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The article reports on the proposal of allowing automated teller machines (ATMs) in shopping centers, supermarkets and off-premise locations in Texas, which prohibits, branch banking. It states the big bank holding companies started announcing plans about setting up ATM networks before the proposal was passed. It reports on Mercantile Texas Corp. which launched an extensive ATM network limited to dispensing cash.

Reports that two financial companies defied conventional wisdom by establishing a direct connection for exchanging check images with each other. Reports that most of the image-related momentum in the banking industry to date has been toward joining exchange networks; Review of the agreement between Frost Bank of San Antonio and Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union of Dallas.

A proposed law to register ATMs in Texas to fight human trafficking has drawn criticism from the ATM industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Texas house bill aims to fight human trafficking by requiring operators to register white-label ATMs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An ATM was the target of an attempted robbery Friday morning at BBVA Bank on Highway 6 and University Boulevard in Sugarland, Texas. The robbery led to a chase between the police and a suspected thief, according to a report... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on architectural development in Dallas, Texas. Like many cities revitalizing their cores, Dallas is transforming brownfields, parking lots, and obsolete buildings into cultural destinations, public parks, and contemporary mixed-use complexes. Luxury is taking a contemporary turn all over town. In transforming a dilapidated Hilton Hotel into the hip Hotel Palomar Dallas. Cheryl Rowley Design made a statement combining 1960's architecture with references to today's skyline and the eternal openness of the Texas landscape.

Cardtronics, an ATM owner and operations company, has announced Texas-based Chemcel Federal Credit Union selected Cardtronics to provide turnkey ATM Managed Services. This long-term agreement provides complete ATM outsourcing for the CFCU network branch for both in-branch and off-premise ATMs,... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses gas gift cards given out as an employee benefit or incentive. Methodist Hospital System, a Houston-based nonprofit health-care organization gave 10,000 employees $250 Chevron gas gift cards. The hospital decided to spend money on the gift cards after workers expressed concerns about their high costs of commuting to work.

Anthony Michael Holland has also been ordered to pay almost $1.2 million in restitution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the move of Washington Mutual Inc. (WaMu) to enter Texas' off-premise automated teller machines (ATM) market for the first time through a branding agreement with Cardtronics Inc., a Houston-based ATM independent sales organization. WaMu and Cardtronics signed a branding agreement under which Cardtronics will deploy 310 WaMu-branded ATMs in CVS drug stores in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, Texas.

Discusses how companies that verify point-of-sale checks for merchants are finding ways to reduce revenue loss from the decline in check use. Views of Cindy Knowles, vice president of marketing at Certegy Inc., and Rick Swagler, spokesman for AmSouth Bancorp; The concerns of Washington Mutual Inc. when it stopped verification services in 2002; The service that TeleCheck International Inc. of Houston provides; Comment of analyst Ariana-Michele Moore.

The article offers information on the NACStech 2008 Show to be held on May 5-7, 2008 at Geylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. It offers an opportunity for retailers to see the how behind wow that will keep customers coming back for more. Workshops and networking opportunities will present innovative ways to tackle technology challenges, and the exposition floor will provide a glimpse of the latst technology available for the retailers' site.

Interviews executive Kenneth A. Donohoo about the construction of electric transmission facilities of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in Texas. Enhancement in the transmission grid of ERCOT; Views on the deregulation of electric utilities; Comments on the capacity of the transmission facilities of the state of Texas. INSETS: Untitled;About ERCOT;Completed Major Transmission;Transmission To-Do List

Focuses on the Checks by Phone service of Houston, Texas-based TeleCheck Services Inc. Debit card functions via telephone; Chance for merchants to sell their products to a larger population of customers; Explanation of how the service works; Advantages for retailers.

Reports on the focus by Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. on correspondent banking in Texas. Mechanics of correspondent business; Revision of correspondent processing upon the establishment of the Clearing House Association of the Southwest; Technological applications for customer services; Advantages of niche marketing.

The article offers news briefs related to Texas, as of January 2018. Topics discussed includes repairman was trapped inside the Automated teller machines of Bank of America; Edward Dickard was arrested and charged with theft of property; and efforts of Francisco Islas, owner of Paco's Mexican Cuisine, to caught a thief.

If more refineries are forced to shut or are damaged, East Coast drivers are likely to see pump prices climb along with Houston's rising flood waters. A similar scenario unfolded in 2008 when Houston was hit by Hurricane Ike, and gasoline prices spiked 45 cents in a day, said Dan McTeague, an analyst with GasBuddy in Toronto. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with Asia Ciaravino, an actor and chief executive officer of The Playhouse theatre in San Antonio, Texas, is presented. Topics include the future of theatre in the city with the presence of arts and entertainment centers, the need for the residents to support their local culture and her opinion on the talents of the artists and their capacity to change the world through theatre.

