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Oct 31 2013
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From Russia with Love

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This post by Todd Nuttall, CEO of Better ATM Services, first appeared on www.atmmarketplace.com.

Leo Tolstoy had it right. A century after his death, I find myself marveling at the stark contrasts in a country still wrestling with the evolving payments industries.

I just returned from a speaking engagement at the Fifth International PLUS Forum Cash Circulation + Self-service Banking and Retail 2013 in Moscow. What a dichotomy.

Here you have the younger population already embracing smart phones, but prepaids are, in essence, still a world away. ATMs are the lifeblood of the average citizen, who seems caught between two realities — the old way and what we in the U.S. take for granted as a part of everyday life. Read More

Oct 03 2013
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Are You Surprised?

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This post by Todd Nuttall, CEO of Better ATM Services, first appeared on www.atmmarketplace.com.

Did you see the story a few weeks ago about ATMs that dispense clean water? The story out of India detailed the installation of clean water dispensers attached to ATM-like machines where people desperate for clean water in a remote town in India can now get clean water for only one rupee. Read More

Jul 08 2013
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There’s a Tremor in the Force and It’s Emanating from Connecticut

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This post by Todd Nuttall, CEO of Better ATM Services, first appeared on www.atmmarketplace.com.

Market forces often collide, some resulting in tremors that portend things to come. The recent passage by the Connecticut General Assembly of legislation in favor of adopting new requirements for many prepaid products could be a harbinger of things to come. Read More