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Mellon Bulgaria EAD, a distributor of Diebold Inc. Opteva ATMs in Bulgaria,
sold 100 Opteva ATMs to Euronet Bulgaria, both companies announced Monday.
Sofia, Bulgaria-based Euronet Bulgaria, a subsidiary of Leawood, Kan.-based
Euronet Worldwide Inc., is building its own ATM network to serve banks in Bulgaria,
says Vala Marcou, spokesperson for Mellon Bulgaria in Athens, Greece.
Euronet Bulgaria sells participating banks ATM services on a transaction-fee
basis, Igor Jakovljevic, Euronet Regional Manager South East Europe, wrote in email
to ATM&Debit News.
The Opteva ATMs are standard ATMs, not multifunctional machines,
Jakovljevic says.
Euronet and Mellon Bulgaria signed an agreement last year, and the installation
was completed earlier this month, Marcou tells ATM&Debit News.
Euronet's global ATM network includes 11,900 ATMs and 51,000 point-of-sale terminals
in 15 countries.
Diebold, the world's third largest ATM manufacturer based on 2007 shipments,
according London-based Retail Banking Research. Diebold is based in
North Canton, Ohio.
