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First Data has named retired JPMorgan senior executive Heidi Miller to its board of directors.

First Data in Atlanta has named retired JPMorgan senior executive Heidi Miller to its board of directors.

Compliance software vendor Strevus is adding support for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to its products.

The restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings will use the NCR Aloha Online Ordering system in its 1,000 company-owned and franchised locations in an effort to improve its takeout ordering business.

New Jersey Community Bank in Freehold (NJCB) has revised its fourth-quarter and annual results for 2013 to reflect a non-recurring $2 million litigation charge.

J.P. Morgan has partnered with ProQuest, a cloud-based data management technology provider in Ann Arbor, Mich., to make J.P. Morgan's company and economic research data available to business students, academics and other researchers.

An engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has created software that allows shoppers to pay for food by scanning their hands.

SmartMetric plans to introduce a facial identification feature to its biometric payment cards within the next six months.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank signed a $100 million memorandum of understanding that promotes American businesses operating in the region.

The Pennsylvania Senate has unanimously confirmed James Biery as a commissioner of the Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Commission.

The Treasury Department has agreed to sell a large stake in Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR) in Virginia Beach.

This year roughly $507 billion in payments around the globe will be made through mobile devices, up 40% compared to 2013, according to Juniper Research.

Banco Santander Brazil is using SAS software in an effort to reduce banking fraud and improve overall data and operational cost management.

MBT Financial (MBTF) in Monroe, Mich., has extended the expiration date for its rights offering.

First Data has introduced new services for small to medium-sized businesses that work with its Clover Station tablet-based point of sale hardware.

Bank holding companies earned a record $3.4 billion from the sale of annuities last year, up 9% from a year earlier, according to a report released Tuesday by Michael White Associates of Radnor, Pa.

BitGo, a San Francisco-based a digital currency payments processor, has launched a new suite of services for financial institutions that engage in Bitcoin-based commercial transactions.

Santander Bank in Boston has appointed Jerry Plush as chief financial officer of its U.S. holding company Santander Holdings USA, and Maria Tedesco as managing director of retail banking for Santander Bank.

Specialty retailer American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) has renewed its retail credit card agreement with General Electric Capital Retail Bank.

Graduate school financing with high balances are driving the overall growth of the nation's student-loan debt.