Green Dot Corp. plans to start offering credit lines to its customers, a move that likely foreshadows how new regulations will reshape the prepaid card industry.

MyECheck has reached an agreement to buy the electronic payment software platform developer Seergate.

In today’s fast-paced business environment, companies need to be able to conduct business in real-time, regardless of the location of their trading partners.

Several wallet apps already let restaurant patrons order ahead for takeout and/or pay without waiting for a waiter. A Ukrainian company called Settle takes this concept a step further by also allowing customers to skip the wait for a table.

Federal Reserve officials suggested that anonymous payments and the technologies powering digital currencies could inform broader plans for reshaping the U.S. payment system.

Google reports a dramatic increase in mobile shopping, suggesting the channel is now mainstream for consumers.

Visa Inc., the world's largest payments network, posted fiscal first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as card spending increased.

Purveyors of certain cloud services, such as cloud-based lending, face continual rejection from bankers worried about security. But some say a data storage specialist could be every bit as secure as a financial institution — if not more so.

The telco-backed mobile wallet Softcard is at a significant crossroads. Though it once saw the debut of Apple Pay as an opportunity, Apple may actually be edging its rivals out of the market, and Softcard's next move will decide not only its own fate but also the strategies of the banks and merchants that could benefit from its technology.

A new study says Americans are getting hooked on mobile banking.

TAMPA, Fla. — A new credit union gaming app is slated to show up in both Apple and Google app stores as early as Feb. 28 as a result of GTE Financial CU's inaugural "Got Game" competition.

Visa Europe Ltd.'s full-year profit increased 30% on sharp growth of Internet payments across the continent.

Red Rocks Credit Union here recently converted its core system to CUProdigy and retained IMM, a provider of integrated e-signature, workflow and document solutions, as its primary teller solutions provider.

The introduction of Apple Pay has also thrust Near Field Communication-based contactless payment technology out of the wings and into the spotlight.

SimpleFi, which formed two and a half years ago and counts at least one CU among its clientele, is working with a New Jersey bank to pitch its payday loan alternative and financial educational services to employers across the country come Feb. 1. It represents part of the trend of disruptors rethinking payroll data.

Mangopay, a white-label payment solution provider for marketplaces, has opened an office at Level 39, London's largest technology accelerator.

PreCash Inc., a Houston, Texas company that offers consumer and commercial payment systems, has named Blair Jeffery its new chief operating officer.

Citigroup has agreed to change its policies that prevented low-income consumers from opening checking and savings accounts.

Apple Pay's Touch ID is the exception, not the rule. Biometric security typically requires some type of add-on hardware, a model that has struggled to get much adoption over the years.

MADISON, Wis. — When it comes to private student loans, the growing success of Internet-driven lending models that can offer lower rates has caught the attention of some credit unions executives.