Mobile bill pay app developer Check has received $24 million in Series C investment led by Menlo Ventures, a venture capital firm that has previously funded app developers Uber and Tumblr.

TAMPA, Fla. – Card Services For CUs announced this morning it has expanded its mobile banking portfolio to include Monitise's Bank Anywhere and will offer Monitise's mobile banking services to its 2,600 member credit unions.

Doomsayers conveniently forget that the business case for introducing debit cards was one of cost avoidance for the banks, not revenue.

HADLEY, Mass. – UMassFive College FCU has extended its relationship with Fiserv and signed to implement the company’s account processing and mobile financial services.

PEORIA, Ill. – Members Choice CU said it will integrate Geezeo’s personal financial management product into its online banking platform.

Microsoft's planned acquisition of Nokia's handset division is designed to bolster its position as a hardware manufacturer and solidify a mobile platform for its Windows operating system. But the move may also boost the tech giant's payments aspirations.

Student and auto lending both jumped in the 12-month period ended in July, according to an Equifax report released last week.

Ohio officials want child support agencies in the 88 counties across the state to improve collection rates 10% by 2015. The state’s average collection rate is currently 67.3%.

Banks can do business with Internet-based lenders that don’t violate the law, the nation’s primary payment system said in a letter that followed warnings from regulators about the online firms’ practices.

Western Union has introduced a mobile money transfer service that allows consumers to send money into a mobile wallet in Nepal.

Christine (Chris) Lee has joined payments fraud prevention company SecureBuy’s board of advisors.

The Affordable Care Act was meant to spark a major increase in electronic payments, yet progress has been slowed by confusion and lack of interest.

Cloud payment processor and mobile commerce vendor i2c Inc. is providing the technology for Boom Financial's entry into Haiti with its text-messaging money transfer service.

The same week Miley Cyrus was causing a stir at the MTV Video Music Awards, some Vegas locals were complaining about a word they did not even hear or see. So forgive Greg Barnes for thinking critics of One Nevada Credit Union's new marketing campaign are chasing the wrong target.

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch will have a Near Field Communication chip in it, according to reports. But only time will tell if Samsung plans to use the chip for payments.

A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed a bill to force collection agencies to disclose in writing the amount they claim the consumer owes and the age of the debt they are trying to collect.

Visa has made several changes in its management structure, including the expansion of Bill Gajda’s duties.

Tradehill Inc., a Bitcoin exchange, has ended its relationship with Internet Archive Federal Credit Union—announced only a few days earlier—and has suspended trading, blaming regulatory issues.

Germany suffers from a high rate of card not present fraud, according to new data from predictive analytics and decision management software company FICO.

Sony Corp. now allows owners of the PlayStation 3 video game console to charge content purchases to their mobile phone bills with U.S. wireless carriers.