant functions," Wincor Nixdorf says. "As a result, transactions can be monitored and analyzed online, at the branch or store and at the head office."
Thursday, 08 January 2009
MALVERN, Pa. -- USA Technologies, a provider of cashless transaction processing, networked services and energy management for unattended devices, has announced an exclusive deal with AIR-serv Group LLC, a provider of tire inflation and car vacuum kiosks.
Under the agreement, USA Technologies would provide ePort card readers for all of AIR-serv's kiosks, which are located in gas stations across the U.S.
The announcement came in a letter from USA Technologies to its shareholders.
"Now motorists who pull into gas stations or convenience stores would be able to use their debit or credit card to operate the kiosks that will inflate their tires or vacuum the interior of their cars," the letter read. "AIR-serv has an install base of 90,000 kiosks."
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
DUBAI, United Arab Emirites — MxN Middle East FZ-LLC, a Dubai-based digital signage and digital media company, has been appointed as distributor by KIOSK Information Systems. MxN is pleased to add the Self Service Kiosk products of KIOSK to the impressive list of products it distributes for the Digital Signage and Digital Media industry. KIOSK manufactures information kiosk solutions with functions such as touchscreens, ticket printers, card readers, card dispensing solutions, bill payment, money accepting, money dispensing, order entry, photo kiosk solutions, music download, public Internet access terminals, gaming kiosks as well as biometric solutions such as fingerprint readers.
"In today's digital world, solutions like the ones MxN provides will increasingly become the norm. MxN provides a full turnkey solution including the hardware, software, content and technical support," said Raad Raad, managing director of MxN.
Dan Stewart, director of international sales for KIOSK said, “I strongly support the fact that we are learning and growing together in a business where sharing our knowledge with the right partner is critical. Our partnership with MxN enables us not only to support our customers with a complete solution, but most importantly, brings their attention to cost effective and world leading products with partners they can trust.”
Preliminary research indicates that the out of home media industry is growing at a very fast rate. There are many underutilized opportunities for the integration of digital signage and information kiosks. More and more customers are requesting overhead LCD screens to be integrated into their service kiosks to promote their products or to generate extra revenue. MxN has developed innovative solutions for integrating digital signage into kiosk solutions. The main benefits of this are to leverage the kiosk placement and use an overhead screen for media sales or information distribution.
MxN is one of the only companies in the region to be able to provide a full turnkey solution for its customers. MxN is an example of a company committed to maintaining its dominant leadership position in the area of digital media.
"In choosing MxN, one of the determining factors was their ability to deliver on all aspects of a project from hardware, software and technology to content," continued Stewart.
"We are very excited about adding KIOSK as a product that MxN distributes. We are constantly looking for solutions and products that take our integration and installation abilities above those of our competitors. KIOSK is a very real example of a product that helps us achieve that goal," said MxN's Raad.
Friday, 11 April 2008
PORTSMOUTH, RI — Self-Service Networks, a provider of turnkey self-service solutions, will exhibit their award finalist solutions at KioskCom Self Service Expo and Digital Signage Show in Las Vegas on April 16-17.
The Electronic Gift Card Dispenser, a gift card sales kiosk deployed with Comdata/SVS, and the Thule Interactive Point of Purchase, a point-of-decision selling solution, have both been nominated as finalists in the Best Retail Deployment category for the Self Service Excellence Awards.
The Self Service Excellence Awards honor innovation in self-service, business solutions and interactive digital media. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony during KioskCom Self Service Expo on Wednesday, April 16th, at 4:15 p.m.
Additionally at the show, Self-Service Networks will exhibit solutions for wayfinding, human resources, corporate communications, bill payment, ticketing, digital signage and financial transactions.
Thursday, 03 April 2008
Baseline: The major data breach affecting Hannaford Brothers grocery chain isn’t record-setting in terms of the volume of records exposed — the 4.2 million records breached is dwarfed by the 94 million records exposed during the TJX breach. But the Hannaford breach is groundbreaking in its own way, because this massive security incident is the first publicly-reported exposure to hit a retailer that claims to have been certified as compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI).
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Iol.co.za (Africa): Major banks are equipping their ATMs with advanced security features in a bid to counter skimming devices. "Jitter" software causes a vibration to the ATM card reader which sends a disrupted signal to any illegal skimming device. This prevents copying from banking cards and makes card skimming impossible.
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Monday, 09 July 2007
The Associated Press: Pay-at-the-table systems are popular in Europe and other parts of the world, but they haven't yet caught on in the United States, largely because equipment makers haven't been able to point to a reason why restaurateurs should invest in the gear. Manufacturers now see an opportunity. A rise in the number of "skimming" scams, in which waiters use hand-held computers to quietly record customers' credit card information and sell it, is creating a sense of urgency. The concern is pushing managers to speed the flow of diners during peak hours.
