Bank technology

Fiserv Inc. said demand has skyrocketed for Risk Office, a service that helps companies combat fraud.

Consumers and businesses are expected to load as much as $186 billion onto prepaid cards in 2014, according to a report released last week, but uncertainty about future government regulations could hamper sustained market growth.

The Irish online payment processor WorldNet TPS says the payment card acceptance application it introduced this week for Apple's iPhone is the first such service available in Europe.

USA Technologies Inc. said Thursday that more than 71,000 vending machines and other self-serve systems are now linked to its payments network.

Barclays Group PLC this week continued its efforts to make contactless cards a mainstream technology in the United Kingdom by issuing contactless debit cards to its business customers.

MoneyGram International Inc. said Thursday it has hired Juan Agualimpia as a senior vice president and its chief marketing officer to oversee the company's global branding and marketing efforts.

EDIE's been part of the Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union for decades, and she's getting a makeover that will make her a fixture in the credit union and its public persona for years to come.

An upstart online financial management firm from Washington has found a unique way to market to low- and middle-income investors: Through water and electric bills.

Target Corp. has begun delivering coupons to customers' mobile phones. Customers of the Minneapolis retailer can enroll in the service online or by text message.

A mobile payments business model tested in India, in which Citigroup holds onto transaction fees but subsidizes the cost of the phone, has proven a hit among all the key players.

The FFIEC's online banking policies may be out-of-date; arrests in possible Calif. card skimming ring; suspected account thief swallows a Flash drive to avoid skimming charges; and more.

Fiserv Inc. is suing a former executive of its CheckFree Corp. unit, claiming he is using a confidential customer list to solicit customers on behalf of Charles River Systems Inc.

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Citigroup Inc. is planning to make more money available to donate through the mobile charity application CauseWorld.

Aithent Inc. said Charter Oak Federal Credit Union has agreed to use its Fraud Manager software.

Visa Inc. said Monday that it has promoted Elizabeth Buse to group executive for its international business.

Bank of New York Mellon's treasury services unit hopes that offering MasterCard's Payment Gateway service will entice some of these Luddite corporate clients to implement electronic payments.

VeriFone Holdings Inc. says that selling its mobile phone payment terminals through Apple Inc. retail stores will deliver payment-card acceptance to an important new market: very small merchants.

The wireless communications technology provider Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego has hired Rocco Fabiano as the president of its Firethorn Holdings LLC unit.

Lee Kennedy has stepped down as the vice chairman of Fidelity National Information Services Inc.