April 2008

Membership and Sponsorship Benefits

Do you know the full scope of benefits that an ATM Industry Association membership and sponsorship would provide to you as an individual and your company?  Sharon Lane, ATMIA Director of Finance and Member Services reports “Many of our long time members and sponsors access the benefits that ATMIA provides with their membership daily, however, there are many more companies involved in the industry that do not realize the value that an ATMIA Membership would provide to them.  This article focuses on the full listing of benefits that each member of the  ATMIA Team provides and continues to deliver as well as useful tools that ultimately help companies and individuals in their day to day occupation and ATM industry dealings”.  

“Please read the partial listing of the benefits the ATM Industry Association provides to their members and sponsors.”  Mike Lee, CEO of ATMIA adds “It is with great excitement that ATMIA announces another new benefit for our members and sponsors –the Cognito Global Police Database, Sharon has recapped this new benefit below for your reference and we look forward to welcoming new members and providing them access to this new and innovative benefit”.

Best Practice Manuals
For all areas of the ATM industry, covering ATM Business Efficiency, Corporate Goverance, Best Practices for the ATM acquirers and Sponsor Banks. The Global ATM Security Alliance (GASA) has created many Best Practice manuals to protect the ATM industry from criminal activity. The Debit Council has created manuals for the POS Security Lifecycle, POS Cardholder Security Tips.  The complete overview of the full ATMIA Best Practice Manuals available to you and your company as a member are available by clicking on the above link.

Do you know how valuable these manuals are for the ATM business owner, ISO, network processors, manufacturer or bank?

Cognito — the Global ATM Crime Information System
The Global ATM Security Alliance has drawn up a table of nine global ATM crime categories. Recording of ATM crimes on the Cognito data management system takes place in accordance with these nine crime categories. For definitions of each category, read the ATM Crime Directory on the Cognito Home Page. 

COGNTIO NEWS ALERT:  Phase 1 of creating the ATMIA Global Police Database is now complete; the overall purpose of the database is threefold:

  • To provide an added value service to members who may wish to make contact with law enforcement somewhere in the world.
  • To provide law enforcement with an up-to-date record of fellow law enforcement officers who have an interest or are involved in ATM crime when investigating such crime outside their region or country.
  • To provide ATMIA staff with a source of information, such as potential speakers at conferences, legislation issues affecting ATM crime in different countries, etc.

Did you know Cognito access is FREE to Members based on their membership type?

Conference and Exhibitor Discounts to all ATMIA Events

Do you know what the discount is for an ATMIA member or sponsor to attend an AMTIA Event?

Storefront or online shop window on the Chapter of your Membership

Created for your company by ATMIA with material and photographs supplied by you in a matter of days.

Do you know what ATMIA members have access to this benefit or the number of number of hits an average storefront receives in a month?

Networking Opportunities in your Chapter based on membership / sponsorship type

  • Collective political representation on the board of ATMIA Chapter of your choice
  • Access to additional services, such as ad hoc consultancy and networking opportunities created by the association outside of ATMIA events
  • Opportunity to shape policy of ATMIA of your Chapter
  • Increased profile in ATM industry through extensive publicity via all media of ATMIA Chapter(s), including website, newsletters and promotional literature
  • International links to other ATMIA regional boards
  • Opportunity to elect board members to the International Board of ATMIA

Did you know how important it is to network with your peers and business associates?  ATMIA membership makes this easier for you and your company with our ATMIA Member Database access to members around the world or even in your city.

Gallery of Technology
This is a special benefit for ATMIA Board Members and Sponsors to showcase their business, available for all visitors to the ATMIA website.

Do you know how to showcase your company on the Gallery of Technology?

ATM Risk Assessment
A free benefit to ATMIA members to reduce ATM Risk exposure.  This is a free test to evaluate any risk areas your business may have.  It has been created to assist our members in their line of work.

Do you know your company’s risk rating?

