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Earthport has used distributed ledger technology, including a partnership with Ripple, to build a global cross-border payment network.

The app will be available at 7,500 Starbucks locations in the U.S. and 1,400 Best Buy locations, and is part of a much broader rollout that's expected to last into early next year.

India's cash crisis may threaten the country's traditional wedding season. Uber is attempting to solve some of the problem with a new car booking service.

Dow Northeast Employees FCU is fully independent of Dow Chemical, which is seeking to merge with DuPont Co.

Biometrics has long had an interoperability gap. Visa is trying to address that with a new project that brings flexibility to biometric options.

Comdata says the majority of fleets are relatively small, and are underserved by most existing platforms.

The combined entity will co-brand on existing Martin branches, resulting in an organization with more than $2.8 billion in assets.

The app is based on a Masabi’s ticketing platform used by agencies and operators such as London’s Thames Clippers, Preston Bus, New Orleans’ RTA, Boston’s MBTA, Transport for Athens, Los Angeles’ Metrolink and New York’s MTA.

Two institutions were recently named as the 2016 Community Credit Union of the Year by the Credit Union National Association: BayPort CU of Newport News, Va., and 1st Financial FCU of Wentzville, Mo. The awards were handed out during CUNA’s recent Community Credit Union Conference in Dallas, which was held concurrently with the National Federation of Community Development CUs’ annual conference.

A round of deregulation could loosen restrictions on emerging payment types and technology.