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Europe Regional Newsletter

Please look though our current and past newsletters for the European region to keep up to date on latest news.

2021 Newsletters

March 2021
We can never give up. The pandemic has tested our resilience as an industry and as an association. Thanks to the support of members worldwide, and the unshakeable belief in the value of our ATM businesses and services which are provided daily to millions of accountholders, we’ve continued to recover from the initial losses of lockdown, whilst building our future with the global launch of ATM 2.0, an API App model for future-proof ATMs.

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February 2021
Thank you for being part of a special industry which has served the public for over five decades, providing access to cash and a variety of value-added financial services, to millions upon millions of cardholders.

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January 2021
Thank you for being part of our worldwide family of members and for contributing to the welfare of the industry in which we all share. We live in unprecedented times which call for an even greater togetherness, as we endeavour to deal with the challenges we face, keep our industry secure and future-proof our amazing technology so we stay relevant to the customers of today and tomorrow.

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2020 Newsletters

December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
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 and Chairperson of the Consortium for Next Gen ATMs.

The advocacy plan has two prongs, a Cash Revival Plan and an ATM Revival Plan.

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May 2020

A Time for Post-Pandemic Reinvention

While COVID-19 turns the world upside-down, the industry is working hard behind the scenes, not just to keep access to cash and other ATM services going at the frontlines of the pandemic but to reinvent the ATM and position our industry for future growth. I can think of three global projects, for example, which can and will revolutionize our industry: (i) the Consortium for Next Gen ATMs, which now has 329 companies worldwide participating in the future-proofing exercise to create a new interoperable API App model for ATMs; (ii) the ATM Security Association has outlined the requirements to build a global Crime Intelligence System for the ATM industry and (iii) and a new vendor-agnostic XFS standard called XFS4IoT is being drafted as we speak.

April 2020
Cash matters – now, more than ever, in the time of coronavirus

Groups representing the currency, ATM, transportation and security sectors call on governments, central banks, media, business and society to stand up for cash to protect the resilience of the existing payment ecosystem and ensure vulnerable groups are not deprived of the only means of payment that is available to all. Cash is safe: we should stop stigmatising its users.

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March 2020
Cash is Strong in a Crisis – the Role of ATMs in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Currently, the coronavirus pandemic is nowhere near peaking and many economies, markets and societies around the world are starting to buckle under the strain of this spreading health crisis and the drastic measures taken to stop it in its tracks.

Meanwhile, the people surrounding the cash industry continue to work hard to ensure that citizens have access to funds during this critical time. ATMs and cash have always served an important function during other crises and emergencies in the world.

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February 2020
There are four important numbers to consider right now: 2020. ATMIA has designated 2020 as the year of our future because the five year long global project to create a new API App model for ATMs will reach fruition as we develop, test and launch the online self-certification system for the new ecosystem. The Next Gen ATM will integrate ATMs and the mobile phone to create better customer experiences and enable faster and more convenient access to cash and a range of digital services.
January 2020
In this edition, we look forward to a bright new year of change with, of course, 20/20 vision!

2019 Newsletters

2018 Newsletters

December 2018
This issue includes a Call for Speakers for the European 2019 Summit; news on LINK in the UK; an update on Payment Choice in Sweden; and a Merry Christmas to all!
November 2018
In this months edition: a report on the wonderful ATMIA Summit in Magnificent Madrid; the Member of the Month is announced for November; news about the Swedish Central Bank calling for a halt to the rush towards a cashless society; find out more about the ATMIA’s great new career service.
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018