Holidays Turn Sour as ATMs ‘dry up’
Stanbic ATM’s Go Solar in Ghana
Power outages should no longer prevent you from accessing your cash – that is if you use Stanbic Bank’s ATMs. The Bank has rolled out what it believes to be the first solar powered offsite ATMs in the country. The solar powered ATMs have been rolled out to provide a reliable, cost efficient alternative to
Ethiopians to Use One ATM Card Across all Banks
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has announced that by the end of this fiscal year, Ethiopians would be able to use one ATM and cheque across all banks in the country. Teklewold Atnafu, NBE Governor, said this week that the new system has been finalized and is ready to be implemented. According to Fanabc,
NCR Software Monitors Commercial Bank of Ethiopia’s Multivendor ATM Network
NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced that Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (“CBE”), the leading bank in the country, has upgraded its ATM management system to NCR APTRA Vision, a multi-vendor self-service management solution. CBE will manage its entire network of more than 1,200 multi-vendor ATMs using NCR APTRA Vision to proactively
Amana Bank to Join Umoja ATMs
Amana Bank, the First Islamic Bank in Tanzania and Umoja Switch will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish ATM Card service. Speaking at a dinner party prepared for the corporate, medium and small Amana Bank customers here over the weekend, the Amana bank’s Marketing and Delivery Channels Manager, Mr Dassu Mussa said that
ATMIA Africa Publishes New Industry Study on Retail Payment Trends in South Africa
The African chapter of the ATM Industry Association has published a commissioned study on retail payment trends in South Africa for its online member Market Intelligence Library. “With 12 million new consumers added to the economy in the last ten years, along with an expanded banked community, the payments pie is getting bigger and bigger,”
Fiserv Successfully Pilots Card-Free Cash at ATMs
Fiserv, Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that it has completed a successful pilot with Jacksonville, Fla.-based VyStar Credit Union to offer card-free access to cash at participating ATMs with CardFree Cash from Fiserv. “Member convenience is a key component of our overall payments strategy,” said Melissa Thomas, vice president,
Stanbic Unveils Modern ATMs
Stanbic Bank Tanzania has unveiled new modern touch-screen automated teller machines (ATMs), which are said to be the first of their kind in the country. “We are launching yet another first from Stanbic Bank,” said Farha Mohamed, Head of Self Service Channels. “Our new ATM’s are the latest version in the market, with the added
NCR Cloud-based Cash Management Software Improves Costs and ATM Availability
NCR Corporation, the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Zhongshan Branch (“ICBC Zhongshan”) will expand its use of NCR APTRA OptiCash software to cover its entire network of 600 ATMs. The project’s initial phase, delivered in a cloud-based software environment, demonstrated a reduction in operation costs and
Four Pillars of the Payments Future
With Greece sinking and the global economy slowing, attention is shifting to new emerging consumer markets of the future, says Mike Lee, ATMIA’s CEO and a futurist. ATMIA’s 2015 Conference and Expo, “Customer experience and channel usage in Africa’s emerging payment and consumer markets”, will look into four pillars of the payments future in the region, namely: Innovation Consumption
