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As Amazon experiments in retail models that remove cash and plastic cards in favor of online and mobile payments, traditional retailers may have an ace up their sleeve: the gift card.

Bento for Business has added Visa to its purchasing card platform for small and midsize businesses.

The Jacksonville-based credit union kicked off 2019 by buying a bank and expanding into Georgia, but VyStar's moves may hold lessons for CUs far beyond the southeast.

As more stores either close down or try to ban the use of cash, they aren't necessarily driving cash users to cards and mobile wallets. Instead, they are driving some to an environment that is, counterintuitively, more cash-friendly than ever: e-commerce.

Credit unions are losing ground to community banks when it comes to customer satisfaction. Here's how to reverse that trend.

The San Jose, Calif.-based credit union decided to make the change because there were too many other financial institutions with a similar name.

International payments provider Currencies Direct is offering a new online platform for batch payments to help clients making multiple payments in different currencies.

Visa’s proposal to buy Earthport — which already survived a brief bidding war with Mastercard — is getting a closer look by the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog group.

Payments messaging standards provider Swift has established a new group to help it promote and assure smooth migration of the cross-border ISO 20022 standard.

Global payments provider Elavon has established a new partnership with Societe Generale for payments acceptance and acquiring services throughout Europe.