Shining Stars of the ATM Industry: Unveiling the 2024 ATMIA Award Winners

At ATMIA’s 25th Annual US Conference in Las Vegas, NV this week, the association presented a variety of industry awards for exceptional contributions to the ATM industry throughout 2023 and beyond, as well as Lifetime Achievement Awards for sustained service to the industry and ATMIA. The US Conference’s theme was entitled Celebrating 25 years of ATM industry education, advocacy, and networking opportunities.

The Mike Lee Lifetime Achievement award, which honors the work and dedication Mike provided the ATM industry during his time as CEO of ATMIA was awarded to: Jorge Fernandez, BitcoinATM.com.

In addition, 2023 Outstanding Service Award were awarded to Optconnect Customer Care Team, Optconnect, Aravinda Korala, KAL, BitAML, Dave Rundquist, Rundash Cash ATMs, and Todd McEwan, New England ATM LLC.

Brita Florek, David Tente, and Eric Cross with ATMIA, were awarded the Special Achievement Award.

“The ATM Industry Association extends its warmest congratulations to all the 2023 ATMIA Award Winners! Your dedication and innovation have significantly contributed to the advancement of the ATM industry. We deeply appreciate your unwavering support over the years and look forward to celebrating your continued success. Boom," stated Lonnie C. Talbert, CEO of ATMIA.

The criteria for these annual awards are:

* Long-term positive influence on improving the industry
* Excellence in technology or levels of service
* Leader in applying best practice
* Specific and measurable achievements producing tangible results

The Peter Kulik Innovation Award was won by DPL for their Hercules AI and Paycorp for Cash Express Smart ATM.

The fifth annual ATMmy International ATM Industry Marketing Awards were presented to the follow recipients:

• CONTENT category 1st Place Winner – Triton Systems for 'Fearless 2023 Forecasts'
• DIGITAL category 1st Place Winner – Diebold Nixdorf for 'More Secure – Data Security Document'
• VIDEO category 1st Place Winner – Secure Innovation for 'Remote Planet'
• CASH category 1st Place Winner –  Fexco for 'Cash is Not Going Anywhere'
   
• CONTENT category 2nd Place Winner – BFC Enterprises for 'Insights for U.S. Businesses from Countries that Tried & Failed to Implement Cashless Societies'
• DIGITAL category 2nd Place Winner – Cash Depot for 'Bank in a Box'
• VIDEO category 2nd Place Winner – Diebold Nixdorf for 'Data-Driven Service Model'
• CASH category 2nd Place Winner – Cash Depot for 'Cash, Convenience, & ATMs: Drawing Young Consumers to C-Stores
   
• CONTENT category 3rd Place Winner – ATM USA, LLC. for 'Do All Your ATMs Really Need Deposit Automation'
• DIGITAL category 3rd Place Winner – Paramount Management Group for 'New Year Predictions'
• VIDEO category 3rd Place Winner – Star Financial Service, Inc. for 'Standard and Cashless ATMs'
• CASH category 3rd Place Winner – Auriga for 'The Future of Banking: Streamlined Cash Management for ATMs

Some award winners were not present, and others may have received their awards on their behalf. A few awards will be presented at the Europe and Emerging Markets Summit in 2024.

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