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Issue 254 | July 2008

• Booming beyond belief
• Rising fuel costs impact ATM servicing industry
• Card fraud reduces consumer confidence in cashless payments
• Balancing consumer protection and innovation in the payments sector
• Merchant acquiring - Cinderella goes to the ball
• ATM bombings on the rise in South Africa
• Potent prepaid potential
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on the United Kingdom
• Conference diary

Issue 253 | June 2008

• Turkey stands out from the crowd
• Deposit automation helps boost maturing ATM market
• Wincor Nixdorf perspective - challenges and opportunities in self-service banking
• Dramatic rise in ATM fraud losses driven by international card skimming
• Faster payments, slowly
• Are bank tellers redundant?
• US ACH payments increase 12.6% in 2007
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on the Czech Republic
• Conference diary

Issue 252 | May 2008

• A world with lower POS interchange fees
• Interchange fees - the $64 billion controversy 
• What is the future for IADs in Germany
• Maestro's debit card position threatened in Europe
• End of decline in Finnish ATM market?
• London hosts Europe's largest ATM conference
• Competition and regulatory pressures fuel change in payments industry
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Germany
• Conference diary

Issue 251 | April 2008

• UK card fraud explodes
• Growth in European ATM market driven by CEE
• Entry of IADs change dynamics of Turkish ATM market
• UK card fraud jumps 25% as losses abroad spiral
• ATM security conference to be held in London
• SEPA - the €123 billion question
• EC Regulation 2560/2001 to be revised
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Bulgaria
• Conference diary

Issue 250 | March 2008

• Multivendor ATM software comes of age
• Bright future for multivendor ATM software
• RBA reviews Australian payment systems reform
• Shared branch networks offer solution to UK bank branch closures
• Barclays' purchase of Goldfish highlights poor condition of UK credit card sector
• News Bulletin: New European regulation of cross-border direct debits
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Ireland
• Conference diary

Issue 249 | February 2008

• CEE cards market boom will continue
• ACH and debit card payments replace cheques in the USA
• UK cash-in-transit attacks reduced after industry cooperation
• Strong business case for ITTs drives non-bank deployment in Russia
• London to host Europe's leading ATM conference
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Estonia
• Conference diary

Issue 248 | January 2008

• How important is 28th January for SEPA?
  
• SEPA - plus ça change...
• UK payments landscape to see significant changes
  
• Dubai hosts inaugural ATM conference
  
• Iran to dominate ATM market in Middle East and Africa?
  
• EFMA self-service conference centres on future of the ATM
• Global smart card shipments to reach 4.8 billion in 2008
  
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Portugal
• Conference diary

Issue 247 | December 2007

• Unravelling the latest card statistics
• UK credit card slowdown conceals strong growth in rest of Europe
• Contactless payments and wireless POS draw attention at Cartes in Paris
• Convenience, convergence and control at BAI Retail Delivery in Las Vegas
• First Data follows organic growth strategy after buyout
• Banks underline importance of cards in business strategy at Berlin conference
• EMV chip cards curb ATM fraud in Europe
• New ATM conference to be held in Dubai
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Finland
• Conference diary

Issue 246 | November 2007

• Ethical dilemmas in ATM security
• ATM security experts converge on London
• Security and convenience - the business case for mobility
• Concern over rising ATM fees in the USA
• Spanish cardholders pay more to withdraw cash
• Co-branded cards enter the French market
• News Bulletin: French banks warned not to block SEPA
• New ATM conference to be held in Dubai
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Turkey
• Conference diary

Issue 245 | October 2007

• What is holding back ATM outsourcing?
  
• 2010 SEPA targets likely to be missed
  
• Banks endorse EAPS despite obstacles
  
• Rising demand and competition in ATM service and maintenance
• Optimising the ATM as part of an integrated sales channel
• Cheque usage continues to fall
  
• News Bulletin: first chip and PIN transaction in Canada
  
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Spain
• Middle Eastern ATMs: new conference to offer insights into regional developments
  
• Conference diary
  

Issue 244 | September 2007

• Without chip and PIN, card fraud would be much worse
  
• Competitive and fluid European market for PSPs
  
• Eurosystem: increased efforts required to ensure SEPA success
  
• Indian ATM market anticipates rapid expansion
  
• UK card fraud decreases for second consecutive year
  
• News Bulletin: reform of Australian ATM system
  
• ATM SEC 7 - ATM security conference programme
  
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on France
• Conference diary

