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.

Microsoft Corp. and American Express Co. are vying to take an equity stake in Foursquare Labs Inc., according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

U.S. merchants are in for a rude awakening if they do not prepare for the spike in e-commerce fraud that will likely follow the shift to EMV-chip cards at the point of sale.

It’s easier to sell a person something he wants than to scare him into buying protection from something he wants to avoid. That’s particularly applicable when it comes to selling payments security.

SALT LAKE CITY – Children’s Miracle Network is reminding credit unions across North America to wear jeans in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

WASHINGTON – One day after six federal agencies issued a notice revising a proposed rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions, insiders questioned if the changes do much to help credit unions.

A European EMV migration technology provider plans to make itself known to more U.S. payments companies.

Any new payments technology is a gamble, and many major retailers refuse to take a risk on untested technology. But small merchants are usually more willing to experiment, and a few have bravely given new payments products their first big chance.

The terminal swapouts that accompany the EMV chip-card migration in the U.S. should help VeriFone recover from its performance slump, according to Northcoast Research.

A new Jack Henry program can speed EMV-chip card migration for card issuers by up to a year — but only for credit cards, since ongoing legal issues hamper the use of EMV for debit cards.