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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – State regulators have awarded Peoples CU a broad community charter expansion covering almost 3 million residents in greater Miami.

As new mobile payment options storm the market, plastic cards refuse to bend, according to a new study of consumer habits.

Despite Bitcoin's pop culture appeal, most people perceive the virtual currency as so complicated that it must take a rocket scientist to understand. But Moneero has invented a machine that aims to change that perception.

VeriFone Systems and National Payment Card Association (NPCA) have launched a payments and rewards product that supports mobile payments at gas stations.

At $12 billion in deposits, FirstBank narrowly misses being ranked among the top 50 banks. But it's rubbing shoulders with the top three as it becomes first non-founding member of the clearXchange person-to-person payments network.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. – Honor CU has agreed to acquire SIR FCU, an $80-million credit union with three locations in the Upper Peninsula: Negaunee, Marquette, and Gwinn.

HIGHLAND RANCH, Colo. – State regulators on Friday approved an application from Red Rocks CU for a community charter serving a sprawling field of membership covering 1.4 million residents of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson counties.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Members CU last week rolled out its new local television advertising campaign “Why Go Anywhere Else,” featuring former Indianapolis Colts player Gary Brackett.

LANSING, Mich. – Credit unions throughout Michigan will participate in a “cash mob” Tuesday, offering coupons and other financial inducements for consumers to shop locally as part of their celebration of International Credit Union Week.

October can be a frightening month, and not just because of Halloween. In two years, the October deadline for EMV card acceptance will hit, leaving most merchants on the hook for fraud if they have not begun accepting smart-chip cards.