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Monday, 30 April 2007
ZDnet.co.uk: Barclays has been working on a contactless system for taxis, and now the U.K. bank and Computer Cab have teamed to develop a near-field-communications-payments system for taxis. Passengers can pay for fares by pressing their NFC-equipped credit or debit cards against the readers.
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Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Techworld: The next big trend in restaurant technology might be the replacement of existing POS systems with open architecture devices that are extensible. For instance, unstaffed order stations can be configured as self-service kiosks, complete with card-swipe readers. These have been popular at a deli chain that's doing a pilot because customers can customize orders and ensure they're right.
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Monday, 16 April 2007
Bradenton.com: According to sales research from USA Technologies, consumers spend 32 percent more per vending transaction when using their credit and debit cards. The data also found that the higher an item's price, the higher the use of credit and debit cards.
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Thursday, 29 March 2007
Kten.com: A Tulsa airport has become the second test site in the nation for vending machines that will accept credit cards for payment.
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007
Amonline.com: MasterCard Worldwide and USA Technologies announced that Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Co. will begin equipping vending machines with USA Technologies' e-Port G6 cashless transaction solution to accept MasterCard PayPass contactless payments. Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Co., which vends beverages and snacks throughout central and northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas, is the third major U.S. bottling company to convert to cashless and contactless vending in recent months.
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Statesman.com: Cadbury Schweppes PLC and MasterCard Inc. are testing 750 vending machines in the Dallas area, New York and Chicago to determine whether people spend more at vending machines that accept plastic. So far, the determination has been that they do spend more.
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Tuesday, 27 February 2007
PADERBORN, Germany · Wincor Nixdorf International and Cisco Systems Inc. have announced joint solution called SecurePOS, which is designed to enhance the security of transaction data generated in cashless payment scenarios.
According to a news release, the two companies have bundled their solution expertise to protect security for data-traffic passing from POS terminals to central systems in retailing enterprises. TP.net, the store software from Wincor Nixdorf, encrypts transaction data at the store level. Cisco's portfolio offers protection of data in retailer networks, using a special client to help defend against the compromise of data from POS systems to store-server and central systems.
One crucial factor in generating trust in the security of cashless-payment systems is protecting credit card-data, Wincor says. Reports of credit-card theft and hacker abuse have shaken the confidence of cardholders and retailing companies. The Payment Card Industry's data security standard includes a set of requirements that establish standards for credit-card transactions. Retailing enterprises that transact business with credit cards must comply with those regulations.
Wincor and Cisco say their solution package will help retailers address some of PCI's requirements.
Monday, 26 February 2007
Christianpost.com: Members of Stevens Creek Community Church in Augusta, Ga., have long been swiping their cards on SecureGive kiosks built by the church's founding pastor, Dr. Marty Baker. With a touchscreen monitor, a secure encrypted PIN pad, and an instant receipt printer, Stevens Creek saw an 18 percent increase in giving since the kiosk came out nearly two years ago.
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Friday, 17 November 2006
PHOENIX - Hypercom Corp. announced that it has released a new EMV/PCI-approved unattended bankcard reader module for use in the self-service kiosk market. The new Optimum H2210 is a manual hybrid card reader accepting both magnetic stripe and smart cards and offering key size, integration and flexibility advantages over competitive units. It complements Hypercom's growing portfolio of unattended payment products, including the Optimum H2200 motorized chip & PIN card reader released last year.
"There is increasing demand for unattended bankcard readers in general, and manual readers in particular, both because of the lower cost and the smaller footprint," said Neil P. Hudd, senior vice president, Global Product Development and Marketing for Hypercom. "With the H2200 and now the H2210, we can provide both manual and motorized solutions for a market that is growing at a rate of nearly 11 percent per year and even more in the retail self-checkout sector. We also offer engineering advantages in both product categories that we believe will generate significant new business opportunities."
The new H2210 is designed to be incorporated into indoor or outdoor kiosks used in a variety of self-service environments. It has the smallest form factor of any product of its kind, offering important benefits for integrators who must fit multiple peripherals into limited kiosk space. It features an internal EMV Level 2 kernel that supports all current-generation EMV payment cards and eliminates the need for external components, and easy integration with Hypercom's K1200 or K1100 keypad via standard hardware connections and a common software platform to eliminate technical problems encountered when third-party keypads must be used.
The module supports all types of smart card applications with an EMV-compliant interface and offers a variety of hardware and software security features, including protection against unauthorized physical access and removal from the kiosk itself. A front card gate prevents coins, dust, moisture and other harmful debris from entering the reader, and it opens only when an ISO-size card is presented to the metal front bezel to thwart vandals.
Monday, 28 August 2006
Niagra Gazette: Bank of America is inventing new gadgets to better penetrate the saturated credit card market. A Niagra Gazette reporter recently toured their card development lab.
