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ShopKeep POS, a small independent sales organization, is capturing the attention of companies big and small. Earlier this month, it worked with PayPal to test a mobile-payment system, and today it announced plans with Dwolla and SCVNGR's LevelUp.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Pentagon FCU announced this morning it has returned its investment services program to CUSO Financial Services, L.P., after a year-and-a-half hiatus.

OGDEN Utah -- America First CU has teamed up with The Sweet Tooth Fairy Bake Shops to create a signature treat for "Cupcake Friday" events.

BitPay, an Orlando-based company that helps online merchants accept the digital currency, says more than 1,000 merchants have signed up for its service in the past year.

Online Resources Corp. opened an office in the metro Atlanta area this year to attract the sort of payments-industry talent it says is rarer in Chantilly, Va., where it is based.

Australian consumers and businesses would be able to transfer funds between bank accounts almost immediately, instead of waiting up to three days, through a service First Data is developing with Accenture and VocaLink.

Total consumer borrowing fell $3.3 billion in July from June, the first decline since August 2011, according to the Federal Reserve.

WASHINGTON -- The National Retail Federation announced this morning its Board has authorized the group to go to court to block the proposed $7.2 billion settlement of a federal antitrust lawsuit over Visa and MasterCard credit card fees, adding a major new obstacle to the historic deal.

Despite the decisions by some of the leading mobile-payment providers to work within the existing infrastructure, investors are concerned that legacy players' operations soon might become obsolete. And VeriFone is serving as their poster child.

ATM operators have long expressed confusion about the migration to EMV chip-card technology in the U.S., since the card brands were focused mainly on point of sale terminals. MasterCard made things far clearer today with its announcement of an October 2016 deadline for a liability shift for ATM operators.