Hot Topics by ATMIA ATMIA CAPITOL HILL MEETINGS FOCUS ON "OPERATION CHOKE POINT" ATM Industry Association leadership met last week with legislators and staff to address concerns over a variety of issues. They discussed the continuing and destructive impact of "Operation Choke Point" with Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R – MO). Luetkemeyer's bill, the Financial Institutions Customer Protections Act (H.R. 766), passed later that morning on a vote of 250 to 169. ATMIA FORMS NEW COMMITTEE GROUP FOR BANK ATM DEPLOYERS ATMIA announced that it has formed a new committee group specifically for financial institution ATM deployers. An estimated 45% of U.S. ATMs are operated by banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions. Yet, opportunities to network with their ATM channel peers, in a non-competitive environment, regarding issues that uniquely affect FI operators are rare. Learn more about the committee and how to join. ATMIA ADDS EVEN MORE MEMBER BENEFITS ATMIA announces the addition of more benefits for their members including video uploads, an ATM locator and online security training. NEW ONLINE ATM SECURITY TRAINING ADDED TO ATMIA ACADEMY ATMIA launched the world's first ever online ATM Security training course. The training outlines the most common security threats to ATMs, as well as what best practices mitigate the risks of each type of attack. Learn more about the security training. ATMIA ISSUES RESPONSE TO MISLEADING STATEMENTS ABOUT ATM FEES ATMIA issued a response to misleading statements about ATM fees contained in a rash of recent U.S. news articles. Political reactions to those articles, branding the fees "exploitative" and "usurious", were offered with little or no effort to determine the true facts.
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