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A letter supposedly sent to U.K. bank customers warns that Barclays debit cards could explode. The letter then urges recipients to mail their cards, along with their PIN codes, to an address in Bangalore. But is this really happening?

Google can’t underestimate the importance of its maiden voyage with Google Wallet and the lessons the company learned in being one of the first to offer payments through cellphones in the U.S.

Lakeland will expand its operations in three counties in its home state of New Jersey with the $57 million acquisition.

It’s been a rough year of politically charged headlines and financial woes for Facebook, pressuring the social network to do more with its Messenger app's huge and largely unmonetized user base.

After the 2008 banking crisis, centralized payment systems and financial services don’t have as much appeal to the younger set as a more transparent decentralized system, argues Csaba Csabai, founder and CEO of Inlock.

The real-time ticker of strangers’ spending habits could soon go away.

Debit push payments proved an essential component of the ride-sharing boom, with many drivers opting to pay a fee for immediate funds throughout the day to cover fuel and other expenses. And the technology is finding fans in other niches as well.

After working to restore profitability and re-instituting growth policies, one CEO looks back on what it took to help a credit union change course.

Seacoast readily agreed to buy First Green Bank. The next step is determining which of the seller's programs, including car-charging stations and discounted rates for green projects, to keep.

Remitly’s moves are clearly in response to the growing competitive pressure being placed in a key U.S. outbound corridor.