ATMIA Loyal Member List
ATMIA believes that retention of existing members is as important as recruiting new members. ATMIA is proud to report we currently have over 1,040 members in over 47 countries around the globe, meeting our goal of building up a foundation of 1,000 loyal members.  Please log in and enter your company name and this will allow you to add additional contacts ~ click on the ADD button and enter the new contact details. The database tells you how many members of your team you may add.

Do you know any companies listed on the Loyal Member List?

Daily Industry News

Members Only Regulatory Updates

  • Available to members in Canada, United States and Europe, these include but are not limited to ~
    • US ATM Legislative Monitoring Portal
    • US Debit Legislative Monitoring Portal
    • US ATM State Compliance Portal
    • 2007 EU Monitoring Report

Ability for Members and Sponsors to Update their Profiles

  • ATMIA realizes how important it is to always have the correct information for our members on file. Therefore we have made this even easier by allowing our members access to updating their details ~ as well as adding an extensive business description to their company listings.

Did you know that members around the globe are looking at your company details?  Is your information current? Do you know how you can become a member?

ATMIA has new tools available to view what countries, cities and states are visiting our website.  We can also confirm what pages and storefronts are being visited during a day, week, and month ~ even by year. Below is the number of visits from around the world and a link to the map is attached for your reference. 

www.atmia.com
Feb 2, 2008 - Mar 3, 2008
2,951 visits came from 805 cities

The ATMIA Team understands that our members are busy professionals and have designed our website with that in mind.  Therefore, we have two options available to our members to access the many benefits that membership/sponsorship provides – the ATMIA Site Map can be accessed in the upper right hand corner of the ATMIA Global Home Page.  Alternately, you may prefer to use the Member Information Grid (MiG) found in two areas of the Global Home Page – namely on the left hand side 1⁄2 way down or on the upper right hand corner in the member login area. We tried to assist even more by locating some of the more common items needed by our members/sponsors on a day to day basis by collecting them in the Member Login Area for your easy access.  Below is a brief recap of what I have just covered in this informative instruction article.

EASY OVERVIEW of OFTEN USED BENEFITS on the ATMIA GLOBAL HOME PAGE

MIG – provides full access to all areas of the ATMIA Member Database
Memberlist – available for members/sponsors to download or view –over 1050 members and 450 companies
Loyal Members – full list of our Loyal Members by Chapter
Newsletters – Complete link to current ATMIA Posts from 2007 to current
Daily Industry News – Easy to use RSS feeds
Events – Complete schedule of events
Regulatory Updates – easy to use link
Insurance Center – Access to information about our ‘members only’ insurance program – additional fees apply
ATMIA Team – any member of our Team is available to assist you in your day to day needs as a member
Update Information – easy link to login and check your current member details

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‘The ATM Industry Association appreciates and values every one of our members and sponsors, it is with their continuing support that we can continue to provide benefits and materials to assist each of them in the business world of the ATM industry’ states Sharon Lane, Director of Finance and Member Services.   ‘With that in mind, we are sharing this information with ATM owners, ISO’s, banks, manufacturers  and more – and will hopefully entice them to become an ATMIA member today. Please contact any member of the ATMIA Team and discuss the value an ATMIA membership will provide to you and your organization.

If you have any questions about becoming a member of ATMIA, please feel free to contact me directly.  Sharon Lane, Director of Finance and Member Services, ATMIA (Sharon@atmia.com) or -001-605-271.7371.


About ATMIA

www.atmia.com
PO Box 452 – Brookings, SD 57006 USA 

As an independent, non-profit trade association, ATMIA's mission is: to promote ATM convenience, growth
and usage worldwide; to protect the ATM industry’s assets, interests, good name and public trust; and to provide
education, best practices, political voice and networking opportunities for member organizations. ATMIA is the
world’s only international trade body for the ATM industry with more than 1000 members in about 50 countries.
In June 2003, ATMIA established the Global ATM Security Alliance (GASA) (www.globalasa.com) with the
mission to employ global security resources in a united alliance in order to protect the ATM industry from criminal
activity. GASA publishes international security lifecycle best practices and manages a global ATM crime
data management system called Cognito, which includes an online fraud library.

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