Issue 243 | August 2007

• Off-site remains key to global ATM growth
• Off-site ATMs drive ATM growth across Europe
• Off-site ATM strategies surprisingly varied across markets
• Off-site ATM sector takes Japan by storm
• The future of SIA_SSB and the European payment processing market
• Value of French card fraud rises to €253 million
• News Bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Austria
• ATM SEC 7 -  Europe's only dedicated ATM security conference
• Conference diary

Issue 242 | July 2007

• Europe's contrasting ATM region
• Russia and the Ukraine lead CEE's ATM market growth
• Ukranian payment cards market aims to boost usage
• European Commission expert group reports on bank account mobility
• EBAday confirms that SEPA will not be built in one day
• ATEFI conference in Panama reviews Latin American ATM market
• Maximising ATM utility
• News Bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Slovenia
• Conference diary

Issue 241 | June 2007

• The ATM celebrates its 40th birthday
• The great ATM inventor controversy 
• John Shepherd-Barron gives a personal account of the early days of the ATM
• Contactless payment cards to launch in UK
• NCR perspective: branch optimisation - it's all about experience
• Smart shipments to top 4 billion by the end of 2007
• UK banks to issue handheld card readers to online banking customers
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on the Netherlands
• Conference diary

Issue 240 | May 2007

• Europe's subtle shift to advanced ATM functionality
• Increasing maturity and sophistication of ATM market
• UK's retail banks face new market study by the Office of Fair Trading
• Debit cards: EAPS gains ground in SEPA battle 
• KKR buy-out overshadows First Data acquisition of Polcard
• RBR/ATMIA Europe conference to become regular fixture
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Slovakia
• Conference diary

Issue 239 | April 2007

• The TAU revival
  
• Teller automation market increasingly driven by cash recyclers
  
• Connecting to customers with cash automation
  
• Overhault of UK payments environment continues
  
• The Bulletin Interview: John Hardy on the future of LINK
  
• Strong growth in cashless payments in the USA
  
• Chip and PIN leads to rise in fraud abroad
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Denmark
• Conference diary
  

Issue 238 | March 2007

• New wave of banking regulation
  
• European Commission report confirms competition concerns
  
• Italian banking sector suffers from weak competitive dynamic
  
• Resurgence of free ATMs in the UK likely to be temporary
  
• Teller assist technology takes centre stage at Wincor World
  
• Thriving India prepares for foreign market players
• Focus on mobile banking, contactless payments and biometric authentication at OMNICARD
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Croatia
• Conference diary
  

Issue 237 | February 2007

• Deposit automation is gaining momentum
  
• Thriving Asia-Pacific ATM market extends its global lead
  
• SEPA - less than one year to the first milestones
  
• Dutch and British have lowest bank charges
  
• SberCard aims for half of Russia's cards market
  
• European Commission report raises competition concerns
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Greece
• Conference diary
  

Issue 236 | January 2007

• Maestro versus cash
• Eurosystem worried about the implementation of SEPA
  
• How healthy is the global ATM market?
  
• Europe set for contactless payments boom
  
• Free ATMs - the debate rolls on
  
• ATM location strategies - will drive-thru take off in the UK?
  
• Open standards drive ATM deployment in CEE
  
• EFMA self-service conference focusses on cash
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Romania
• Conference diary
  

Issue 235 | December 2006

• Introducing monthly account fees is not easy
  
• Large discrepancies in pricing and usage of direct debits
• Increased account holding revives Latin American ATM market
  
• Retail Delivery focuses on integration of automation across the branch
  
• More than 3 billion smart cards shipped in 2006
• Chip and PIN begins to impact on UK fraud
• Cartes 2006: Industry embraces technological advances
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Lithuania
• Conference diary
  

Issue 234 | November 2006

• Global ATM market insights
• Emerging markets drive global ATM growth
• Visa's IPO could raise $10 billion
• US EFT networks compete for POS debit card transactions
• Customer demand drives European ATM deployment
• Differentiation and diversity in payment cards
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on Sweden
• Conference diary

Issue 233 | October 2006

• The rise of the free convenience ATM
  
• Foreign banks still to penetrate French acquiring market
• New Zealand competition authority forces guilty pleas
  
• EFMA conference illuminates SEPA fatigue
  
• SEPA compliance possible, but payment revenues will fall
  
• APACS publishes UK payment statistics
  
• IAD sector drives growth in the UK ATM market
• News bulletin
• Country profile: ATM and cards intelligence on the Czech Republic
  
• Conference diary
  

Issue 231 | July-August 2006

Issue 230 | June 2006

Issue 229 | May 2006