January 2024
To: All ATM Houston Customers
RE: PCI Compliance
All Genmega and Hantle ATM’s with a B1 or B2 keypad will have to be replaced before 1/1/2025. To find the type of keypad, open up the top of the ATM and on the underside of the keypad will be the S/N sticker showing the version o keypad you have. If you have a B3 that is acceptable under PCI rules. If you have a B1 or B2 keypad you will also need the bracket with the new B5.
All Hyosung ATM’s with a 6000K will have to update to the new X1 keypad. You will need the conversion cable as well. You may also need the spacer, again depending on model.
We advise you to do this as soon as possible. This is for more than one reason. Other operators have already started to upgrade to get ahead of the compliance. Much in the same way EMV was rolled out, at times there were supply problems and toward the end date. We also have to schedule a tech to come out to install it and put new master keys in. If you are in the Houston area there is no service call charge, only for the parts. Outside of the Houston area we will have to have a tech come out and do this. We will have quotes and your approval before we send anyone out.
We also only stock enough keypads for normal operations so it is advised to not wait.
November 2023
With the holiday season upon us, ATM Houston, through our sister company, has a sale on new and refurbished Hyosung note separator moduules and EMV card readers on ssle through November 12, 2023. Other weekly flash sales will continue at ATM's America on card readers, displays, cassette parts, locks and more
August 2023
Our membership in NAC allows us to offer discounted prices to attend NAC 2023 in Las Vegas October 24-26, 2023 at the beautiful Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. Contact us for details and payment information. If you are thinking about going, I would not wait to book the room and air fare.
July 2023
We are still waiting on Just.Cash for Hyosung ATM's. We still use LibertyX for Genmega and Hantle but with what they require to activate them, it is not possible except for ATM's local to the Houston area.
February 2023
ATM’s America Featured as a Top Startup by Best Startup Texas. Best Startup Texas has been gracious enough to give a small mention in their post online. We will be giving interviews on several topics in the coming year. Topics such as starting a business, setting up processes, partnering with other businesses for expansion, managing cash and expenditures and more.
January 2023
Starting in March 2023 ATM Houston in coordination with Digital Network Solutions (DNS) all ATM deployers on ATM Houston platform using TransAct processing will be able to sell Bitcoin at their ATM's and make a % of the fee charged. IAD's will also be able to turn a customer bitcoin into cash and make the surcharge by using the JustCash ap on the ATM. The IAD does not have to do anything. The ap can be loaded remotely and the ATM operator can make money immediately without having to go to the ATM. Each operator can set the fee for one or a group of terminals so you have control of what you can make.
"One of the biggest benefits of using Just.Cash is that it can be remotely enabled on any DNS terminal so IADs can immediately start earning additional income from their ATMs without having to make a site visit," Kirk Barrett, general manager at Just.Cash, said in the press release. "It's also super easy for ATM users. There is no need for customers to download apps, set up a wallet or get preapproved because their bitcoin purchase is printed directly on the receipt. The consumer simply scans the universal QR code on the receipt to add it to any bitcoin wallet."
"But perhaps the biggest benefit to our customers is Just.Cash's Flex-Fees system which allows IADs to choose how much they want to charge," DNS President John Willmon said in the press release. "Fees can be set at the same rate across the entire fleet or changed remotely anytime on just a handful of high-performing ATMs."
Just Cash's bitcoin services are currently available on Hyosung SE class C or V versions 06.02.02 or higher and all Triton retail ATMs.
December 2022
We were off a little bit on our expanding business portfolio earlier this year. By the end of 2022 ATM Houston will have expanded our business by over three times what it was a year ago. ATM Houston is truly blessed with so much business added across the USA this year. Our sister company, ATM's America, has also increased sales by double of 2021. This is attributed largely to ATM Houston increased business and the expansion of our repair department to repair Hyosung, Genmega and Hantle cash dispesnsers, cassettes, printers, keypads and more. If you haven't looked at ATM Houston or ATM's America recently or have not signed up for the news letter from ATM's America, you have been missing allot of sale prices on the most common wear items.
