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SEATTLE – Members of Prevail CU yesterday approved the combination of their credit union into Lakewood-based Harborstone CU, creating a $1 billion credit union serving 69,000 members at 17 branches across the state.

Before there were phones built with near-field communication chips for payments, companies designed stickers, sleeves and memory cards to bridge the technology gap. Even as momentum builds for NFC-equipped phones, these companies say there is still an audience for add-on payment tech.

A significant consumer shift away from traditional banking tasks is already unfolding among early mobile-pay adopters and the underbanked.

After months of testing a method by which ATMs can dispense prepaid cards, Better ATM Services is rolling out the service to all of its clients.

Visa, delivering on its promise of greater issuer support for its V.me digital wallet, announced U.S. Bank as its latest partner.

Total System Systems, or TSYS, is reselling a new loyalty scheme that uses consumer-behavior data to shape individualized rewards.

Visa and Chexar Networks are testing a mobile application that allows prepaid card users from multiple issuers to remotely deposit checks to their Visa prepaid accounts.

BOULDER, Colo. – State regulators approved a request from Elevations CU, the state’s fifth largest credit union, to more than double its field of membership by adding 750,000 residents of Adams and Larimer counties.

DALLAS – One lucky member of Neighborhood CU hit the lottery on last week’s International CU Day—winning the credit union’s $10,000 quarterly savings prize.

QUINCY, Mass. -- Bridgewater CU’s Community Team surprised more than 550 passengers Friday on Boston’s commuter train, known here as the “T,” with a free ride.