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- 8 Feb 2019
ATMIA, ATM Security Association Consolidate Operations
The ATM Security Association and the ATM Industry Association have finalized an agreement to join together on a permanent basis. According to a press release, ASA will retain its name and logo, but…
- 6 May 2018
ATMIA, ATM Security Association Sign Pact to Coordinate Efforts
The ATM Security Association for Enhanced Technology and the ATM Industry Association have signed a memorandum of understanding for a closer relationship between the organizations. The new…
- 17 Apr 2015
ATMIA Helps ATM Industry on Malware Attacks Prevention
To help the ATM industry prevent malware attacks on its terminals, the ATM Industry Association has published new guidelines called “Best Practices for Preventing ATM Malware, Black Box and…
- 21 Mar 2016
ATMIA Explores Cloud ATMs
The ATM Industry Association has published "Cloud-Based ATMs — Future ATM Hardware and Software Architecture." The report was researched and written by ATMIA 2015 International Consultant of the Year…
- 15 Sept 2016
ATMIA weighs Alternative ATM Operating Systems
The ATM Industry Association has published a new industry guide, "Alternative Operating System Case Studies." The new guide examines the features, specifications and advantages of Linux ATMs and…
- 11 Apr 2015
New Best Practices Guide Aim at ATM Malware
The ATM Industry Association has published a new best practices document to help the ATM deployers prevent malware attacks on their terminals, according to a press release from the association. "Best…
- 13 Jun 2016
ATMIA Releases Guidelines on Windows CE Migration for ATMs
The ATM Industry Association has announced plans to take "a very proactive position" regarding the end of support for the Microsoft Windows CE operating system. The embedded version of Windows runs…
- 15 Oct 2020
Groups Warn of Cash-Out, New ATM Fraud
The ATM Industry Association (ATMIA) and the PCI Security Standards Council are warning financial institutions and payment processors of an emerging attack known as “cash-out” that breaches and…
- 14 Jan 2018
ATM Deployers Report Double-digit Crime Surge in 2017
The ATM Industry Association has published the results of its 2017 Global Fraud and Security Survey in which more than half of respondents (54 percent) reported an increase in ATM crime during the…
- 24 Jun 2015
Global Cash Demand Outstrips Economic Growth - Report
The ATM Industry Association has published a study indicating that global cash demand is increasing more than three times faster than worldwide economic growth. According to a press release from the…
- 19 Jan 2017
ATMIA Unveils Cash Benefit Campaign for Consumers
The ATM Industry Association unveiled its "WithdrawCashWednesday" campaign Wednesday, an initiative to encourage consumers to increase their cash use during the holiday shopping season this year and…
- 8 Jun 2016
Online Repository a Collection Point for all Things Cash-Related
The ATM Industry Association has launched "The Cash Repository" a standalone website created specifically for the collection and permanent storage of data and information about cash and cash use…
- 12 Mar 2012
CyberCrime : Lawmakers Shelf Bill, Seek Harmonization
The bill to address risks associated with the use of e-payment channels is back to the drawing board after lawmakers withdrew the all important document for harmonization leaving the industry still…
- 21 Jul 2008
New ATM Cards to Cost Banks N11bn
The financial industry will spend at least some N11 billion in the unification of cards technology and upgrade of their platforms to EMV compliant chip cards, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 13 Jul 2010
We Need Llegal Framework for e-Payments- Onajite
Regha Onajite is the executive secretary of E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN). She started her career in Aula Marina, an Oil and Gas Servicing firm, and proceeded to Citibank…
- 20 Apr 2014
Windows 8: Experts Lower ATM Threat Level
Security experts have lowered alert a notch but warned that attacks by cyber-thieves on automated teller machines (ATMs) of most banks in the county remained “strong possibility” following the end of…
- 12 Dec 2012
Politics of ATM Charges Withdrawal
The Bankers’ Committee’s decision to suspend all charges accruing from the use of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of other banks may have adverse effect on the industry if the cost of removing the…
- 4 Apr 2024
NIA Moves to Sanitize Operations with Unified NIIP
Underwriters under the aegis of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) have unveiled the Unified Nigerian Insurance Industry Portal (NIIP) in a bid to reform third-party insurance purchase,…
- 28 Sept 2009
Adebayo Harps on ICT in National Development
Gbenga Adebayo, chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (Alton), has lauded the effective role of information technology in national development. He said…
- 24 May 2010
CBN Issues Fresh Guidelines on ATM Operations
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued new guideline and standard for operations of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) services in the country. The apex bank said in a circular that the purpose of…
- 11 Jun 2013
PCISSC Recognizes Petrovice Resources Paper on Clod Services
Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCISSC) has commended Petrovice Resources International article published by ISACA Journal for meeting Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard…
- 22 Mar 2010
CBN Moves to Check ATM Fraud
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed deep concern about Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) fraud becoming a major issue in the Nigerian banking industry.…
- 10 May 2010
EMV: ATMs Reject Magnetic Stripe Cards
Some banks installed Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) have started rejecting magnetic stripe cards, in what looks like a move to protect customers from card related fraud, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 28 Oct 2021
NCC Highlights Measures to Deepen Internet Connectivity for Businesses, Nigerians
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has explained some of the key measures it is taking to ensure broadband and internet connectivity impact businesses and individual teelcoms users in…
- 22 Sept 2013
CBN May Allow Telcos to Drive MM Adoption
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may rescind its decision and allow telecoms operators drive the mobile money payment scheme to give fresh impetus to the initiative which has crawled since introduction…
- 2 Jul 2017
Fraudsters Steal N16.5Bn from Nigerian Banks
Nigerian banks lost some N16.5 billion in 31,736 fraud cases between January 2014 and December 2016, according to Punch which quoted figures it obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The…
- 12 Oct 2025
CBN Orders Banks to Refund Failed ATM Transactions within 24 Hours
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled fresh draft guidelines that will compel banks to issue prompt refunds for failed Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions in a move aimed at enhancing…
- 16 Feb 2018
Concerns for Banks as WhatsApp Adds Payment
WhatsApp has introduced payments to its messaging app in India, making it the latest service to let users transfer money to one another with a text. After the pilot in India, this peer-to-peer…
- 19 Nov 2017
ePayment Stakeholders’ Seek Review of Policy on PoS to Boost Growth
Worried by slow pace of growth in the use of Point of Sale terminal (PoS) as a means of payment in the country, stakeholders have called on Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)to review its policy direction…
- 4 May 2010
ePayment Goes Into Schools’ Curriculum
ePayment, transaction in which monetary value is transfered electronically or digitally between two entities as compensation for the receipt of goods and services is to be incorporated into Nigerian…