BROOKFIELD, Wis.—Sixty percent of consumers make at least one payment per month with a laptop or desktop computer, according to a survey commissioned by Fiserv.

SAN FRANCISCO—Even the man who is credited with the success of the social media and digital marketing initiatives for the Obama For America 2012 campaign does not know which way social media heading, but he advised credit unions to be aware of its power.

SAN FRANCISCO—Credit unions are being urged to make better use of electronic games to drive success within their organizations.

Visa, which reports its fraud rate is at a historic low of 6 cents for every hundred dollars processed, is positioning itself as a safe haven for payments services.

On the first day RoboCoin's Bitcoin ATM was deployed, one third of its users were new to the digital currency.

CyberSource, a Visa e-commerce subsidiary, has partnered with Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao (BCEL), Laos' largest commercial bank, to provide online payment services to merchants.

With the launch of "KitKat," the newest version of Google's Android mobile operating system, Android smartphones get Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities that may break down many of the barriers to hardware-based mobile payments.

Sony Corp. now lets PlayStation 3 owners fund their game and media purchases with PayPal accounts directly from their video game consoles.

SmartMetric Inc. is seeking funding for future expansion, marketing efforts and to cover potential legal costs as the company seeks to extend its patent infringement lawsuit against Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.

Apple, Google, Samsung and others are making changes to the way their phones handle payments. Some of these changes remove restrictions on Near Field Communication payments, whereas others take mobile technology in an entirely different direction.

Moven, a financial services startup, now lets users activate and deactivate debit cards from their smartphones.

Visa Inc. has partnered with Blue Label Mexico to bring electronic payments to hundreds of thousands of small merchants.

As the U.S. adoption of EMV-chip cards encounters legal roadblocks and merchant opposition, critics have questioned whether the card networks' October 2015 deadline is overly aggressive.

Microsoft is attracting interest in multiple countries for its collaboration with FreedomPay, which enables banks and large businesses to use consumer purchasing data for targeted offers.

Despite the surge of emerging payment technologies, consumer behavior is slow to change —giving banks time to adjust.

Mozido LLC is providing a Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico with a mobile payment system for storeowners to use to pay for deliveries of soft drinks.

MasterCard, echoing remarks made 16 hours earlier by Visa, is placing security at the heart of its emerging payments strategy.

Western Union Co., the world's biggest money-transfer business, tumbled as much as 13% after reporting a drop in third-quarter profit and plans to increase expenses tied to regulatory compliance.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from Square Inc.’s board, to be replaced by former Goldman Sachs CFO David Viniar.

Retailers that have long criticized the card networks' plan for them to accept EMV-chip cards are starting to view the smart-card migration as a reason to adopt mobile payments.