HOUSTON - (08/19/05) -- Cardtronics, operator of thenation's biggest fleet of ATMs, said it raised $200 million with anoffering of senior subordinated notes. The proceeds from theoffering were used to pay off bank debt. Cardtronics operates morethan 25,000 ATMs across the country, most of them in retail outletslike A&P, Albertsons, Barnes & Noble, BP Amoco, Chevron,Costco, ExxonMobil, Kroger, Target and Walgreens.
A bill on reciprocal deposits passed the committee unanimously, while another measure on custodial deposits passed by a wide, bipartisan margin.
The payment company has made a series of moves to bolster its stablecoin and other coins to build a market for digital assets. Its Links feature adds to the strategy.
Google has launched its Agent Payments Protocol, an open protocol that establishes a payment-agnostic framework for users, merchants and payments in agentic AI. Payment companies such as Adyen, American Express, Mastercard and PayPal helped develop the protocol.
Prosecutors say Daryl Heller lured 2,700 investors with promises of safe ATM profits but misappropriated $185 million.
The companies have signed a new data-sharing agreement that includes an undisclosed pricing structure. Plaid said it will not pass the new costs on to its clients.
A group of Democratic Senators led by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged regulators to keep the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act overhaul, saying the rule was carefully crafted with bipartisan input.
