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First Data Corp. said Thursday that The Bankers Bank of Oklahoma City will use its Internet banking technology.

Socialwise Inc. said three sports retailers plan to accept and promote its BillMyParents online payment system.

First Federal Savings Bank is doing something different from other banks that issue contactless payment stickers. It's doing something pink.

The Interac Association, which operates Canada’s sole PIN-debit network, is adding a contactless function to its EMV chip-and-PIN cards. Interac plans a national rollout in early 2011.

Eon Bank Bhd. is looking to add at least another 20,000 cardholders for its newly launched Visa Signature card over the next 12 months, a spokesperson for the Kuala Lumpur-based bank tells PaymentsSource.

Most cardholders in Singapore stay loyal to their first card issuer and have the highest outstanding balance with it, a first-time study by Credit Bureau Singapore Pte. Ltd. on credit card loyalty reveals.

Jeff Peiffer was so frustrated that his bank didn't offer an app for his phone that he made one himself, put it online — and watched it become one of the top finance downloads for Android handsets.

Credit card delinquencies and charge-offs at credit unions remained near all-time highs, even as the average balance on card accounts continued to grow in the first quarter, according to AssetExchange, a card broker for credit unions.

Philanthropists in the United Arab Emirates soon will be able to use Dubai-based Beit Al Khair Society’s ATMs to make charitable donations, an official from the humanitarian services provider tells PaymentsSource.

Maybank Singapore Ltd. is encouraging holders of its credit cards to use Giro payments to pay their monthly card bills with the launch of its “Pocket me Giro” rewards program, the bank announced June 14.

Yandex Money Ltd. has launched a program to enable users of its online-payment service to deposit cash into their electronic wallets using credit and debit cards issued by any Russian bank, the Moscow-based company announced June 9.

(This story was corrected and updated on 6/21/10 a 9 a.m. CDT)

Visa cardholder spending in South Africa increased by 34% during the first quarter ended March 31, to $566 million from $423 million during the same period a year ago, according to an annual tourism outlook report Visa Inc. released this week.

Visa cardholder spending in South Africa increased by 34% during the first quarter ended March 31, to $566 million from $423 million during the same period a year ago, according to an annual tourism outlook report Visa Inc. released this week.

Wal-Mart Canada Corp.'s debut banking product, a credit card, is the first product from the retailer's recently approved bank, a venture that promises to inject more competition into Canada's financial services industry, according to Dow Jones.

Citigroup Inc. is getting into the mobile shopping game with an application that combines card-specific offers with location-based details.

Credit card delinquency rates continued to improve in May, firming a months-long trend.

Credit card issuers were somewhat spared in the Federal Reserve Board’s final rules issued June 15 regarding card penalty fees, which analysts say were not as severe as some had feared.

The tension between China Unionpay and Visa Inc. continues to heat up.

Credit Saison Co. Ltd., one of Japan’s largest credit card companies, is in the process of deploying 250 ATMs to make it simpler for customers to pay back their card loans, an official from the Tokyo-based company tells PaymentsSource.