Starbucks now receives over 10% of its U.S. transactions as mobile payments, and over 30% of its transactions are made with the mobile or plastic version of its Starbucks Card accounts.

Punchey's tossing its hat into the mobile payments ring with a mix of mobile card acceptance, social network-driven marketing and other services designed for merchants that handle larger payments.

Technology utilization is seen as a key growth area by all sizes of collection agencies. In particular, the use of IVR could almost double in 2013 and text is seen as a top growth opportunity.

For digital payments to flourish, they must get bigger — and bigger payments require stronger authentication.

BuyReply, an Australian startup, is going back to the basics in allowing consumers to purchase items from television and magazine advertisements by sending just an email or a text message — no special hardware or software required.

MADISON, Wis. – Advances in browser technology have enabled $1.6-billion University of Wisconsin CU to build mobile check deposit into its mobile browser.

MasterCard Inc. and telco VimpelCom Ltd. are testing a Near Field Communication-based mobile payments service at a Russian bank.

Eight months after giving the Project Oscar mobile commerce initiative a new name — Weve — and a new mission in the U.K., the telco joint venture has given its first hints of launching a Near Field Communication mobile payments service.

Retailers should embrace a hybrid approach to mobile shopping with wallet apps that bridge the physical and digital consumer experiences.

Tristan O'Tierney, one of Square's team of co-founders is leaving the mobile payments company after four years.

McDonald's and Kuwait International Bank are partnering with Seamless to pilot Seamless' SEQR mobile payment system in Kuwait.

Self-serve digital payments company USA Technologies will be the service provider for Setomatic Systems, a company that provides payment systems to the laundry industry.

Alleged break-ins to Chase accounts and a broader cyber-ATM fraud scheme have led to charges against eight suspected cyber thieves and the arrest of four.

Having the technology in place to detect check fraud before it occurs has saved Amplify FCU here approximately $55,000 annually.

The international ATM heist that lifted $45 million from two Middle East banks could have been prevented had better security controls been in place at the card processors, the ATMs and the banks involved, according to analysts. The security lapses could lead to legal liability for many of the companies duped in the process.

Baxter Credit Union has become the first credit union to go live with a proposed credit union standard for the integration of CU data across diverse channels, a specification being called CU Financial Exchange, or CUFX.

In what amounts to its biggest brick-and-mortar undertaking to date, PSCU has opened a 9,050 square-foot state-of-the-art data center in Phoenix, which supports nearly 700 of its member-owner credit union clients.

Months after launching CO-OP Financial Services' virtual credit union branch, Sprig, Cal Center CU reports it has experienced increases in mobile-user transactions while adapting to a smartphone learning curve.

Having a Facebook page that simply underscores available banking services doesn't equate to interactions with members, a lesson University of New Orleans Federal Credit Union realized once it changed its social media approach.

After years of hunkering down on capital improvements, rebounding bottom lines at many credit unions have core conversions or technology upgrades back on the expenditures budget for 2013 and 2014.