Brink's is popularly known for its bullet-resistant armored trucks which carry money and valuable goods (the service once used to transport the Hope Diamond from an auction to the buyer's home).

In January 2012, Brink's acquired Kheops, SAS, a provider of logistics software and related services in France, for approximately $17 million.

This acquisition gave the company proprietary control of software used primarily in cash-in-transit and money processing operations in France.

Redetrel distributes electronic prepaid products, including mobile phone airtime, via a network of approximately 20,000 retail locations across Brazil.

Redetrel's strong distribution network supplements Brink's existing payments business, ePago, which has operations in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Panama.

[7][8] Unflattering parodies of Broadview's TV commercials, mocking the company's attempts to manipulate consumers, were posted online, along with a filmed Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Andy Samberg and Bill Hader.

[20] Led by Boston small-time criminal Tony "Fats" Pino, 11 men broke in and stole $1,218,211.29 in cash, and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders, and other securities.

[21] All 11 members of the gang were arrested six years later,[22] and all were paroled and released by 1971, except for Joseph "Big Joe" McGinnis, the originator of the heist, who died in prison.

[21] On October 20, 1981, members of Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army attempted an armed robbery of a Brink's armored car in Nanuet, New York.

The robbery resulted in a shootout that left two police officers, Edward O'Grady and Waverly Brown, and a Brink's security guard, Peter Paige, dead.

[23] Paige's partner, Joe Trombino, was severely wounded in the gun battle but survived; he later died at the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.

Four men, Sam Millar, Patrick Moloney, former Rochester Police officer Thomas O'Connor, and Charles McCormick, all of whom had ties to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were accused.

When police arrived, they found the bank's parking lot was full of men wearing clothing identical to the mysterious robber's.

Months later, the FBI received a tip from a very attentive homeless man who had witnessed a "practice run" weeks prior to the robbery.

[27][28] On 18 February 2013, eight masked gunmen, in two cars with police markings, stole approximately €38 million worth of diamonds by attacking in a very small time window during which they were being transferred from a Brink's armored van to a Swiss-bound Fokker 100 operated by Helvetic Airways.

On the day of the heist, the gang executed several distraction tactics, such as shooting and burning vehicles, while part of the group threatened employees with an assault rifle and others, disguised as Brinks staff, entered the premises.

[41][42] Following the heist, a police chase led to the arrest of several suspects on a nearby agricultural property, where weapons and ammunition were seized.