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ATMIA Launches an ATM and Cash Revival Plan for COVID-19 and Beyond
ATMIA announced the launch of an ATM and Cash Revival Plan for an ATM industry hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have listened to our members who told us all their COVID-19 pain points in our recent survey and we are now committed to a series of actions aimed at starting an industry revival,” explained Mike Lee, CEO of ATMIA.
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Consumers have rushed back to cash as soon as social distancing restrictions eased in New Zealand and venues began opening again. One month’s worth of withdrawals occurred in just three days last week, reported New Zealand’s leading independent ATM network, Next Payments More than 30,000 withdrawal transactions were made in the three days after venues were (partially) reopened in New Zealand.
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| | Debit and credit cards collect more bacteria than cash, study says
Cash and coins are known for traveling around the world picking up germs along the way, but it might be surprising to hear it’s not the ‘dirtiest’ thing in your wallet. A study conducted by LendEDU tested for bacteria on the surface of 41 different credit and debit cards, 27 different bills, and 12 different coins using a device that returns a germ score. The higher the number, the dirtier the surface.
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Touch-screens in a post Coronavirus world This month's WCW Pro-Cash Newsletter featured article is from Promarc.
Touch screens, due to their nature, can accumulate many bacteria and other microbial life-forms. 80% of infections come from what we touch, smartphones carry 10 times the number of bacteria of most toilet seats, and researches done in the United Kingdom found feces on every McDonald’s kiosk tested and ATMs are not different. So, it makes sense that we would want to achieve a way to reduce that infection risk and make something that has become a large part of today’s life safer for all users. That is what Kastus is achieving and what we, Promarc, aim to help through distribution.
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ATM industry battles coronavirus-era anti-cash bias
The ATM industry was already mired in the painful transition away from hardware to digital technology, and now it must try to persuade consumers and merchants that cash isn’t unsafe to handle.
Scarred by broad messaging in recent months from retailers and others suggesting that handling cash can spread coronavirus, the ATM Industry Association this week launched an ATM and cash “revival” plan.
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Debit, ATM Activity Rising as Stimulus Money Arrives, New Data Finds
Debit card spending and ATM activity rose significantly during the month as federal stimulus dollars began landing in many consumer bank accounts, according to new data from PSCU.
The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based CUSO’s latest weekly snapshot showed that overall debit card spend was up 4.7% year over year for the week ending April 19, 2020.READ MORE...
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Contactless safer than cash? It's 'fake news' says ATM operator as it launches a campaign amid coronavirus fears over handling coins and notes
One of Britain's largest cash machine providers is launching a campaign to convince people to continue using cash once coronavirus lockdown ends, saying it wants to dispel 'fake information' about banknotes and coins being unsafe.
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Coronavirus and ATMs: Updates and Messages
ATMIA has set up a Coronavirus webpage on the ATMIA website for sharing all our statements and resources to assist you during this crisis.
This page is a hub for fact-based messages about how the coronavirus pandemic affects us and our industry. ATMIA is here for you and for all ATMs throughout the world.
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This Month's Newsletter is Sponsored By:
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Promarc was founded in 2013 by professionals with more than twenty years of experience in Banking and Commercial Automation. This is what makes Promarc unique in the market when it comes to Security and Solutions in this field using always the most advanced existing technology, many times introducing new technologies as we are doing now with the Kastus technology for Touch Screen devices which will protect users against germs, bacteria and viruses.
We offer in our product line up LED Panels from 4 to 75 inches LED, OLED, TFT from the best manufacturers and distributors around the world, Biometric Readers, QR and Bar code Scanners, Card Readers, Passive and Active Components, Flash Memories, Sensors (Door, Glass Break, Seismic, Level, Presence), Printers, Keyboards (numeric, cryptographed, computer, gaming), Wear Resistant Plates (For Safety Boxes), Touch Screens (with and without Kastus anti germs and bacteria coating), Glass Screen Protectors with Kastus Anti Germs and Bacteria coating and much more.
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Celebrate Cash News with Withdraw Cash Wednesday
Cash globally remains the most widely used and popular form of payment today. ATMIA’s goal with the Withdraw Cash Wednesday initiative is to communicate as an industry the many benefits of cash, while combating the negative press cash has received over the last few years to ensure consumers have cash as a payment choice for years to come. This monthly newsletter is geared towards sharing positive cash news reaching more than 13,000 ATM industry readers per month.
View past Pro Cash Newsletters here.
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April 2020 - Sponsored by KICTeam May 2020 - Sponsored by Cashway Fintech Co., Ltd
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