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Targeting customers and linking mobile marketing to in-store sales is a challenge for retailers, but mobile payments can make a difference, writes Marissa Tarleton, chief marketing officer for RetailMeNot.

The Wall Street giant on Wednesday played up its customer service skills, saying that representatives of its Marcus personal-loan unit answer calls within 10 seconds.

After losing a bidding war to issue Costco Wholesale Corp.’s credit cards and failing to renew its partnership with JetBlue Airways Corp. in 2015, Amex has worked to increase spending on its existing co-brand arrangements

A growing number of credit unions are creating the position of chief innovation officer on the management team in order to better define and execute cross-departmental innovation strategies.

Proposed combination of General CU, Partners 1 FCU approved by both boards, member vote next.

The cross-border payments specialist has developed a workaround to comply with a format that requires Chinese characters for certain transactions.

China's Metaverse Foundation collaborated with Russian crypto investment bank CyberTrust to create the Cryptocurrency Fund to support ICO projects from China and Russia through KICKICO's crypto crowdfunding platform.

SIA also plans to power payment cards in other currencies for solarisBank.

The addition of John Stallings, who ran SunTrust's Virginia operations, is intended to make Union a more nimble institution, allowing CEO John Asbury to spend more time on strategic planning.

It's a common lament that businesses cling to checks and other forms of paper-based transactions while consumer payments rush into a digital future.