Branch banking

DirectCash Payments has agreed to acquire Exeatm's ATM business in Australia for about $15.7 million.

MoneyGram has acquired the assets of Nexxo Financial, a money transfer and prepaid technology provider in Burlingame, Calif.

Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., a provider of cash solutions to the casino industry, agreed to acquire Multimedia Games Holding Co. for $1.2 billion in cash, gaining a creator of electronic-gaming units to American Indian casinos and lotteries.

Imagine arriving at an international airport and one of the first greetings you get is from your bank, welcoming you to the new country and saying where to find free ATMs.

CPI Card Group, a provider of EMV payment services, has agreed to acquire EFT Source, a provider of personalized ATM products.

Payment Alliance International reached an agreement with SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union to apply its brand to 109 automated teller machines located in Rite Aid pharmacies throughout Los Angeles.

Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures is sending its Bitcoin ATMs to areas that may not be completely welcoming to digital currency, with its newest machine touching down today in the West Village of New York City, the birthplace of the "BitLicense" regulatory concept.

Diebold, best known as an ATM manufacturer, is rebranding itself to banks to stay relevant in a digital age.

Diebold is unveiling an anti-skimming card reader designed to prevent criminals from stealing card data from unsuspecting automated teller machine users.

Cardtronics Inc. is set to buy Welch ATM for $160 million, expanding the ATM provider with an additional 26,000 kiosks.

The ATM maker and bank technology provider Diebold has named Sal Mahbouba as vice president of global services.

In the banking world, branches came first and ATMs came later to streamline the experience. But in the Bitcoin world, ATMs came first with limited features, and the ATM makers are working hard to add the sort of services that one might find in a mainstream bank branch.

Throughout Europe and Asia in particular, ATMs are being used to distribute an increasingly wide array of financial and non-financial products and services. This is in sharp contrast to the U.S., where most advanced ATMs offer the same set of banking-related features.

Payment Alliance International has a deal with OnPoint Community Credit Union to apply OnPoint's branding to automated teller machines at all 72 Rite Aid pharmacies in Oregon.

The ATM maker Diebold is buying encryption technology company Cryptera to enhance its portfolio in automated teller machine security.

Allpoint, the global surcharge-free ATM network operated by Cardtronics, will begin to accept check and cash deposits at more than 2,500 U.S. locations by the end of 2014.

GreenStar Payment Solutions, a venture of SinglePoint, Advanced Content Services and GreenHouse Payment Solutions, is offering debit card acceptance to legal marijuana dispensaries through the use of cashless ATMs.

Sometimes touted as a competitive advantage in the branch wars, the coin-counting kiosk is headed to the scrap heap at one of the nation's largest banks, Capital One Financial.

MasterCard Inc. plans to help its cardholders address issues that arise from identity theft, while also extending its zero liability policy to include PIN-based and ATM transactions.

Robocoin is installing a Bitcoin ATM in Las Vegas at the D casino hotel, enabling visitors to deposit funds to a Bitcoin wallet in person.