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MasterCard is investing in and partnering with card technology company Dynamics to embed greater function into U.S. payment cards, a mission that has sputtered in past years.

As mobile commerce and other new technologies change the way people shop, fraudsters are changing their methods to adapt. Banks, fintech providers and consumers are all looking at security in new ways.

Sun Center FCU in LaGrange, Ohio, is merging with Firefighters Community CU, Cleveland.

U.S. consumer spending this holiday season appears to be on track to surpass last year's even after initial reports of a Black Friday retail-sales slump, according to MasterCard Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga.

Mountain America Credit Union, in West Jordan, Utah, and Les Bois Credit Union, in Les Bois, Idaho, will merge effective Jan. 1. Mountain America will have 82 branches, making it the country's fifth largest CU branch network.

Sprint's Boost Mobile Wallet and Sprint Money Express have added features that allow users to buy and send electronic gift cards.

The members of Elcose FCU here have voted to merge with nearby INOVA FCU.

Bitcoin wallet providers have had a touchy relationship with prepaid cards. But whether or not these companies care about plastic, they should care about how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prepaid proposal affects them.

A new year will mean a new identity for Tobyhanna FCU here, which is set to rebrand itself as Valor Credit Union, effective Jan. 5, 2015.

Regional banks have expanded credit card loan balances dramatically over the past year. For now, they seem content adding cards to existing customers' wallets. But one day, they might be tempted to take on the largest issuers.