June 2022
ATM Houston has finished the migration of all our ATM's and our customers from CDS to DNS. ATM Houston has grown our portfolio by 35% so far this year and is on pace to expand by at least 50% bu year end. ATM's America is the driving force behind the increased business as they are referring allot of business to us for a new ISO and processor.
March 2022
ATM Houston has migrated about 75% of our and our customers ATM's to our new sponsor bank and processing platform, Digital Network Solutions. We like this platform that DNS put together and our customers can't say emough good things about it. The most often comment we hear is that it is much more "User Friendly".
December 2021
ATM Houston is now using META bank to sponsor our ATM's and our customers ATM's. The application process is so much easier to complete and the turn around time is less than before. It has been a year oif changes for the better and we are already much happier than with our previous sponsor bank. We have also chose another processor that is by far better than our current, but not for long, processor.Digital Network Solutions. DNS chose the ex VP from CDS to head up the operations. With our freindship going back over 10 years, we have an excellent working reloationship now with DNS and look forward to building the best solutions foir our customers.
September 2021
ATM Houston will be at the innagural Orangetober Fest in Orange, TX October 1-2, 2021. We will also be at the HLAGH vendor expo as we are every year in Houston on October 7, 2021. We are going to the World Waterpark Association annual trade show on October 19-21, 2021 in San Antonio at the Henry B Gonzales Convention center. We will be displaying as our sister company ATM's America
August 2021
Now that school has started across the country and vacations are over it is time to get ready for the fall and holiday's. Genmega has raised their prices by $100.00 on all ATM's but has made the camera standard now. I would expect that Hyosung will be raising prices soon. We have started keeping new Genmega G2500 in stock and will start having the Hyosung Halo 2 in stock in the next couple of weeks. We like getting our customers ATM orders in the Houston area to them faster. We started doing this a few months ago when it was taking a couple of weeks to ship out. We also have started stocking refurbished Hyosung dispensrs, cassettes, pin pads and printers in stock along with Genmega printers, pin pads and soon dispensers and cassettes. We are now doing the repairs and testing in house for our refurbished parts.
July 2021
We were at the TRA Marketplace July 11-13, 2021 in San Antonio exhibiting our cellular routers, ATM's, parts and supplies. This was our first time with them and it turned out to be a great show. Attendees showed most interest in getting ATM's for their restaurants but were also interested in having an insurance policy for their internet. That "policy" is our Ursalink UR32 failover package that sits idle until called on to provide internet to your business. Within 10-15 seconds after you lose your internet our routers will come to life to save the day.
We have also received notification from Genmega in June that the GenCam will now come as standard equipment starting July 1, 2021. A coupole of weeks later they sent another notification that all Genmega ATM's will be increasing in price by $100.00 August 1, 2021.
April 2021
ATM Houston already has seven more hotels coming into our family this year with over 2000 rooms in all. These are larger hotels and will receive a new Hyosung Force with a custom enclosure to match the decor as always. We will start offering Hyosung cassette and pin pad advance replacement this summer. When you order repairs from ATM's America we will ship your refurbished part with a return label to send the old one back to us. Our pricing for cassettes will be less than anyone! You will have your ATM back up and running before you can get the repair to another company.
January 2021
What a year 2020 was! The first three months were off with a bang. ATM's America, our eCommerce site, introduced the Ursalink UR32 router after AT&T certification in February 2020. Then we all got hit with the virus and shut downs in April and thought the world was ending. Through the remainder of 2020, we remained vigilant and on course. We sold more ATM's and acqured more customers in the second half of 2020 than any any previous years in business. We were also able to increase our product offering by stocking more parts, adding more parts and accessories with six different designs of LED signs, fabricating and stocking the popular ATM vault corner lock assemblies and, by adding more to our inventory, made sure that we had more new and refurbished parts available. We have added more refurbished parts so our customers do not have to wait on a repair to get their ATM's back up and running again. With our ATM purchasing volume increasing last year, we were able to nogotiate better prices on our ATM's and have lowered our already low prices to everyone. We wish everyone a speedy recovery from the virus and hope some of the businesses are able to reopen and help the economy return to previous levels.
ATM Houston is adding over 1,000 hotel rooms the first quarter of 2021 that include three 300+ hotels and two with 200+ rooms in Houston. While the travel and hospitality industry is reeling right now, this is only temporary. Industry experts predict that this will start getting better the second half of 2021 but 100% is not going to happen until 2023. There has never been a better time to start or expand an ATM business with ATM Houston and ATM's America.
March 2020
Our all new Ursalink UR32 routers for ATM's and internet failover are now certified with AT&T. For more information go to The ATM Wireless Network or for purchasing and data plans go to ATM's America We have spent the last year getting what we wanted made, testing the router and getting certification done. We are happy to report that all of our expectations we exceeded.
July 2019
We have completed our first phase of testing for our new 4G LTE routers for ATM's and internet failover using T-Mobile and everything passed with flying colors. As soon as testing is complete with AT&T, Verizon and Sprint we will be releasing the new routers. Standard router comes with dual SIM card slots for carrier failover and remote reboot. Enhanced routers will have GPS with inline battery backup and rempote restart for the ATM.
June 2019
As of June 1, 2019 customers will not have to pay extra for no processing when buying an ATM. We also now stocking EMV card readers for Hyosung ATM's along with Hantle and Genmega. We are still stocking the 7" and 8" displays for Genmega and Hantle ATM's. We will be traveling to China and Korea this month to meet with current suppliers and others we are either in negotions with or are in the process at this time. We are also working with a manufacturer to have our own wireless routers made to spec that will include dual SIM card slots in case one of the carriers towers are down, a micro SD card slot to record data of the router (NOT CARD NUMBERS), a strength meter on the front so you can move the antennae around to get a better connection and can be used for internet failover. All this in one router that will retail for around $149.00 and data plans starting at $4.65 per month for ATM's and package deal for internet failover for the router and 1GB of data for around $29.00 per month!
April 2019
We have finally moved into our new but temporary office/warehouse the first of April at 1118 Sawdust Rd Spring, TX 77380. We have added to our inventory the EMV card readers and displays for Hantle and Genmega ATM's, EMV card readers, 1K cassettes and thermal print heads for Hyosung ATM's and soon will have the 8" and 10" displays. We have great prices on receipt paper for Hyosung and Genmega ATM's and ATM LED signs.
December 2018
ATM Houston is extending our NAC 2018 show specials through the end of December. We are also adding GivePay to all of our Hyosung ATM's. GivePay will allow you to buy gift cards from restaurants, department stores, pre-paid cellular service and more. Another addition will be adding BitCoin purchases at our Genmega ATM's. This should all be implemented by the end of the month.
October 2018
ATM Houston will be at the NAC 2018 trade show in Las Vegas. This year we are a sponsor with our eCommerce site www.atmsamerica.com and are giving away several of our products as raffle prizes.
September 2018
ATM Houston is now a member of the Hospility and Lodging Association of Greater Houston. This was a perfect fit for us since we excel in the placement of ATM's in hotels and they are a major part of our business. We will be at HLAGH Annual Houston Hotel Market Forecast Luncheon and Business Expo on September 20th at the Hilton Americas Houston, 1600 Lamar Street in downtown Houston. We will be in the business expo offering our service and products to owners and general managers as well as show off our work in other hotels in the Houston area.
July 2018
Our first Hyosung MX2800 Force is now on location. We also now have ATM alarm systems and LED ATM signs. Our new alarm systems retail price is $79.95 and the ATM LED signs are $19.95 each or can be purchased by the case of 20 for $300.00. Both items can be purchased on our eCommerce site www.atmsamerica.com We are also now members of the the Hotel & Lodging Association of Greater Houston.
May 2018
We have started taking orders on the all new Hyosung MX2800 Force. We only have the Hyosung literature so far but with all of the new features included, this will be used to upgrade our high volume locations as well as several more coming up this and next year. You can read all about it at www.atmsamerica.com and place your order on our secure eCommerce website. Shipping is expected to start May 21, 2018.
April 2018
Beginning May1, 2018 we will install a new Genmega G2500 with electronic lock for the low price of $1,695.00. In order to receive this great price you will be enrolled in our lifetime warranty program and furnished with the all new 4G LTE wireless router for the low price of $49.95 per month for five years. You will never have to pay for any repairs, software updates, receipt paper and keep all of your surcharge. This is a limited offer and may be withdrawn at any time without notice.
January 2018
We now have our eCommerce website completed and customers can now order ATM's, parts and supplies from htpps://www.atmsamerica.com
December 2017
ATM Houston has ended the distributorship with Puloon ATM's. The new terms, conditons and warranty were unfavorable to us in general and the warranty period was changed to half of our other manufacturers such as Hyosung and Genmega. We will, however, maintain the Puloon we have sold to our customers.
August 2017
Completion is close on a new National presence Ecommerce website to provide sales of new and used ATM's, parts, supplies, wireless routers and more. Completion of www.atmsamerica.com is expected late August 2017 with an expected launch date of the middle of September. There are thousands of parts to load into the cart as well as many ATM's with a complete configuration module to get exactly what our customers want and need. Beta testing on our wireless router system for complete business internet continuity will begin any day now. Along with some of our existing customers, we will be looking for other businesses to be part of our testing. There is no charge for anything during this period and our beta testers will be given special pricing if they want to continue with this service
June 2017
Work has now begun on a new National presence Ecommerce website to provide sales of new and used ATM's, parts, supplies, wireless routers and more. Completion of www.atmsamerica.com is expected early August 2017. New and existing customers will be able to create an account on our secure website to purchase anything and everything to do with Puloon, Genmega, Hyosung and Hantle ATM's. In additon to sales we will be offerring a wireless router system for complete business internet continuity on a monthly data plan manufactured by a trusted name in the industry. Beta testing will begin late June to early August. This wireless router will be perfect for bars with multiple games that require internet to operate such as juke boxes, golf and more, any business that processes credit cards with internet enabled credit card machines such as restaurants, fast food, dry cleaners, grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores.
May 2017
ATM Houston is proud to anounce that a distributor agreement with Puloon USA to distribute the new Sirius I and Sirius II ATM's has been signed. Curently Puloon has been ceritified with Switch Commerce and Columbus Data and other processors are in the process of certification. We look forward to representing Puloon as we do with Genmega, Hantle and Hyosung.
ATM Houston has been chosen as the preferred ATM provider for major hotel management firm. With many properties already open, ATM Houston has completed the installation of ATM's in all current locations and with several more openings in the next year. ATM Houston will be installing more in Conroe, Katy, Shenandoah and Houston.
ATM Houston expands service to Katy, Baytown, Clear Lake and Galveston with ATM's in several locations.
October 2016
MASTERCARD EMV LIABILITY SHIFT NOW IN EFFECT
This past Friday October 21, 2016, the full MasterCard EMV liability shift went into effect for all ATMs in the U.S. NAC has done all in its power to make you aware of this impending deadline, and it is now here. Unfortunately, according to industry statistics shared last week at NAC2016, only one in three/four retail ATMs in the U.S. are EMV ready at the present time. As such, the potential exposure is significant.
LANDMARK SUPREME COURT VICTORY FOR U.S. RETAIL ATM PROVIDERS
The U.S. ATM industry is a tight-knit community of business owners and vendors striving to provide convenient cash and account access to consumers throughout the nation. We have faced many challenges and struggles together over the past few years, including significant costs for implementation of new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations, rampant ATM bank account closures via misapplication of Operation Choke Point, continual security updates, deep drops in interchange payments to ISOs/IADs, excessive and mislabeled “Foreign Bank Fees” and, most recently, the wrath of an unprecedented U.S. EMV ATM liability shift.
