Archive for February 2010

ATM Network launches online store

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Great prices. Great selection. Great service. Straightforward pricing and ongoing customer support.

Those are the principles that ATM Network was founded on 14 years ago. Those are the principles that have made us one of the largest and most successful ATM companies in the country. And those principles drove the design and construction of ATM Network’s new online store, now open at http://www.atmnetwork.net/store.

Naturally, you’ll find all the things you expect from an online store. Compare features and prices on ATMs from major manufacturers like Nautilus Hyosung, Triton and Hantle USA (formerly Tranax). Build your own ATM, adding only the features you want. Browse our selection of parts, supplies and accessories. Taxes and shipping are calculated automatically based on your shipping address. When you’re ready, buy your selections using our secure checkout system.

But we didn’t stop there. Here are some things you’ll get from us that you won’t see at our competitors:

1. Transparent pricing. Add an item to your shopping cart, and you’ll immediately see your tax and shipping charges. Too many stores try to hide that from you until your purchase is nearly complete. You can also change your shipping options at any time to see what each option costs.

2. Free shipping, processing and sign package with every ATM. Every ATM includes free shipping anywhere in the continental United States, free transaction processing, and a free sign package, including a colorful door sticker and a neon sign to advertise your ATM.

3. Custom options. Want your own customized ad screens? We can make them for you. Want to advertise or print coupons on your customers’ receipts? We can do that, too.

4. Upgrades. We can take a dial-up machine and let it hook into your Internet connection. We can take any machine and equip it to use a wireless connection, freeing you from phone lines and Ethernet cables.

5. Paper in any quantity. Most online retailers require you to buy rolls of receipt paper by the case. Who needs that? With us, you can buy paper in any quantity you want, from one roll to multiple cases.

6. Merchant services. We’re not just an ATM company. We offer a full range of merchant services, including free check-collection and low-fee credit-card processing.

As a full-service ATM company, we also deliver extras that the wholesalers can’t match. When you buy from us you get more than just a hunk of machinery. You get a nationwide installation, training and service network. You get 24/7 customer support. You get free transaction processing. You get free online monitoring and management of your machine and your income statements.

Come visit our site to learn more about us, and our store to see what we have to offer. Then you’ll understand why so many ATM owners choose ATM Network as their partner.

Visit us at http://atmnetwork.net/store.

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Dispense lotto cards from your ATM

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Nautilus Hyosung has developed software that will let ATMs sell Quick Pick lottery tickets.

Nautilus Hyosung America Inc. has partnered with Linq 3 to enable the purchase of quick pick lottery tickets on Nautilus Hyosung’s CE ATM models. Nautilus has been developing the software application for the CE models and will demonstrate the quick pick functionality during next week’s ATM Industry Association conference in Miami.

Linq3 developed the secure links to state lottery commissions that makes the whole thing work.

The software will work on any Hyosung machine running Windows CE. That includes the 1800CE and 5000CE.

All new CE models will ship with the software, and already-installed machines can get a software update to run it.

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Tranax changing name to Hantle USA

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

As of Feb. 1, ATM manufacturer Tranax Technologies has taken on the name of its Korean corporate parent, Hantle Systems. Tranax will now be known as “Hantle USA.”

Bill Dunn, U.S. vice president of sales for Hantle, says the name and brand change should come as no surprise.

“We’ve known a name change was coming from the get-go, when Hantle bought Tranax in October 2008,” Dunn said. “At that time, they thought it was important to keep the Tranax name for a while — for branding purposes in the marketplace. But now, as we move into other products, in imaging and scanners, the name Hantle carries more weight. And the name change should not come as a shock to the marketplace.”

While Hantle USA will focus more heavily on imaging equipment for checks as well as scanners, Dunn says the company’s commitment to developing and releasing new ATMs will remain.

Eventually all Tranax product lines will switch over to using the Hantle name. But nothing is changing immediately.

A skeletal new website is here.

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PAI buys WRG’s service business

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Payment Alliance International, an independent distributor/operator of ATMs, has bought WRG Services’ ATM processing operation.

In the ATM industry, there are manufacturers (who make the machines) and Independent Service Operators, who distribute and handle transactions for machines. ATM Network, for instance, is an ISO — we provide the best machine for a particular client, regardless of manufacturer, and then handle the transaction processing for that machine.

It’s a model that works pretty well because at each stage the company’s interest is aligned with the customers. Manufacturers need to produce good machines at good prices in order to make sales to ISOs. And because ISOs make their money on processing (they’re paid a small fee per transaction by the customer’s bank), they sell machines nearly at cost.

Result: If they work with a reputable ISO like ATM Network, ATM owners get great prices on great machines, and processing is free.

WRG is different. They directly service more than 12,000 ATMs, which makes them an ISO. But they also make the WRG line of ATMs.

That left them with a conflict between their service business and their ATM business: the service business wanted to be able to sell any ATM at a low price, while the ATM business wanted to sell as many WRG ATMs as possible, at the highest possible price.

It’s unclear whether the PAI deal involves the ATM manufacturing arm. All the company statements refer only to the processing business, but both the companies and news reports act as if PAI is buying all of WRG.

If the deal involves just the processing business, it would resolve WRG’s conflict while giving them cash to build their ATM business.

But if PAI is taking over WRG entirely, it just transfers the problem to PAI. Would you want to buy your ATM from a processor that has a motive to either steer you to a machine that isn’t quite suited to your needs, or overcharge you for it?

We’ll update as we learn more.

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