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2020

• Issue 402: BRC criticises cost of card acceptance and calls for government action
• Issue 401: Could cashback make a comeback?
• Issue 400: Understanding Asia Pacific’s contrasting banking and payments markets
• Issue 399: Will virtual conferences become the new norm?
• Issue 398: Have we hit a new-normal for ATM installations?
• Issue 397: 10% rise in global ATM shipments, but choppy outlook
• Issue 396: What is the relationship between card and mobile payments in China?
• Issue 395: How is COVID‑19 impacting ATM transactions?
• Issue 394: CIT firms lead acquisitions of off-site ATM fleets
• Issue 393: Increased acceptance underpins growth in card usage
• Issue 392: Automated ATM deposit set to pass key landmark

2019

• Issue 391: Why in‑branch coffee is making a comeback
• Issue 390: Can the global cards market keep growing at its current rate?
• Issue 389: How big a threat is RuPay to Visa and Mastercard?
• Issue 388: LINK guarantees an ATM on every high street in the UK
• Issue 387: Significant opportunity for IADs despite falls in some large markets
• Issue 386: Are we about to see a second wave of ATM growth in India?
• Issue 385: Don’t let China skew the global ATM picture
• Issue 384: Does the EC have the stomach to extend its war on interchange fees?
• Issue 383: Are shared branches the way of the future?
• Issue 382: UK Access to Cash Review gives cash a lifeline
• Issue 381: Pay-now cards thriving on back of growing access to financial services
• Issue 380: Could ATM pooling address MEA’s underexploited potential?

2018

• Issue 379: RBR forecasts fall in global ATM installations for the first time, but it’s not all bad news
• Issue 378: Global payment cards market expansion continues apace
• Issue 377: Security concerns hindering ATM deployment
• Issue 376: Why the bank branch is not dead
• Issue 375: The irony in LINK’s scaling back of its ATM interchange fee reduction plan
• Issue 374: Thin client, SaaS, NFC and contactless emerge in ATM software research
• Issue 373: Was last year’s dramatic fall in global ATM shipments a blip or a trend?
• Issue 372: Electronic payments and digital banking create opportunities for cash automation
• Issue 371: Merchant acceptance given boost by interchange fees regulation
• Issue 370: Cash needs managing, not defending
• Issue 369: Open banking will be a slow burn
• Issue 368: What is the largest payment card scheme in Europe?

2017

• Issue 367: UK interchange fee proposals threaten IADs and ATM provision
• Issue 366: Bank branch numbers – the big global divide
• Issue 365: Are Chinese ATM manufacturers a threat to Diebold Nixdorf and NCR?
• Issue 364: Contactless no longer just replacing traditional debit card payments
• Issue 363: Cards sector growth driven by lower value payments and contactless
• Issue 362: What is the future for assisted self-service terminals?
• Issue 361: Could ATM pooling become more common?
• Issue 360: ATM shipments becoming increasingly volatile
• Issue 359: New £1 coin could be the UK’s last
• Issue 358: Countervailing pressures create complex TAU market dynamic
• Issue 357: How ATM interchange fees became headline news in the UK
• Issue 356: Branch transformation gathering pace

2016

• Issue 355: Deposit automation and recycling drives revenues as ATM unit growth slows
• Issue 354: Increased public and political awareness of cyber crime ratchets up pressure on banks
• Issue 353: Growth rate shifts emphasise new ATM market dynamics
• Issue 352: Omnichannel underpins ongoing growth in multivendor ATM software
• Issue 351: UnionPay and RuPay lead resurgence in domestic card schemes
• Issue 350: Exploiting the power of ATM monitoring software
• Issue 349: RBR’s ATM research follows the market to Asia
• Issue 348: No need to lament the demise of the €500
• Issue 347: European card acceptance market far from saturated
• Issue 346: Has ATM software become more strategic than hardware?
• Issue 345: ATM density a good guide to potential, but far from perfect
• Issue 344: Dynamic European cards market to change as interchange regulation takes effect