Fintech

At 800 stores, the Checkers/Rally's fast-food chain may seem overshadowed by giants like McDonald's. But to CardFree, merchants of Checkers' size are ideal customers for its mobile payments technology.

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.