Branch banking

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.

FITCHBURG, Wis. — Summit CU remodeled its branch here in early 2013 as part of a move to "inspire" members to dream more, and the project appears to have paid off.

World Cup visitors in Brazil who need a little cash might find themselves visiting one ATM - and then another, and then another.

The Utah-based payments processing company eGlobal has acquired the assets of The Best There Is Inc., a provider of ATM services in Boca Raton, Fla.

CINCINNATI — As banks cut back on branches, credit unions are stepping up their interest in bricks-and-mortar service delivery.

GLENDALE, Calif. — When it was time to remodel its branch here earlier this year, Los Angeles Federal Credit Union installed touch screen and other technology to up its cool quotient.

SAN ANTONIO — Credit union branches are less likely to be a "destination" for members, so the key is to be where the members already are. That's why progressive CUs are exploring and expanding in-store branch opportunities.

Branch transformation is a hot topic these days — it seems everyone has a different idea of what it means. When I ask credit unions what they think of it, I get a myriad of responses.

Better ATM Services, a provider of prepaid cards delivered through ATMS, announced that the company's president and CEO, Todd Nuttall, will assume a new role as EVP of enabling technologies.

Bitcoin ATM provider Robocoin is touting its ATMs as bank branches after launching an online banking platform, Robocoin Bank.

Vietnam Eximbank has implemented biometric technology for over-the-counter and ATM transactions where only fingerprint is needed for authentication.

Bitcoin ATM providers and virtual currency exchanges may be subject to Texas licensing requirements, according to regulatory guidelines issued by the Texas Banking Commissioner on April 3.

Cardtronics has renewed its contract with Walgreens to be a preferred provider of ATM services.