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Cloud payment processor and mobile commerce vendor i2c Inc. is providing the technology for Boom Financial's entry into Haiti with its text-messaging money transfer service.

The same week Miley Cyrus was causing a stir at the MTV Video Music Awards, some Vegas locals were complaining about a word they did not even hear or see. So forgive Greg Barnes for thinking critics of One Nevada Credit Union's new marketing campaign are chasing the wrong target.

Kinecta FCU, looking for ways to increase engagement on its Facebook page, launched "Stache & Save," an online slot machine that rotates through three different mustaches when users pull the digital handle.

Visa has made several changes in its management structure, including the expansion of Bill Gajda’s duties.

Tradehill Inc., a Bitcoin exchange, has ended its relationship with Internet Archive Federal Credit Union—announced only a few days earlier—and has suspended trading, blaming regulatory issues.

U.S. merchants are in for a rude awakening if they do not prepare for the spike in e-commerce fraud that will likely follow the shift to EMV-chip cards at the point of sale.

A European EMV migration technology provider plans to make itself known to more U.S. payments companies.

The terminal swapouts that accompany the EMV chip-card migration in the U.S. should help VeriFone recover from its performance slump, according to Northcoast Research.

A new Jack Henry program can speed EMV-chip card migration for card issuers by up to a year — but only for credit cards, since ongoing legal issues hamper the use of EMV for debit cards.

Online and mobile payments processor WePay's has seen the number of developers using its application programming interface (API) grow by 284% in the past year.