Moody's calls the missed payments an administrative default given the district's willingness and ability to pay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the impact of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas and the hosting of aggregate industry's AGG1 Aggregates Academy & Expo in the same city. It mentions the implications of the hurricane to the aggregate production that got halted for a couple of days. Topics include gift cards provided to disaster victims for Christmas, flooding in aggregate production plants and returning to normalcy for the aggregate industry in Houston.

The article discusses the highlights of 2010 annual conference of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) held in San Antonio, Texas, which featured the 2010 AFP Electronic Payments Survey. The survey highlighted the advantages and disadvantages of making transition to electronic payments. The survey also explored the best practices and barriers for making the transition.

Reports that the Dallas Public Library in Dallas, Texas has imposed a penalty of $50 a day in an attempt to deal with the backlog of over 600,000 missing books and about 14,000 seriously delinquent borrowers.

Reports that free trial searches on a database organized on the citation analysis pattern has been offered to users of the Moody Medical Library at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Cost incurred by the users for availing the services.

Focuses on Public Library Association's plan to set up at American Library Association's conference in Dallas, Texas a showcase of consumer information programs being provided by libraries in the United States.

Reports on a move to end the social-promotion bill in Texas. Requirement for students in grades three, five, and eight to pass tests in reading and mathematics before they could be promoted to the next grade; Inclusion of remedial programs and teacher training; Plans of legislators in Arizona, Connecticut and Florida to ban social promotion in schools.

Reports on Houston, Texas-based Tidel Technologies Inc.'s introduction of Internet-capable automated teller machines (ATM). Key features of the ATMs; Bank's interest in the Chameleon ATM.

Reports that automated teller machines (ATM) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport terminals in Texas could generate more than 600,000 dollars a year. Submission of bids by seven financial institutions; Provisions on adding ATMs; Revenue from ATM fees.

The article discusses the highlights of the 1996 research conference by the International Community Corrections Association (ICCA) held in Austin, Texas. The conference focused on major correctional issues such as dealing with driving while intoxicated offenders, dealing with adolescent offenders and using restorative justice tenets with crime victims. David M. Altschuler's paper examined the trends and issues in the adultification of juvenile offenders while Doctor Larry Motiuk's paper examined the value of systematically assessing offenders risk.

The article presents updates on U.S. military commissaries or exchanges. Commissary gift cards are now available in stores and online, but online vendors charge processing and shipping fees. A commissary opened at Fort Bliss, Texas on June 29, 2011. A chart on the cost of online gift cards available at the U.S. Defense Commissary Agency, Walmart, Target, Safeway, and Albertsons, is presented.

An interview with director of student financial services Nandy Baldonado of Houston Community College System (HCCS) in Houston, Texas is presented. When asked about the factors that drive the HCCS to use the CASHNet Product Suite from Higher One Inc., Baldonado says that CASHNet met the school's requirements and solved registration problems. He adds that it allows student to pay via credit card of electronic checks or manage installment payment plans online.

The article focuses on the online bill payment system introduced in May 2008 by Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Dallas, Texas. The company had encountered difficulties since the discovery of Medicare fraud problems at Redding Medical Center in 2003, which they owned back then. Goals of the company such as cost savings and improve patient payments are mentioned.

The article presents information on the declining revenues of Innovus Inc., after it shifted from New Orleans to Dallas, Texas. After Hurricane Katrina, the company started doing its transactions through its new headquarters in Dallas. Since then, the revenues of the company have decreased by up to 4%. The company provides ATM services in malls and hotels. According to Innovus Chairman Michael Brown, the ATM services have saturated, due to which the revenues are declining.

Reports on the shift of the prepaid industry from prepaid cards to prepaid services. Goal of Dallas, Texas-based 7-Eleven retail store, according to Tim McCallum, director of new product and business development; Prepaid services offered by 7-Eleven; View of Walter Paulsen, vice president of Safeway, on McCallum's vision of cashless society.

Profiles Darlene Williams, treasurer at the Dallas Independent School District in Texas. Career background of Williams; Her efforts to implement treasury technologies in the district such as controlled disbursement accounts and electronic funds transfer for vendor payments; Accomplishments of Williams.

Focuses on the electronic revolution of the paper check by Telecheck Services Inc., a check acceptance company in Houston, Texas. Development of The TeleCheckElectronic Check Acceptance service; Use of the service for faster processing and reduction of handling paper; Guarantee of payment and elimination of bad checks risk.