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Google plans to end support for the physical Google Wallet Card, according to information included in the code of its latest Google Wallet app update.

The attention around tokenization — replacing static account numbers with a one-time-use token — has been good for security but worrying for businesses that rely on a static identifier for future reference.

Railroad & Industrial Federal Credit Union in Tampa said it has exceeded $300 million in assets. The credit union previously crossed the $150 million-asset mark in 2005.

Fallout from widespread data breaches hurts many payment industry sectors, but this year's tax-filing season brings fresh pain for the prepaid card industry, with new details out connecting prepaid cards with some of last year's biggest tax refund fraud busts.

The U.S. shift to EMV — once considered as viable as the U.S. shift to the metric system — is well underway. Here are some of the latest signs of progress, as well as some of the biggest pain points.

CU Anytime will upgrade its ATM management system to a software platform provided by NCR Corporation and INETCO Software.

Inova Federal Credit Union has agreed to merge with Associated Federal Credit Union, in a combination of two institutions located in Elkhart, Ind.

Diebold acquired enough Wincor Nixdorf shares to complete the purchase of its German rival, a deal that creates a maker of cash machines and systems with more than $5 billion in sales.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with Starbucks on a branded, prepaid rewards card, expanding its relationship with the coffeehouse chain.

Executives on hand at the CUNA Marketing and Business Development Council's annual conference share their best marketing strategies.