Acconite says the global migration to smart cards and the national UK implementation of chip and PIN authentication at point of sale is driving financial firms to provide PIN-related services, including the ability to change PINs, through the Link ATM network.

The vendor has worked with Link to define the strategy, script the tests and publish a standard for its 50 member banks and to provide ongoing support.

Jim Nix, general manager operations at Link says: "It was clear that a new standard way of proving systems was needed for EMV migration and PIN services to be uniform and consistent for all our members."