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PayPal is expanding the ways a smartphone's camera can be used to facilitate payments within its apps.

Preparing systems for the Single Euro Payments Area may be more complex and time-consuming than many European corporations and banks realize. To ease this complexity, SunGard is offering software to centralize payments management.

The Twitter account @NeedADebitCard shames people who post photos of their debit cards online — but as anti-fraud systems advance, how much danger is there from these photos?

Retailing giant Wal-Mart may be pulling American Express prepaid cards from its shelves due to poor sales, according to an analyst report from Jefferies & Co.

Private-label credit card portfolios haven't looked so healthy in years, at least in terms of credit quality. That could help whet the appetite of anyone shopping for a private-label credit card portfolio, analysts say.

Global Payments is offering Planet Payment's Pay in Your Currency technology to merchants in Canada. Global Payments plans to offer a similar service in the U.S. later this summer.

Basketball legend and businessman Magic Johnson is once again putting his name on a prepaid card. This time around, Johnson's card has lower up-front fees and an emphasis on saving money.

"A burglar cannot rob 300 homes in one night, but a cybercriminal can attack 300 mobile devices at a time," said Dr. Markus Jakobsson, principal scientist, consumer security at PayPal.

ST. HELENS, Ore. – Officials with St. Helens Community FCU and nearby Wauna FCU said they plan to merge to create a credit union with about $300 million in assets.

PONTIAC, Mich. – Affinity Group CU, a partnership of five area credit unions, yesterday said St. Cletus CU, a $15-million Warren credit union, is joining the conglomerate.