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The prepaid card marketer NetSpend is working with Western Union to launch a prepaid card this year.

American Express is expanding its cash reload network for its Serve prepaid cards through a partnership with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

It takes the "wow factor" to dislodge members from checking accounts they hold at FIs outside the credit union, says Dennis Dollar.

DOTHAN, Ala.—The FDIC and OCC have approved the proposed sale of Flint River National Bank to the $260 million Five Star CU here.

Another small credit union says it is looking to merge due to increased regulatory burdens, as $26.8 million Santa Cruz County Employees CU, Santa Cruz, Calif., has entered into a merger agreement with $704 million Bay FCU.

The full capabilities of a core-processing platform are often underutilized until a CU is ready to fire on all cylinders.

MasterCard has entered an agreement to buy Pinpoint Pty. Ltd., a Sydney, Australia-based provider of loyalty and rewards services in the Asia Pacific region.

American Express' joint travel venture may get delayed as it awaits regulatory approval, CFO Jeff Campbell told investors Jan 16.

Momentum is building for debit EMV as the Shazam Network and Visa Inc. announced an agreement today to enable issuers to use Visa's common debit application identifier (AID) for Visa- and Shazam-branded cards and transactions.

SCVNGR's LevelUp is reducing its mobile wallet's transaction fee from 2% to 1.95% in its continued attempt to shave interchange costs.