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Android Pay's announcement lacked the jaw-dropping excitement of last fall’s Apple Pay release. As you can tell from the name, the Android Pay playbook is remarkably similar to Apple Pay.

Six months after rolling out new collection rules requiring collectors to - among several measures - produce loan documents or a court judgment upon request, New York regulators on Tuesday released more guidance.

Payment processor Elavon has signed a multi-year agreement to provide payment gateway and security technology to Wyndham Hotel Group.

Ecobank Transnational Inc. and MasterCard have agreed to promote electronic payments throughout Central and West Africa, accelerating use of payment cards for consumers and mobile card readers for merchants.

First Data likens its new Clover Mini payment terminal to Apple's product line: it's a device made to fill a niche that everyone else thought was already being served.

The decline in foreclosures and short sales is one of the best signs of how much progress the housing recovery has made. But it's also contributing to a dearth of housing inventory that's constricting the market.

Borrowers who signed up for home equity lines of credit during the real estate price surge were 30 or more days late on $1.8 billion in outstanding balances four months after principal payments began, according to credit reporting firm Equifax.

The Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General’s office gave presentations on collection issues, existing laws and the enforcement of fair practices.

After several years of dormancy, Apple resurrected Near Field Communications (NFC). However, it remains to be seen if NFC will ultimately prosper and become the kind of ubiquitous payment technology that today is unique to payment cards.

Equifax Inc. announced Monday that it’s working with Credit Builders Alliance to help Americans who are considered to be “credit invisible.”