Payments News & Media
Bitcoin ATMs down by 11% year-over-year
January 2, 2024
Bitcoin ATMs have declined by 11.1% year-over-year. On Jan. 1st, 2024, the total number of bitcoin ATMs stood at 33,638, down from 37,827 on Jan. 1 2023…
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Bitcoin ATM operator Margo gains $16M in funds
January 2, 2024
Chicago Atlantic delivered a $16 million secured term loan to Margo, a cryptocurrency ATM operator. With this investment, Margo will expand its bitcoin ATM…
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India ATM offers gold, silver coins
January 1, 2024
Visitors at the Meerpet Metro Station in Hyderabad, India, can purchase gold and silver coins at an ATM machine using credit cards, debit cards and the Unified…
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How to improve self-service cybersecurity
by Mark Aldred — Head of Sales, Auriga
Cybersecurity needs to be at the top of the agenda for every industry. This is especially the case for the financial institutions, which are always in the…
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Philadelphia transit to stop accepting payment tokens in January
December 29, 2023
Philadelphia buses and trolleys will no longer accept payment tokens on Jan. 1, when users will be required to pay with "travel wallets," according to a…
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Police on lookout for ATM skimmers in Tennessee
December 29, 2023
Police are on the lookout for suspects who allegedly installed a skimming device on an ATM at a Navy Federal Credit Union branch in Clarksville, Tennessee. A…
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5 men in Utah arrested for allegedly stealing from ATM
December 28, 2023
Police have arrested five men in southern Utah for allegedly stealing from a Wells Fargo ATM during a repair. When a serviceman was working on the ATM, two…
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Post-COVID demand, challenges shape best-read KMC 2023 stories
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Technology continued to hold Kiosk Marketplace readers’ interest in 2023, as evidenced by the 10 best-read stories of the year, with technology players upping…
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Wilmington, Delaware to replace parking meters with touchscreen kiosks
December 22, 2023
The city of Wilmington, Delaware will begin replacing all of its parking meters with touchscreen kiosks to make paying for parking more convenient, according…
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Texas transit authority to deploy automated fare collection system
December 20, 2023
Metro, a public transportation authority based in Harris County, Texas, will install a farebox cash collection system provided by Lecip Inc., a subsidiary of…
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Louisiana town to offer utility payment kiosk
December 20, 2023
Residents of Broussard, Louisiana, will be able to pay utility bills 24/7 at a kiosk near City Hall, according to an Acadiana Advocate report. Lawmakers…
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Walmart self-checkout kiosks offer pay-over-time
December 19, 2023
Walmart shoppers will be able to use Affirm's pay-over-time options at self-checkout kiosks at more than 4,500 U.S. Walmart stores, according to a press…
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Papa New Guinea intros kiosk for land management services
December 18, 2023
Papa New Guinea has introduced a self-serve kiosk to allow people to conduct land services, according to an emtv.com report. The country's lands and physical…
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Bluefin teams with Scheidt & Bachmann to upgrade transit ticket machines
December 13, 2023
Bluefin, a provider of PCI-validated encryption and tokenization services to protect payments and sensitive data, has teamed with Scheidt & Bachmann Fare…
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Nayax rebrands EV Meter as Nayax Energy
December 12, 2023
Nayax Ltd., a global commerce enablement, payments and loyalty platform designed to help merchants scale their business, has rebranded EV Meter, its electric…
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Do ATMs need more features?
by Bradley Cooper — Editor, ATM Marketplace & Food Truck Operator
Are advanced features for ATMs useful...or unhelpful?
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Tech exhibits enthrall attendees at Self-Service Innovation Summit
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors presented advances in…
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Self-Service Innovation Summit honors 2023 Automation & Self-Service Award winners
by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times
The Self-Service Innovation Summit honors the most innovative solutions for kiosks, vending and facilities for adapting to the new normalcy of COVID-19 and its…
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Cantaloupe intros Seed Pro analytics tools
December 5, 2023
Cantaloupe Inc., a digital payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for self-service commerce, has introduced two…
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Payroc teams with Ingenico on self-service payment device
December 5, 2023
Payroc, a payments platform, has teamed with Ingenico, provider of point-of-sale payment devices, to introduce the Ingenico Self/3000, an unattended device for…
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