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Thursday, 11 May 2006
Star Micronics releases thermal printing card reader/writer
Star Micronics is pleased to introduce our latest product, the TCP400 thermal re-writeable card reader/writer. The TCP400 offers the latest in card technology in a compact and attractive package.
This new product from Star Micronics is the latest generation of Visual Card Reader/ Writer systems. The TCP400 is a "thermo-chromic" visual and magnetic card reader/writer which can be used to erase and re-write/print up-to-date information, loyalty points and special promotions on an Industry standard Leuco card (high-contrast blue or black text on any color background). The unique dual pass head can provide clear text at 30 mm/second with a second lower, high quality output speed for barcodes, photographic reproduction or other high quality graphics output. The TCP400 is a compact and streamlined unit that will fit into any environment and is simple to operate. The card is simply inserted into the front of the unit and is updated and automatically ejected in as little as 4 seconds.
Re-writeable thermal cards for the TCP40 can be written/erased up to 500 times for a single card. This makes the TCP400 a qualified solution for many applications including loyalty and incentive cards, appointment reminder cards, gaming points cards, temporary passes, IDs and credentials and more.
In addition to the writing/re-writing of the human readable area of a thermal card, the TCP400 also offers support for 3-track ISO magnetic stripe reading/writing.
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59964510
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TCP490ZUN GRY
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TCP400 Housed Unit, Dual USB/RS232 Serial Interface, Gray Case Color
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59964910
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TCP410ZUN GRY
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TCP400 Housed Unit, Dual USB/RS232 Serial Interface, Gray Case Color, 3-track Mag-Stripe Read/Write
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39996820
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IFBD-HN03
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Ethernet Interface Board
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Wednesday, 03 May 2006
LAS VEGAS — JCM and KIC Products designed the pre-saturated cleaning card exclusively for JCM bill validators. It will make its debut at Southern Gaming Summit this May, and will be available through the JCM sales team and through KIC Products' distributors. For information, visit www.jcmwaffletechnology.com.
"At JCM, we make it a point to work with our customers on preventive maintenance programs to help keep their systems and equipment operating at its peak," JCM director of customer service David Kubajak said.
Waffletechnology first gained widespread industry attention when it was introduced at G2E 2004. product is unique because it is the first specifically designed for a particular brand.
Waffletechnology cleaning cards incorporate flexible, raised platforms on their top and bottom surfaces. These cleaning platforms are essentially spring-loaded, significantly increasing the pressure applied to the internal components as the card passes through the mechanism.
Friday, 21 April 2006
Las Vegas, NV - MagTek Inc, a global leader in electronic payment technology, will unveil their latest security product, a MagnePrint Enabled Encrypting Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR) today at ETA's 2006 Annual Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, NV. The Encrypting Magnetic Stripe Reader provides complete protection of sensitive card data ensuring information is encrypted within the reader before it is transmitted to the card processing endpoint.
By incorporating MagnePrint, MagTek's proven Card Authentication Technology, into the Encrypting Magnetic Stripe Reader, the merchant can accept payment cards with the confidence the Encrypting MSR will secure the transaction, while MagnePrint will secure the card from fraudulent activity, such as 'skimming'. The Encrypting MSR will capture and encrypt data from all ISO- and AAMVA-encoded magnetic stripes, and is fully compatible with MagTek's existing USB MSR product line.
"In compliance with the Payment Card Industry mandates, the Encrypting Magnetic Stripe Reader enabled with MagnePrint offers a guaranteed resolution to susceptible card data" said John Arato, Vice President and Business Unit Manager, Retail Products at MagTek, Inc., "bringing a new level of security and protection to the payment industry and providing a solid and reliable front end product for our customers."
The reader fully supports TDEA (Triple DES) data encryption using the DUKPT key management method. This data encryption process prevents card holder information from being accessed at the POS terminal or from any Internet location; the data remains secure from end point to end point.
The Encrypting MSR is compatible with any device having a host USB interface. Standard configurations, such as traditional USB HID mode or USB Keyboard Emulation, are available and it does not need any special software drivers since it depends only on the native drivers of the operating system.
For an in-depth demonstration of the Encrypting Magnetic Stripe Reader or the MagnePrint Card Authentication Technology, please visit MagTek at booth #421 during the ETA Show.
About MagTek
Since 1972, MagTek has been a world leader in electronic transaction technology, from magnetic stripe card readers and writers to high-accuracy MICR check readers and scanners, secure PIN issuance and cardholder verification systems. The company's products and components are in use today at point-of-sale (POS) and back-office locations in thousands of companies around the world; incorporated into kiosks and ATMs, banking customer service terminals, custom retail POS terminals, and restaurant and hospitality equipment. MagTek is based in Carson, California and has sales offices throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, with independent distributors in over 40 countries.
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