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The prepaid card market has become an unstoppable locomotive, and will continue its course unless unexpected federal regulations slow it down, according to new data.

NEW BERLIN, Wis. – Giant Landmark CU, the product of 10 mergers the last three years, has agreed to acquire Dodge Central CU, a healthy $52 million Beaver Dam credit union with branches in four Wisconsin communities.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A lucky member of Truliant FCU will get to skip mortgage payments for a year courtesy of their credit union.

The Kansas CU Association is preparing to embark on a lengthy branding campaign.

The challenge in recruiting young people in the coveted Generation X and Y were on full display during a live focus group here last.

It's common to accuse the payments industry of living in the past, relying on aging systems like paper checks and magnetic-stripe cards. But the future holds some very intriguing changes — and in many cases, it’s already here.

Flint Mobile announced today that its mobile card-acceptance app is available to on Apple's app store.

Visa said it will provide documents to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission after the agency asked for information on a debit-card service that may have violated the Durbin amendment.

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission has asked Visa for information regarding possible violations of new rules for debit-card processing that took effect under the Dodd-Frank Act’s Durbin amendment, the card company said this afternoon.

SCVNGR's LevelUp is targeting a broader audience for its mobile-payment system by working with the prepaid card marketer NetSpend. The partnership represents new territory for both companies.