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Asta Funding Inc., an asset-management company that buys unpaid credit card loans and tries to collect them, will be closing its call center in Bethlehem, Pa., by the end of March as part of a cost-reduction program.
Fifth Third Bancorp as signed contracts to provide electronic funds transfer services, including gateway access, ATM driving and debit card processing, to Fort Shafter, Hawaii-based Honea Federal Credit Union and Ewa Beach, Hawaii-based Ewa Federal Credit Union.
Charge Anywhere, a mobile-payment technology company, says payment-security companies Trustwave and 403 Labs LLC have certified four of its software applications for mobile devices as compliant with the Payment Card Industry Payment Application Data Security Standard.











