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Underwriters Laboratories has been testing physical products for safety for more than 100 years, and the company has joined the payments industry at an opportune time.

Payment Alliance International reached an agreement with SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union to apply its brand to 109 automated teller machines located in Rite Aid pharmacies throughout Los Angeles.

Two credit unions that share the same building-and a family connection-plan to merge.

Lamassu Bitcoin Ventures is sending its Bitcoin ATMs to areas that may not be completely welcoming to digital currency, with its newest machine touching down today in the West Village of New York City, the birthplace of the "BitLicense" regulatory concept.

Square won't require users of its $99 Square Stand to replace their hardware when they are ready to accept EMV-chip cards. Instead, the vendor will support EMV cards through the hardware's included USB hub.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has approved Florida Central Credit Union's bid to purchase a branch of First Federal Bank of Florida, the CU said.

The terminal maker Ingenico, payment processor FreedomPay and technology distributor ScanSource are teaming up to provide a point-to-point encryption system to North America with support for EMV-chip card payments.

Park Bank of Madison, Wis., is offering Buzz Points to provide consumers with bonus rewards for shopping at local merchants.

SmartMetric Inc., a maker of biometric smart cards, failed in its appeal of a court decision saying Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. don't infringe a patent for credit and debit cards containing chips.

Pockio, a U.K.-based company that re-sells gift cards for cryptocurrency, has expanded the number of brands it offers from 30 to 160 in only a couple of months.