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Within four hours of being launched, the innovative 3-D website—believed to be a first in financial services and inspired by interns—had more than 178 member-avatars 'walk through' to check it out.

The administration apparently intends to leave office without addressing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's capital bases and therefore the tight credit conditions.

As many a card expert warned would be the case, there's still a lot of confusion out there about how chip cards work—and what they don't do.

KeyCorp to Buy First Niagara; RushCard Plans Refunds

October saw the three main card networks invest in bitcoin-related companies, which comes on the heels of major financial institutions exploring the use of bitcoin and blockchain technology to solve some industry pain points, though credit unions remain wary of the cryptocurrency.

KeyCorp, Ohio's second-largest bank, has agreed to buy First Niagara Financial Group Inc. in a $4.1 billion cash-and-stock deal that extends the company's reach in upstate New York.

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With the highly anticipated EMV liability shift now in effect in the U.S., merchants have been adopting point-of-sale terminals that can accept chip-based cards.

If Visa and MasterCard seem to be shining an extremely bright spotlight on their tokenization efforts, it's because they view it as vital to their survival.

Starbucks Corp. now gets 21% of its U.S. sales in company-owned stores through its mobile app, and its new order-and-pay system looks to be just as popular.