The latest ATM software news

For 2010, ATMmarketplace.com has once again surveyed key individuals to update the “ATM Software Trends and Analysis” guide to highlight trends in major global markets

Every Bank CEO knows that bank branches are an expensive way of servicing its customers. However, banks have been reluctant to move customers away from the branch to alternative channels such as the ATM and risk losing the all-important customer “touch” opportunity.

MagnaSoft provides software solutions to Banks and Financial Institutions in Mexico.

In response to increasing interest and demand from the Australasian and Pacific based customers, KAL has expanded its engineering and customer support operations in its Regional Headquarters office in Sydney, Australia.

KAL, the global ATM software company, has once again emerged as the world’s leading independent ATM software vendor in research recently carried out by London-based Retail Banking Research (RBR). This important biannual study of multivendor software included in-depth interviews with 66 financial services organizations in 39 countries.

Aravinda Korala, KAL’s chief executive, has been included in ATMmarketplace.com’s ‘Top ATM execs to watch in 2010’. The article features some of the most influential and innovative professionals in the industry and lists Aravinda as one of the leading figures driving the market forward.

KAL and Tisco Bank of Thailand worked together to deliver innovative new transactions on banking kiosks in Thailand. The Tisco banking kiosks which are installed nationwide include Smartcard and ePurse transactions as well as payment transactions for utility bills, insurance, mutual funds, loan instalments and more.

KAL has exhibeted at the BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo being held November 03 - 05, 2009 at The Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, Ma., USA.

KAL, world leaders in ATM software, has recently joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a Participating Organization to work with the Council on evolving the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards.

ATM trends continue to attract the ATM industry’s attention with the KAL sponsored ATM Software Trends and Analysis, the Number 1 in the Top Ten list of downloaded publications on the influential ATM Marketplace web site.

KAL, world leaders in ATM software, have recently announced the incorporation of Hitachi Omron Technology Services (HOTS) Finger Vein (FV) Biometric recognition technology into KAL’s multi-vendor ATM and kiosk solutions.

The world’s first deployment of a new patented technology called Magneprint from Magtek is reducing card skimming attacks on ATMs. KAL, Belltech and Magtek teamed up to provide BCI Chile with the new solution that can significantly reduce fraud.

Aravinda Korala, CEO of KAL, and Wayne Malone, Head of Consumer Payments and Citishare at Citibank recently delivered a joint presentation at the "European ATMs 2009" conference entitled "Worldwide ATM Software Trends".

KAL has recently exhibited at the Kiosk Europe Expo 2009 being held 5-7 May 2009, at Messe Essen, Essen, Germany.

Paul Nicholls, UK Sales Manager, recently delivered a presentation at the upcoming “Banking & Payment Technologies West Africa” conference entitled “Worldwide ATM Software Trends 2009”.

KAL has recently exhibited at CeBIT held 3–8 March, 2009, in Hannover Germany

KAL announced that Fifth Third Processing Solutions has entered into an agreement to offer KAL’s Kalignite Suite of Multi-Vendor Windows® ATM software to its financial institution customers.

KAL has exhibited at the BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo held November 18 - 20, 2008 at The Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA.

KAL - a global software company dedicated to multi-vendor ATM software - announced today the expansion of its operation in the United States.

KAL announced today that China Everbright Bank (CEB), a nationwide commercial bank, has successfully completed the deployment of Kalignite multivendor automated teller machine (ATM) software across its entire estate.

KAL has exhibited at the BAI Retail Delivery Conference & Expo held November 13 - 15, 2007 at The Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Banques Populaires, one of France's largest banks, is now using KAL's Kalignite EMV Kernel in over 4,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) in its France-wide network.

ATM Marketplace, the world's leading online resource for the ATM business sector, has published a definitive guide to the ATM Software industry.

KAL's development partner in China, Shenzen Zijin, is the supplier of the ATM application which is built on the Kalignite Platform. The Kalignite Platform has enabled CCB to deploy Zijin's application across its diverse ATM estate.

KAL has announced a series of major Automated Teller Machine (ATM) innovations that are now deployed to the Shinsei Bank ATM network in Japan. These innovations provide value-added financial services to the bank's customers and expand its customer-focused business model.

KAL and eCards Solutions are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to provide software solutions for Banking ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) in the East Africa region. eCards, the area's leading third party processing company and supplier of ATM solutions, has selected KAL's Kalignite Software Suite including the Kalignite NDC application as the foundation for its entry into the ATM "multi-vendor" software arena.

KAL is pleased to announce the certification and immediate availability of the Kalignite EMV Kernel for use on ATMs, Kiosks and all self-service / branch teller systems.

KAL is pleased to announce that it has been selected to supply multi-channel, multi-vendor software for Nationwide Building Society's 2,300 ATMs and 6,000 branch teller stations as part of Nationwide's Technology Self-Service Banking (TSSB) Open Software Initiative.

KAL today announced that Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. of Japan has selected KAL's software for its brand new ATM model, the ATM21S, which will be manufactured and distributed in the Chinese market. The new Oki ATM is powered by KAL's Kalignite Software Suite - the world's leading independent ATM software which makes the new ATM fully XFS-compliant and web-enabled. The initial target market for the new ATM is China and it will soon be made available in other geographies too.

KAL is pleased to announce that Alaska USA Federal Credit Union is upgrading their Ultrabranch kiosk systems to the latest version of KAL's Kalignite Software Platform. Alaska USA has installed the Ultrabranch systems in many of their branches located throughout Alaska and in the Pacific Northwest.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom -- KAL is pleased to announce the successful deployment of the Kalignite for Branch software at Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (NPBS) recently completed the deployment of over 400 systems in more than 50 branches running Kalignite for Branch.

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - July 8, 2002 - KAL, the leading provider of software for Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), kiosks and other self-service devices, today announced that Malcolm Roberts, the former Chairman and Managing Director of NCR UK has joined the KAL Board of Directors.