Branch banking

Diebold Inc. offered 1.57 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in cash and stock to acquire its German rival, Wincor Nixdorf AG, in a bid to create the biggest maker of cash machines and security systems with about $6 billion in sales.

NCR Corp. is providing its ATM operation management software to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia to remotely monitor and operate the bank's 1,200 multi-vendor ATMs.

Alma Bank in Long Island City, N.Y., will integrate technology from Diebold that allows for cardless transactions at automated teller machines.

The aftershocks of a white police officer's shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown are still being felt across the nation, and three credit unions are committed to helping rebuild this community.

Bankers need to show they are in control of relationships with outside vendors, must be ready to respond to M&A-related protests and should be as concerned about economic growth as interest rates, according to the St. Louis Fed's supervisory chief.

Fiserv has completed a test run of its card-free ATM software, in partnership with VyStar Credit Union.

Visa's ATM biometric trial in South Africa has the potential to spread a security technology that has encountered resistance in other parts of the world, including the U.S.