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NEWS ABOUT: ATM

ATM stories: 11 news summaries


 Fed Restricts Overdraft Fees 

Customers must opt in for coverage of ATM, debit transactions

Nov 12, 09 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Starting in July, banks will have to get consumers' explicit consent before authorizing an overdraft—and the accompanying fee—on debit and ATM card transactions. Since the advent of the financial crisis, overdraft fees have become the biggest source of consumer fee income for banks. Congress is also considering making... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • debit card • ATM • financial crisis • overdraft fee

Troubled Banks Have a New Benefactor: You

Industry hikes fees on checking accounts, overdraft transactions

Jun 28, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Your children aren’t the only ones who think you’re an ATM: Your bank does, too. Facing declining revenues and smacked with tough, new credit card legislation from Congress, banks are hiking overdraft, ATM, and checking account fees, the Washington Post reports. The average bounced check fee rose 2.... More »

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Congress • Federal Reserve • legislation • ATM • banks • banking industry • checking account • consumers

Prosecutors Detail 244-Stab Attack on French Students

'Unmitigated evil' ended grad students' lives in London, says prosecutor

Apr 28, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prosecutors yesterday detailed an "unimaginably" horrific attack on two French students in their London apartment by home invaders seeking the men's ATM pin numbers, reports the Times of London. The gifted biochemistry grad students, who had been in London just two months to attend school there, were bound in... More »

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London • crime • France • murder • ATM • killings • armed robbery • ATM card

New ID System Scans Finger's Veins, Not Prints

Hitachi system is faster, more secure than fingerprinting, retinal scans

Nov 11, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new technology that scans finger veins to authenticate identity claims to be quicker and more reliable than fingerprinting, retinal scans, or facial recognition, the Times of London reports. Japanese company Hitachi's system shines infrared light through the network of capillaries in the index finger, capturing a unique 3D “... More »

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technology • security • Japan • ATM • Hitachi • blood vessels • identification

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 Woman Admits 
 Making Up Tale 
 of Carved 'B' 

McCain volunteer told police that mugger cut one onto her face

Oct 24, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The blogosphere smelled a rat, and they were apparently right. The woman who claimed that an Obama-supporting mugger carved a "B" into her cheek has confessed to making up the tale, KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh) reports. The 20-year-old told police that her black mugger got ticked when he saw her McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • crime • assault • ATM • Pittsburgh • Election 2008 • campaign volunteers • Ashley Todd

 ATM Thefts On the Rise 

Non-bank teller machines make easy targets, police say

Jul 3, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - ATM theft is a labor-intensive crime: You have to steal a pickup, slam it through a gas station storefront, and haul the ATM out. But that’s exactly what an increasing number of criminals are doing, MSNBC reports. From 2000 to 2006, thieves nabbed about 120 ATMs a year across... More »

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crime • theft • bank robbery • felony • bank • GPS • ATM

 Construction
 Oglers Get
 an Eyeful 

Workers' whistles drive woman to bare all

May 23, 08 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some wolfish construction workers got an eyeful of a sheep without clothing, the New Zealand Herald reports, when a female Israeli tourist apparently fed up with their whistling got naked as she used an ATM in downtown Kerikeri. "She gave the explanation that she had been pestered by New... More »

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tourism • nudity • sexism • New Zealand • ATM • public nudity

Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

ATM surveillance photos show man who used Eve Carson's bank card

Mar 8, 08 8:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Police issued photos today of a "person of interest" in the killing of UNC-Chapel Hill student president Eve Carson, the News and Observer reports. The ATM camera shots show a black man, about 20, who used Carson's bank card and may have been driving her Toyota Highlander. "This... More »

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investigation • murder • surveillance • ATM • police hunt • security cameras • college student • Eve Carson • UNC Chapel Hill • Brian Curran

United Tech Makes $3B Bid for Diebold

Deal would expand UTC's footprint in electronic security business

Mar 3, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - United Technologies is bidding $3 billion for Diebold, one of the largest manufacturers of ATMs and voting machines. The unsolicited bid is $40 per share, a 66% premium over Diebold’s closing stock price Friday of $24.12, reports the New York Times. The deal would provide an opportunity for... More »

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Ohio • Connecticut • Diebold • credit crisis • United Technologies • ATM • unsolicited takeover • voting machines • Initial Electronic Security Systems

China ATM Glitch Nets Man Life

After withdrawing free money, man found guilty of bank robbery

Feb 28, 08 11:56 AM CST
(Newser) - It seemed like a miracle to Xu Ting of Guangzhou: a misplaced decimal point somewhere in the bowels of an ATM meant that his $140 withdrawal debited his account only 14 cents. Over several hours he made another 170 transactions, pocketing more than $24,000. But after getting robbed and... More »

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China • bankruptcy • bank • troop withdrawal • ATM • Chinese judiciary • Chinese banks • bank malfunction

Bank of America Ups ATM Charges

Non-customers will have to pay $3;
other banks are likely to follow

Sep 13, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bank of America has raised its ATM surcharge to $3 for non-customers—and other banks' are likely to follow. That's the highest surcharge in America, and it affects millions, because BoA has the largest ATM network in the country, USA Today reports. Expect the hike to be contageous: "Banks... More »

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Bank of America • money • bank • ATM • surcharge

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