The Currency Scene
The Currency Supply Chain: Going the Way of the Dinosaur?
- Written by: Matthew S Daye
- Category: Currency
Despite what movies like Godzilla and Jurassic Park would have us believe, dinosaurs are dead. Once they dominated the Earth; now they're gone - never to live again. With the continued advance of technology and the rise of digital payments, many people predict a similar fate for physical money. Well... not so fast!
Selling Your ATM Portfolio – What Buyers Are Looking for Today
- Written by: ATM Atom
- Category: ATM
As with any business, ATM owners and operators (IADs) get started with one purpose in mind: to make money. They might purchase a few machines, find suitable locations and eventually grow their efforts into a full-time money-making operation. Yet despite the business acumen and go-getter attitude needed to get started, many business owners fail to consider is an exit strategy. In fact, one of the most asked questions from ATM operators is: what is my business worth? Valuation, sale and and how to profitably exit are often a mystery. Triton sat down with Jeff Sosville of ATM Brokerage to pick his brain about portfolio valuation, the state of the market and the variables involved when purchasing or selling an ATM business.
Why Don’t ATM Operators in Japan Want to Give You Money?
- Written by: Matthew S Daye
- Category: ATM
After several years of government pressure Japan’s three biggest banks are beginning to connect their ATM machines to the global network of ATM Operators. The banks resistance to globally connected ATMs has frustrated tourists short of yen. However, with the expected tourism boom from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the banks are examining their ATM operations.
Currently, foreign visitors to Japan find that their overseas cards are useable only at few banks such as the Seven Bank and Japan Post Bank.
Singapore's journey to cashless and cardless transactions
- Written by: Channel News Asia
- Category: Cards & Payments
As we move towards transacting without cash and cards, what are the implications for tech-enabled disruptors, as well as incumbents with a vested interest - like banks and card issuers?
Using Mobile Banking Apps For Two-Way Customer Communication
- Written by: The Financial Brand
- Category: Mobile Banking
Juniper Research predicts that by 2017, there will be a billion mobile banking customers around the world. 40% of these will still take the time to get on the phone or visit their bank’s physical branches for certain inquiries. And according to research from KPMG, more than half of global banking consumers express a real desire for combined social, personalized and “human” interactions to be integrated into a bank’s online services and mobile apps.
Where do bankers' children bank?
- Written by: Banking Exchange
- Category: Banking
Much has been written about millennials and the way they bank, but what of those with a banker in the family? Does having an insider’s view change the way this select set of millennials bank? What we found after talking to several bankers with adult millennial children (and some with slightly older Gen X kids) is that the answer, in short, is “No.”
Smartphone Payments Are India's Best Spark for Modern Banking
- Written by: Payments Source
- Category: Cards & Payments
In many emerging markets, daily financial transactions—buying groceries, paying a utility bill, cashing a paycheck or billing a customer—are notoriously difficult. Banking institutions are few and far between, and large swaths of the population have little or no access to them.
