Card Briefs: Europay to Be Accepted At Thrift Group's ATMs

Europay International announced an agreement that will connect 38,000 automated teller machines across Europe to its network.

The agreement, with a multinational savings bank consortium known as Eufiserv, means virtually all "through-the-wall" ATM installations in Europe will accept Europay brands, including Eurocheque, Eurocard, MasterCard, and Cirrus.

Europay reports 131.9 million total cards and 133,000 ATMs in 30 countries, a subset of the MasterCard-Cirrus international network. Eufiserv, which has members in 13 countries, allows 46 million cardholders to withdraw funds in local currencies from its 38,000 machines.

Eufiserv ATMs are concentrated in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, Norway, and Spain. At the recent Europay membership meeting in Seville, Spain, officials said the Eufiserv machines will be fully connected to Europay's EPS-Net infrastructure by mid-1997.

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