Londoners have a new ATM to contend with – a Cockney ATM. Most of us have seen multilingual cash machines which give users the option to have the on-screen languages in a number of languages, however this is the first time that Cockney has been used as an alternative.

Bank Machine, who own and operate 2,500 ATMs across the UK, is hoping that the success of the Cockney ATM will see cash machines using other UK dialects too such as Brummie, Geordie, Scouse and Scots.

Messages that the Cockney ATM shows include:  Read more... (132 words, estimated 32 secs reading time)

• Some Moolah for ya sky rocket?

In Russia and the Ukraine, devious criminals have discovered a way to get ATMs to print out a list of all the debit cards used recently in the machine, including start and expiry dates and the PIN associated with the card. This information can then be used to clone debit cards by the gangs.

Previously, the big ATM fraud was to use a fake ATM fascia. This fascia would contain a card reader to skim the card details, and a pinhole camera to capture the user’s PIN. Banks have invested heavily in anti-skimming technology and can now detect fake overlays and disable the ATM accordingly. In 2008, it is estimated by the European ATM Security Team (EAST) that ATM fraud grew by 11 percent to 484 million Euro.  Read more... (576 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)