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In a first of its kind partnership aimed at benefiting from the popularity of English soccer in Southeast Asia, an Indonesian bank has signed an agreement with a major club to launch a suite of payment cards.

More than 500 cardholders may have lost money in an ATM-skimming scam at ANZ Banking Group’s local subsidiary in New Zealand over the past month, according to local media reports.

Unobtrusive until now, a set of unrelated security requirements is about to become pretty unpopular, and costly.

India is working to widen the scope of its landmark Kisan credit card by making the product usable as a financial-inclusion tool in addition to its original purpose as a credit tool for farmers.

Sussex County Federal Credit Union is the first U.S. financial institution to install NCR’s new virtual teller ATMs, Aptra Interactive Teller, which gives members the choice of either self-service or an interactive, live audio and visual experience, NCR announced March 26.

First Community Federal Credit Union’s “Skip the Fee–Swipe for Free” debit card program resulted in $172,500 in debit-fee give-backs and prizes to members, including a $5,000 grand prize.

Life at Fiserv Inc., it seems, is good. And others increasingly are reaping the rewards.

Credit card issuers' account charge-off rates, already exceptionally low, remain on track to hit bottom later this year.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Community First CU of Florida agreed to a three-year exclusive naming rights sponsorship of the Hale & Hearty 7K, an event produced by the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida to showcase the benefits of happy and healthy places in the Northeast Florida region, making the race the “Community First Credit Union Hale & Hearty 7K.”

Building on its earlier acquisition of alternative payments platform eBillme, The Western Union Co. has announced a payment product that broadens its appeal beyond its traditionally unbanked consumer base.