ATM Network, an automatic teller machine (ATM) hardware, software and transaction-processing company, announced a year-long, systemwide sales effort to raise money to help the victims of the Tsunami in Southeast Asia and African countries. The total money raised is expected to reach $30,000.

ATM Network will donate $100 for every ATM sold during the first two months of the year to the American Red Cross and its International Response Fund. ATM Network’s sales team began building its fund for the Tsunami victims quickly following the disaster and will continue raising funds through the remaining 10 months of 2005 with $25 donated per ATM sold.

Our sales team is committed and motivated about this effort to help the victims of one of the worst natural disasters in the past century,” says Phil Rock, CEO and founder of ATM Network based in Minneapolis. “They know that the funds will be raised to help innocent victims and their loved ones in need. Through my travels, I have connected with the people of Indonesia, a country devastated by this disaster. I am sure these people and the many others affected will find great use for our donation and re-build quickly.

ATM Network selected The American Red Cross and its International Response Fund for its direct access to the most people in need. The American Red Cross has quickly established contact with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and sister societies located in the nine affected countries to determine how best the organization can be of assistance to those affected by the Tsunami.

ATM Network was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1996, and since has become one of the most innovative and fastest growing independent ATM companies in North America. The company has partnered with thousands of merchants who have benefited greatly from an ATM Network program.