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Fiserv Inc. is promoting the real-time version Popmoney person-to-person payment service as a companion to its online bill payment offering.

The newly rebranded Visa Checkout is the latest of the card network's attempts to create a more streamlined, digital payment process that moves past the plastic card. Visa and Visa Europe have embarked on many projects around the globe in recent years, targeting e-commerce, mobile payments, P2P and other use cases.

VALDOSTA, Ga. — Tiny $12.2 million Nashville Credit Union is looking to merge into $198 million Southeastern FCU here, in a move both institutions are calling "strategic in nature."

First Data Corp. has agreed to buy Gyft Inc., which sells digital gift cards, in a move to advance the Atlanta-based processor's mobile payment offerings.

Square plans to offer a version of its mobile card reader that can read EMV-chip cards, but the added security may come at a cost.

The Secure Remote Payment Council wants a more open process in the development of a standard for tokenization, with the goal of ensuring a single token can be handled by multiple parties to improve security.

Diebold is unveiling an anti-skimming card reader designed to prevent criminals from stealing card data from unsuspecting automated teller machine users.

WICHITA, Kan. — Two Kansas credit unions on Monday announced their intent to merge, a move that would create an institution with a combined 15 branches, $525 million in assets and more than 70,900 members.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — CO-OP Financial Services is expanding its popular THINK initiative, adding a series of four free regional one-day events to go along with its annual conference.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has withdrawn a list of merchant categories, including payday lenders, debt consolidation firms, pornography businesses and others, that it said warranted heightened attention by banks processing their transactions.