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Google's initial launch of its mobile wallet at a special event in New York last year was a flashy affair meant to showcase every feature and every partnership. Its approach this year is much more low-key, as is that of its rival Apple.

If things are truly bigger in Texas, then mPowa CEO Dan Wagner figures it's a good place for merchants to be able to accept credit card payments via mobile devices in those wide, open spaces.

With many of its legal questions and organizational issues addressed, the Merchant Customer Exchange has turned its focus to the technology that will drive its mobile commerce initiative.

vPromos Inc. and Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions is making vPromos' vPunc Rewards program available to more than 50,000 merchants across the country.

ISO Advance is offering residual cash advances ranging from $5,000 to more than $1 million with terms of six to 12 months.

PayPal signed many new retail partnerships this year, while also building a digital wallet and a handful of plastic cards to complement its online payment system.

Joyce Chang is promoted to global head of fixed-income research at J.P. Morgan; Kelly Warter is hired to oversee Umpqua Bank's homebuilder finance group; Ann Murtlow is joining the board of First Internet Bancorp.

There's a new fast track for women executives seeking board positions.

The nation's largest custody bank said Friday that it has named Karen Peetz president amid a series of executive appointments that take effect Jan. 1.

Anne Doss has been put in charge of the personal and small-business insurance division at Wells Fargo, which has built up its insurance operation through acquisitions.

Wall Street's stars firm-hop a lot. Why are women so much more successful at it?

HSBC USA CEO Irene Dorner stole the show at the gala celebrating the 10th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

Cathleen Nash lays out Citizens Republic's reasons for selling itself to FirstMerit, and says she expects many more banks to face the same tough choice.

Why are there so few women at the top ranks of large banks? One factor: they lose hope. That needs to change, editor-at-large Barbara Rehm says.

Romney may have worded it awkwardly, but he has never expressed a more pro-female sentiment than when he talked about those "binders full of women." Oftentimes, you need to deliver the resumes of female candidates directly to the decision makers in order to promote gender equity.

Former Capital One Bank President Lynn Carter urged bankers to embrace perspectives contrary to their own during her Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech at the recent Most Powerful Women in Banking dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria.

Former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Julie Williams emphasized the importance of responding to tough decisions by doing the right thing during her Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech at the recent Most Powerful Women in Banking dinner at New York’s Waldorf Astoria.

The author and Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist discusses the plight of woman around the world and how to bring about change.

Irene Dorner, The most powerful woman in banking and chief executive officer of HSBC USA, Irene Dorner, speaks about creating an inclusive workplace, her secrets for success and how to restore banking's good name.

The CEO of HSBC USA, Irene Dorner, says that to regain the public's confidence, banks must refocus on "lofty stuff." Namely, that they "exist to enable business to thrive and economies to prosper."