Local, State and Federal Advocacy Updates - January 2026

“Stay tuned” – a new state legislation resource will be available soon

ATMIA has created an in-house system to collect information on state-level legislative activity. This new resource will replace the system we previously contracted for with Stateside Associates. We are in the process of fine tuning that system and putting together instructions for how to use it.  More information will be available shortly.

Cashless Ban’d Wagon update

We hope to keep the Cashless Ban’d Wagon feature on the U.S. home page. The process for updating the map using the new system is still being worked out.

ATM global crime database houses over 54,000 reported incidents 

As of the end of December, the CCMIS (Crisis & Crime Management intelligence System) contained 54,605 +incidents of ATM crime from 3,993 reports. Fraud has overtaken physical attacks as the most common type of ATM crime in the U.S. this year, with some form of jackpotting/cash-out attacks at about 70% of all criminal activity. Skimming and Card Data Compromise is a distant second at 20%. Physical attacks accounted for most of the remaining activity. 

Although Cash Trapping is the most common type of fraud globally, we have seen very little of it in the U.S. In fact, many have no idea what cash trapping is. Simply put, it is a simple device that hides the dispensed cash from the consumer, so the thief can collect it. Frequent inspection of the ATM is recommended to help thwart such attacks.

If you know about an ATM crime incident, let others know, too. All ATMIA members have complete access to the crime database and security best practices. ATM crime incidents can be reported anonymously – anonymity of the exact location of the crime, as well as the crime reporter.

Not sure how to report your incident? Go to the ATMIA Resource Library and search for “crime webinar” to learn how to create an alias, search the database, and analyze crime trends.