The National Bank of Abu Dhabi is providing a customer service and security boost for its 570-unit ATM network throughout the United Arab Emirates.

Square Inc. is introducing hardware designed to work with its mobile-payment software, seeking to replace cash registers by companies including NCR Corp. and stepping up competition with eBay Inc. and Intuit Inc.

In 2012, identity fraud incidents increased by more than one million victims. Fraudsters stole more than $21 billion overall—the highest amount in three years, according to Javelin Strategy & Research.

Many merchant payment systems lack the technology needed to safely store card data, resulting in 70% of merchants not meeting data security requirements, a new report says.

CoreFirst Bank and Trust is under pressure on two fronts when it comes to payroll cards. It faces strong competition from large banks and other rivals, as well as a heavy state and national regulatory burden.

Card issuers are increasingly using social networks, coupons and rewards to boost mobile payments, but it’s a plan that can backfire if the initiatives get the wrong mix of marketing, demographics and delivery channels.

BEAVERTON, Ore. – Rivermark Community CU has installed Integrated Media Management’s workflow management application.

RYE, N.Y. – USAlliance FCU is now offering DigitalMailer’s My Virtual StrongBox electronic safety deposit boxes.

For the processor Total System Services, buying the prepaid card marketer NetSpend is transformational. For NetSpend it's going to be business as usual, the companies say.

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has published its latest data security guidance for merchants accepting payments with smartphones or tablets.

By any measure, a 60-user rollout is small. But it gives MasterCard Inc. a MasterCard Mobile Wallet test that touches many Coles supermarkets across Australia.

St. Louis may not be the obvious launching spot for payment technology, but Radnor, Pa.-based FreedomPay bypassed the nation's most crowded cities to instead launch the Vibe mobile wallet in the Show-Me state.

Coinbase makes it simple to buy and sell bitcoins via a bank account, but plays only to the low-fee, frictionless nature of Bitcoin and fails to leverage its unique privacy aspects.

To give banks another way to interact with customers online, Cardlytics' Facebook rewards app takes the same technology it offers through online banking sites and makes it accessible through Facebook.

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. – Lake Street FCU has signed with eDOC Innovations to implement the company’s CheckLogic Mobile and CheckLogic Lite.

Surprised at the absence of such solutions to date, one analyst anticipates more CUs-especially smaller credit unions-will have to find partners to deliver on social media in 2013.

There exists a correlation between the immediacy of texting and mobile banking and the declining usage of e-mail and online banking. Not surprisingly, more and more credit unions are enhancing respective mobile offerings.

The social media phenomenon has spawned the need for organizations to employ social intranet solutions, a trend that is growing in the financial services industry.

There is seemingly a never-ending pool of third parties offering technology solutions for critical services. But a number of credit unions continue to report having a hard time finding the right fit, especially when it comes to customer relationship management (CRM) software.

In an effort to enhance the member experience, Cabot & NOI Employees Credit Union embarked on finding a virtual, secure way to handle signatures on important documents.