Mountain America Credit Union has appointed a "technology champion" in each of its 76 branches to oversee operations.

In an effort to improve its member business lending processes, AltaOne Federal Credit took to the streets seeking a new vendor that wouldn't increase existing costs. It found its answer pretty close to home.

Capital Services plans to begin offering its internally-used suite of payments, consumer and portfolio management tools to a broad market of financial players.

Payments and marketing are getting closer than ever, and several companies are blurring the line between where the payment ends and where the pitch begins.

Businesses worldwide are using gamification to engage, motivate and reward customers and employees. Now collection operations can benefit from advanced game-based training techniques to boost staff skill levels and improve performance.

W. Alexander Hoffman is the new senior vice president of global product management and emerging channels at MoneyGram International.

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will offer instant purchases for users that supply identity information, with others having to wait four days for transactions to complete.

Google requires the early adopters who buy its Google Glass headset to purchase it using Google Wallet. What are the implications for Google's payments strategy?

Developers should consider incorporating rewards and other tools such as receipt tracking in new mobile payment applications to promote broad adoption.

With the summer driving season in full swing, Shell Oil Products U.S. is attempting to boost the appeal of its branded payment cards.

GoCardless is using a link to Sage's accounting software to improve the experience of automating business-to-business payments in a market that typically lags the consumer payments market.

Fidor Bank AG, of Munich, has agreed to help Bitcoin Deutschland GmbH, an exchange operator, to speed trading of bitcoins and comply with regulatory requirements.

The Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a mobile payments initiative created by major retailers, will use technology from FIS to speed processing and provide access to accounts at a large range of financial institutions.

Lenders started the foreclosure process on 57,286 homes in June, the lowest mark for any month in nearly eight years and a sign the nation has moved far beyond the housing bust, according to RealtyTrac Inc., a national foreclosure listing firm.

The payment processor Global Payments Inc. will offer its U.S. merchant customers an iPad point of sale system from ShopKeep POS.

The next big idea for payments is ready to spring to life, and MasterCard wants to be there when it happens.

As EMV-chip card use spreads at the point of sale in the U.S., online merchants will have to change the way they handle payments online.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – CU Direct Connect said it has introduced proprietary technology internally titled “The Opportunity Pool,” which enables credit unions to fund more auto loans based on their pre-set criteria.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Affinity Plus FCU said it has signed with Video Guidance of nearby Bloomington, Minn., to include video conferencing as an important component of its communications strategy.

Mobile transaction technology provider C-Sam has hired former Citigroup executive Kurt Weiss as managing director of global financial institutions and mPayy founder Conrad Sheehan to be general manager of strategic initiatives.