The Currency Scene
What distinguishes a cash-in-transit robber from other crooks
- Written by: Business Day Live
- Category: Cash-In-Transit
Dr Hennie Lochner‚ who interviewed 21 people doing time for cash-in-transit robberies, as part of his doctoral studies had some interesting findings. The study which took place in South Africa can provide some important insights for armored carrier and secure transport operators around the world.
Selling Your ATM Portfolio – What Buyers Are Looking for Today
- Written by: ATM Atom
- Category: ATM
As with any business, ATM owners and operators (IADs) get started with one purpose in mind: to make money. They might purchase a few machines, find suitable locations and eventually grow their efforts into a full-time money-making operation. Yet despite the business acumen and go-getter attitude needed to get started, many business owners fail to consider is an exit strategy. In fact, one of the most asked questions from ATM operators is: what is my business worth? Valuation, sale and and how to profitably exit are often a mystery. Triton sat down with Jeff Sosville of ATM Brokerage to pick his brain about portfolio valuation, the state of the market and the variables involved when purchasing or selling an ATM business.
Challenges and Growth for ATM Operators
- Written by: Matthew S Daye
- Category: ATM
ATM’s made their debut in New York in 1960 appealing to gamblers and prostitutes who wanted to avoid tellers, but it took until the end of the 1960’s before people really began to use the technology.
An Explanation of What Bitcoin Is
- Written by: Nasdaq
- Category: Digital Currency
When most people hear about Bitcoin, whether for the first or the tenth time, they ask one simple question: “What is it?”
Like an automobile, Bitcoin is technically advanced, and it can appear complicated, depending on how much you want to know about it. But also like an automobile, it doesn’t require you to be a technical expert in order to use it—and for it to change the way you interact with the world.
What Africa’s Banking Industry Needs to Do to Survive
- Written by: HBR
- Category: Banking
Across Africa, banking is being redesigned. Technology has emerged as a competitive weapon in driving operational excellence and superior service quality. While the banks compete among themselves, they face existential threats from amalgam of entities, not necessarily possessing bank licenses.
Blockchain in Japan – Understanding the Legal Framework
- Written by: Aikon
- Category: Digital Currency
As with all innovation, blockchain technology can only develop so far before it faces legal hurdles making it necessary to create an acceptable legal framework to grow within.
So far, even the leading blockchain countries have been slow to accommodate this fast-growing business and technology development, thus hindering and even blocking it from achieving its potential.
How Not to Lose Your Bitcoin
- Written by: Coindesk
- Category: Digital Currency
After the price surges of bitocin back in 2017 bitcoin is on everyone's mind! Are you surprised by how much your bitcoin may be worth even today? Don't let that surprise turn to dismay by losing it. Now is the perfect time to take a few basic precautions to keep your cryptocurrency secure.
Here are 8 do-it-yourself tips to help you improve your security:
