54 Facts About Diebold Nixdorf

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Diebold Nixdorf is an American multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems, point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets.

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Currently Diebold Nixdorf is headquartered in the Akron-Canton area with a presence in around 130 countries, and the company employs approximately 23, 000 people.

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Diebold Nixdorf has since branched into diverse markets, and is currently the largest provider of ATMs in the United States.

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Diebold Nixdorf was founded when Diebold Inc acquired Germany's Wincor Nixdorf in 2016.

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Diebold Nixdorf was founded in 1859 in Cincinnati, Ohio as the Diebold Nixdorf Bahmann Safe Company.

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In 1874, Diebold Nixdorf was contracted to build the world's largest safe, to be installed in the San Francisco branch of Wells Fargo.

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Diebold Nixdorf secured its first international sale in 1881, when it built a safe for the President of Mexico.

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Diebold Nixdorf debuted manganese steel doors marketed as TNT-proof in 1890, and in 1921, Diebold Nixdorf sold the world's largest commercial bank vault to Detroit National Bank.

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Also around that time, Diebold Nixdorf introduced a "robbery-deterrent system for banks that flooded the bank lobby with tear gas" to help deal with robbers such as the infamous John Dillinger.

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In 1936, Diebold Nixdorf expanded its product lines by acquiring companies specializing in products such as paper-based filing systems, and it began developing armor plate for military tanks that year.

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Between 1939 and 1945, Diebold Nixdorf devoted 98 percent of its activities to the war effort.

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In 1965 Diebold Nixdorf began offering pneumatic tube delivery systems to diverse institutions including banks and post offices.

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Diebold Nixdorf subsequently began offering computer-controlled security and surveillance systems in 1970.

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Diebold Nixdorf wanted exclusivity to distribute Chubb's cash machines throughout the USA.

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Not surprisingly Diebold Nixdorf finally stopped distributing Chubb devices in 1973 and at the same time, decided to develop and eventually launch its own Total Automatic Banking System 500.

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In 1989, Diebold Nixdorf shipped 12 percent of the world's ATMs sold worldwide.

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Diebold Nixdorf partnered with IBM on InterBold in 1990, a joint venture chiefly formed to provide self-service products for the financial industry.

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Under the terms of the joint venture, Diebold Nixdorf marketed their combined ATM lines in the US, while IBM marketed them abroad.

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In 1996, Diebold Nixdorf generated US$1 billion in revenue as a company for the first time in a single year.

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Also that year, Diebold Nixdorf introduced the first talking ATM in the United States.

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In October 1999, Diebold acquired all the stock of Procomp Amazonia Industria Electronica, S A, a manufacturer of retail and banking automation equipment such as ATMs based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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In February 2002, Diebold Nixdorf announced it would acquire the financial self-service assets of the European companies Getronics NV and Groupe Bull for approximately US$160 million.

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Diebold Nixdorf continued to secure historical items such as the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian Institution.

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In 2002, Diebold Nixdorf entered the United States elections industry through the acquisition of Global Election Systems, a producer of touch-screen voting technology based in McKinney, Texas.

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Shortly afterwards, Diebold Nixdorf forbade its top executives from making political donations.

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Diebold Nixdorf was increasingly focusing on technology related to mobile banking as of 2008, incorporating mobile banking into many of its products.

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That year Diebold Nixdorf was selected to be the sole ATM provider at certain Beijing Olympics venues.

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Diebold Nixdorf debuted a prototype of the first virtualized ATM that year, which was created jointly with VMware and used cloud technology.

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In 2011, Diebold Nixdorf was hired to implement "advanced security solutions" at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub.

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In 2012, Diebold Nixdorf debuted what it claims is the "world's first 4G LTE-enabled ATM concept, " as well as "two-way concierge video services" to its ATMs.

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Diebold Nixdorf debuted new ATM models in 2013, and "increased its cash dividend for the 60th consecutive year.

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The Justice Department agreed to drop the charges if Diebold Nixdorf complied with various terms, including 18 months of compliance monitoring and a $48 million settlement.

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Diebold Nixdorf announced that it was buying the Danish PIN pad maker Cryptera in June 2014.

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Under the agreement, Cryptera remained a separate business operating under Diebold Nixdorf, and remained an "original equipment manufacturer of EPP devices for Diebold Nixdorf and other existing customers.

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In March 2015, Diebold Nixdorf acquired the Canadian ATM software company Phoenix Interactive Design.

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Diebold Nixdorf sold the North American aspects of its electronic security business to Securitas in October 2015.

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In June 2015, Diebold was reportedly in talks to acquire its German rival Wincor Nixdorf.

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On November 23, 2015, Diebold Incorporated and Wincor Nixdorf AG entered into a business combination agreement, with Diebold offering $1.

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The combined company would have registered offices in North Canton, Ohio, and be operated from headquarters in North Canton and Wincor Diebold Nixdorf's facilities in Paderborn, Germany.

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Software development for the new company would take place in North America, with Diebold Nixdorf citing their Phoenix Interactive Design subdivision based in Ontario, Canada.

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Diebold Nixdorf was re-focused exclusively on its current product set in 1998 and renamed Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems GmbH.

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Diebold Nixdorf was taken public May 19, 2004 with a successful IPO.

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Diebold Nixdorf is split into three regional divisions including the Americas, and the Asia Pacific.

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Beyond designing and producing its own physical product lines, according to Bloomberg Diebold Nixdorf provides services involving "installation and ongoing maintenance of products, remote services, availability management, branch automation, and distribution channel consulting; and outsourced and managed services, such as remote monitoring, troubleshooting, transaction processing, currency management, maintenance services, and online communication services.

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Diebold Nixdorf is known for designing, manufacturing, and servicing numerous product lines related to automated service.

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Diebold Nixdorf was founded in 1859 as a manufacturer of safes and bank vaults, and bank safes and vaults would prove a staple of the company for many decades.

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In 1965 Diebold Nixdorf began "offering pneumatic tube delivery systems to banks, hospitals, post offices, libraries, office buildings" and many other industrial facilities.

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Diebold Nixdorf has developed a number of physical and electronic security products, and in recent years has been contracted to protect the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Constitution, among other notable artifacts and landmarks.

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ATM security, Diebold Nixdorf introduced its ActivEdge card reader in 2014, which it describes as "the industry's first complete anti-skimming card reader prevents all known forms of skimming – the most prevalent type of ATM crime – as well as other forms of ATM fraud.

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Diebold Nixdorf branched into the emerging market for automated teller machines in the early 1970s, and has since debuted numerous ATM product lines.

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In 1999, Diebold Nixdorf debuted an ATM that identified customers using iris recognition, which was the first of its kind.

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Diebold Nixdorf introduced the first talking ATM in the United States that year, which was installed on October 1, 1999 in San Francisco's City Hall.

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In July 2002 Diebold Nixdorf introduced its 3030 Bulk Cash Recycler Model, and in 2003, Diebold Nixdorf launched its Opteva line of ATMs.

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On December 8, 2014, Diebold Nixdorf debuted the 3500 and 3700 ATM series, both of which handle cash recycling among other functions.

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