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It's no secret that restaurants are going to be slow to adopt EMV relative to other retail categories, but in the past two months more dining establishments have begun to focus on the business-side issues and changes to customer interaction brought on by chip cards.

The mobile technology craze is starting to sweep up loyalty programs, placing pressure on banks to brush up the reward redemption experience to meet consumer expectations.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama State Employees (ASE) Credit Union has named Jared Freeman as its new chief executive officer, succeeding Ned McHenry, who will retire on Sept. 30, after 26 years of service at the CU.

A CU-fueled collaboration has produced new insights into the keys to successful partnerships.

Filene Research Institute announced that 16 credit union executives have been accepted to its Filene i3 program, which was formed to “foster the development of new ideas and innovations” for CUs.

Visa's ATM biometric trial in South Africa has the potential to spread a security technology that has encountered resistance in other parts of the world, including the U.S.

Credit unions flocked to the nation’s capital for the trade association’s annual pilgrimage to Washington, where executives have the chance to hear from politicians at the conference and then head to lawmakers’ offices to lobby on credit union issues.

Alliance Data Systems has agreed to work with Toyota on a new line of private-label credit cards and to manage the Japanese automaker's existing co-branded card program.

Apple Pay, Google Wallet and other platforms have the potential to change consumers' payments habits. If retail payment networks want to keep their brands visible, they might need to consider giving these platforms a slice of the interchange pie.

Align Credit Union and First Choice Credit Union have merged, in a combination of two institutions in northeastern Massachusetts.