An analysis from consumer group PennPirg indicates the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has helped thousands of bank customers settle disputes over their accounts - with an estimated one out of four complaints resulting in monetary relief.

As some companies attempt to transform hashtags, the keywords and phrases that make content searchable on Twitter and Facebook, into a trigger for a payment, Chirpify aims to let the tags live a double life through its new actiontag system.

Many banks consider money transmission to Somalia too risky because of concerns about terrorism. But U.S. Bancorp continues to pursue a relationship with Dahabshiil, the largest Somali money transmitter, whereas Barclays dropped the business citing the risk.

Many banks consider money transmission to Somalia too risky because of concerns about terrorism. But U.S. Bancorp continues to pursue a relationship with Dahabshiil, the largest Somali money transmitter, whereas Barclays dropped the business citing the risk.

The emergence of mobile payments may seem like a slow crawl now, but as younger consumers mature, they are going to demand more mobile services — and banks need to have services geared to that faster pace.

The Bitcoin Foundation, a trade group, is urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to allow bitcoins to be used for federal political contributions.

San Francisco-area transit operators are launching a mobile website to manage the Clipper fare cards.

MasterCard and Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) are offering a reputation-based scoring system to improve credit underwriting for unbanked small businesses, a move designed to increase non-cash payments in developing countries.

Revel Systems saw an opportunity in the power outage that halted the last Super Bowl. And it's an opportunity that has started to show results.

Southwestern Advantage, a multi-level marketing company with a model similar to Avon or Amway, relies on college students to sell its educational materials — raising potential risk issues as a young and inexperienced sales force is tasked with protecting payment details.

Misys and Swift have entered a partnership with the goal of improving the accuracy and consistency of payment transactions making their way through bank networks.

Payments marketing company edo has launched edo Marketplace, a card-linked offers platform that allows merchants to create their own targeted campaigns.

Google Wallet is getting over its reliance on a small set of Near Field Communication-equipped handsets with a new app that works on any phone running version 2.3 or higher of the Android mobile operating system.

Consumers tend to use debit cards more often than credit cards for "day-to-day" purchases such as groceries, gasoline and drug-store items, and turn to credit cards for higher-ticket items such as appliances, the study says.

As banks reimagine their branches, BTN's Mary Wisniewski spends the day with American Heritage Federal Credit Union's video tellers. The Philadelphia credit union offers an example of what the future teller looks like: offsite and visible to members through a Skype-like experience on personal teller machines.

Columbus Data Services, an ATM processor, has completed MasterCard end-to-end certification for all Triton ATM products. As a result, CDS is now processing transactions that comply with the EMV-chip card standard on MasterCard networks.

Daniela Mielke is the new chief strategy officer at Vantiv, where she will help lead product innovation, profitability, revenue and scale for the Cincinnati-based payments processor.

Making payments on a television may seem like a Jetsons-era dream, but it's drawing the attention of modern-day payment companies that see the disruptive potential of TV.

LevelUp's software development kit (SDK), released last week, allows companies such as Zuppler to add mobile payments without drawing users away from the merchant's branded mobile app.

INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly FCU has implemented the Q2platform, which the company said will provide the credit union’s members with a unified experience across all channels and consolidating reporting.