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Käthe Anchel is expected to help push Umpqua’s recent focus on what it calls the “human-digital” banking experience.

A $245 million funding round for the payments processor Stripe contributed to heavy venture capital investment in the third quarter.

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

New mobile payment player plans a white-label person-to-person offering for community banks.

Prepaid debit cards that come with celebrity endorsements over the years have showed little staying power while whipping up storm clouds of controversy.

Underwriters Laboratories plans to help customers guard against payment fraud and data theft.

Companies globally that provide such services will see some $55 billion in international remittances made through mobile devices by 2016, according to a December report from Juniper Research.

eBay's acquisition of BillSafe, which lets shoppers pay for purchases only after they receive a mailed invoice, shows its commitment to the instant-credit model. But observers warn that this model requires finely-tuned risk management to guard against fraud or excess delinquencies.

Most executives in the prepaid debit card market agree any future federal regulations that demand better disclosures on products are good for the industry. But if the government starts messing with fee structures, it could lead issuers to leave the market altogether.

Online payment company hopes to avoid the mobile coupon mistakes of daily-deal leaders Groupon and Living Social.

The mobile payment venture Isis, still almost a year away from launching its application, is partnering with an industry heavyweight to serve as the security guard for its wallet.

Phishing scams typically target bank customers. One scam in North Dakota focuses instead on users of the prepaid card marketer Green Dot's MoneyPak.

Cardtronics has agreed to replace the ATMs deployed at National Lumber & Hardware locations in Puerto Rico.

Fiserv has inked an agreement with Sunrise Community Banks to provide processing services for general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit and gift cards.

Despite Verizon Wireless' talk of security concerns with Google's mobile wallet, its decision to deny the payment app a place on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone may have more to do with money.

Consumers receiving unemployment benefits on a Bank of America Corp. prepaid debit card in California are alerting state officials about a telephone phishing scam intended to elicit personal information.

Although it sports fees high enough to make Bank of America blush, this is no Kardashian Kard, the sponsor says.

Microsoft insists the online gaming service associated with the Xbox 360 did not experience a security breach despite some U.K. consumers who say they fell victim to a phishing scam tied to the video game system.

The authority expects to activate the system in late 2012 or early 2013.

The disappointment caused by the NFC-less iPhone 4S should be made up for in future releases.